NCSSM COURSE CAtAlOG - North Carolina School of Science and ...

Grade reports are issued to students and parents at the end of each trimester.
The following letter evaluation system is used and interpreted on school
documents:
A Outstanding achievement
B Superior, meets all course requirements
C Acceptable, minimally meets course requirements
D Unsatisfactory, no NCSSM credit
I Incomplete
S Satisfactory
U Unsatisfactory
Progress reports are made part way through each term to give students and
parents a performance assessment before term grades are reported.
Unless otherwise noted, trimester courses earn one unit of credit; two-trimester
courses earn two units of credit; and year courses three units of credit. Some
interdisciplinary courses earn double credit each trimester. Partial credit is not
granted, except as described in The NCSSM Handbook, for students who
withdraw from NCSSM prior to the end of the academic year. Additional
information on registration procedures, including guidelines for modifying a
course schedule after the beginning of the academic year, is published in The
NCSSM Handbook.
Meeting pattern information is listed with each course, below any prerequisites.
The meeting pattern for each course describes how the course meets during the
day schedule, using 50 minute class periods and/or one 90 minute combined
class and lab period. For example:
Meeting pattern: 4 periods per week
or
Meeting pattern: 4 periods per week including lab
When a course meets outside of the regular day schedule, it meets on a
different pattern but for approximately the same number of hours as in the day
schedule. Other exceptions are approved by the Vice Chancellor for Academic
Programs.
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