Grading and Credit System

CREDIT SYSTEM

* To graduate with a high school diploma from Concordia International School a student must have at least 24 credits from courses taken in grades 9, 10, 11 and 12 as listed below:

 * The following 20 credits are minimal prerequisites for graduation:

• 4 Credits in English from Writer's Course or English 9 or English 10 or English 11 or English 12 or Literature.

• 4 Credits in Mathematics from Algebra I or Geometry or Algebra & Trigonometry or Statistics or Precalculus or Business Mathematics or Personal Finance.

• 4 Credits in Science from Earth Science or Life Science or Physical Science or Physics or Biology or Chemistry or Environmental Science.

• 4 Credits in Social Science from Social Studies or Asian History or Geography or World History or Economics or Sociology.

• 2 Credits in Fine Arts and Design from Art 8 or Communication Design and Technology 9-10 or Art 11 & 12 or Drama.

• 2 Credits in Information Technology from Computers 9 or Computers 10 or Computers 11 & 12.

• 1 credit is defined as a course that meets 135 hours per year (i.e. 180 classes x 45 minutes per class).

 *Credits are earned on a term's work and there are 2 terms in each year.

 OTHER PROMOTION AND/ OR GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

- All students must be in regular attendance during each term as defined by the total number of absences and lates not being more than 5% of the sessions (2 per day) in each term.  Students with poor attendance can still gain credit for subjects passed in that term but cannot be promoted to the next grade or graduated from the school.

- To be eligible for promotion to grade 12 or graduation from grade 12 all grade 11 & 12 students must sit external SAT II examinations in any subject they take that has these examinations.  Physics or literature, mathematics and writing SAT II examinations are entered on the first Saturday in May and chemistry, biology and history are entered the first Saturday in June.  Grade 11 students must sit the TOEFL examination in June and all grade 12 students must sit the SAT I and TOEFL examinations in January.

 TRANSFER CREDITS

* Concordia will recognize successful course work done by students in licensed schools in other countries. Transferring students must complete at least one academic year at Concordia to graduate from the school with a high school diploma.

 GRADING SYSTEM

Concordia uses a North American grading system that is a blend of American and Canadian Systems and is similar to

the standards adopted by Canadian universities to parallel what is done in the U.S.

The grade point average is the weighted sum of the grade points earned, divided by the number of courses in which grade points were earned.  A course consisting of 1 forty minute class per day for 180 days (i.e. 120 hours) in a school year is the weighting standard and given a weighting factor of 1.0. GPAs are calculated per term (half-yearly) while cumulative (CPGA) is determined over all the terms the student attends the school.