only after careful review with the student’s advisor. The student will be charged for credit hours above the 18 credit hours per semester maximum. Normally, no first-year student may exceed 14-16 credit hours. Sophomores with a GPA of 3.0 or above, juniors with a 2.7 or above, and seniors with a 2.4 or above, may take up to 18 credit hours.
CLASS LEVEL Based on the number of credit-hours earned, students are recognized by class as follows: CLASSIFICATION First-year Sophomore Junior Senior
EARNED CREDIT HOURS 0 - 29 30 - 59 60 - 89 90 +
GRADING SYSTEM FOR CREDIT CLASSES A credit at Peace is equivalent to one collegiate semester hour of credit or one credit-hour. One credit is awarded for each of the following:
One hour per week of class Two hours per week of laboratory with one hour of out-of-class practice Three hours per week of laboratory with no out-of-class practice.
Usually at Peace, semesters are fifteen weeks which includes an exam period. The grades of A, B, C, D, P are passing grades. Grade of F is a failing grade. The grade of I (Incomplete) is a temporary grade. Grades of W (Withdrawn) and AU (Audit) are final grades carrying no credit. The quality of performance in any academic course is reported by a letter grade. These grades are assigned quality points as follows: Grade
A B C D F AU
W
I P/F
Grade Points per CreditHour 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0
Excellent Good Average Poor Failure Only with the permission of the Registrar during Drop-Add with no grade point credit (see below) Withdrawn within first 9 weeks or 60% of a semester with no grade point credit (see below) A temporary grade that must be reversed within six weeks (see below) Courses on pass/fail basis
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