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Section 3 - Personnel
Section 4 - Administrative Rules and
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Section 5 - Educational Programs
Section 6 - Student Development Services
Section 7 - Miscellaneous Information
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5.19 Non-Credit Grading Policy
Revisions of this section of the
VCCS policy manual are underway. Policy documentation that are guiding
these revisions can be found at the
VCCS Workforce Development Services website located under WDS Business
Processes, WDS Guidelines/Definitions.
5.19 Contents
5.19.0 Recognition
Local college boards have the authority
to grant “awards of completion” for
persons satisfactorily completing
community service and workforce
development non-credit courses.
Community service courses are not
occupational in content and do not award
CEUs. As such, grades are not required
for community service courses.
Grades are required for workforce
development non-credit courses.
Workforce development non-credit courses
are occupational in content and suitable
for Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
CEUs do not have to be awarded.
5.19.1 Grading System for Workforce
Development Non-Credit Courses
A grade of “S” demonstrates satisfactory
course completion. The grade of “G” is
used in unique circumstances and at the
discretion of the college to recognize
limited subject competency. The grade of
“U” is a failing grade. “I” is an
interim grade or a non-punitive final
grade. Grades of “N” and “W” are
non-punitive grades. “X” indicates that
a course was completed (or taken) for
content and no grade awarded.
No grade point credit shall be assigned
to the following grades:
S – Satisfactory. Individual
demonstrates subject competency
(assignments, labs, tests, clinical,
etc.) and fulfilled attendance
requirements needed to pass the course.
Individual is ready to progress to
higher level course. CEUs can be
awarded.
G – Progress. Optional grade used in
unique circumstances and only at the
discretion of the college for courses
such as ESL, in which demonstration of
progression toward subject competency is
desired. Individual fulfilled attendance
requirements but fails to demonstrate
the level of subject competency needed
to earn an “S” or CEUs. Individual is
not ready to progress to a higher level
course but would benefit from repeating
the course. CEUs cannot be awarded.
U – Unsatisfactory. Individual fails to
demonstrate subject competency and/or
fulfillment of attendance requirements
needed to pass the course and to move to
a higher level course. CEUs cannot be
awarded.
I – Incomplete. Individual, due to
unavoidable circumstances, attended part
but not all of a course. CEUs cannot be
awarded. Courses for which the grade of
“I” has been awarded must be
successfully completed by the end of the
subsequent semester for another grade
(“S”, “U”, or “G”) to be awarded by the
instructor. If “S” is awarded, CEUs can
be awarded. If “U” or “G” is awarded,
CEUs cannot be awarded.
N – No Show. Individual neither attends
nor formally withdraws from a course for
which registered.
W – Withdrawal. Individual formally
withdraws from a course after the refund
period but prior to the start of the
course.
X – No Grade. No grade awarded. Course
taken for purpose of learning the
subject matter and not for a grade. CEUs
cannot be awarded.
5.19.2 Grade Report page top
Final grades are available to students
via the web or IVR systems. These final
grades are a part of students’ permanent
record of non-credit activities.
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