Course Certification

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Course Certification

This is a course with an option to obtain certification for a 3-credit first-year undergraduate-level course. Students would need to decide whether to pursue a certification by end of Week 3 of the course. The number of student certification for each offering of the course would be capped at #. Assessments to student certification include the following components.  Each component must be passed to successfully complete the course to get the course certificate.  The passing grade is 60%.

Components Points/Marks Weight
Participation (self-introduction posting, pre-course survey, post-course survey) 5 each 5%
Readings and Discussion Questions (13) 4 each 10%
Post-lecture Weekly Mini Quizzes (13) 5 each 10%
Photo Assignments (3) 10 each 5%
Online Module Tests (4) 30 each 30%
Assignments (2) 100 each 20%
Final Online Exam 100 20%

Your final letter grade will be given based on the following grading schema:

Letter Grade Range
A+ 90% - 100%
A 85% - 89%
A- 80% - 84%
B+ 76% - 79%
B 72% - 75%
B- 68% - 71%
C+ 64% - 67%
C 60% - 63%
F (Fail) 0% - 59%

 

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