Best Grade
Students taking courses for the second time may, upon notifying the registrar, have the better of two grades computed in the grade point average and the hours counted only once. Both grades will appear on the student’s transcript.
Criteria used to award college credit for identified CTE courses include the following:
- Final grade of B or higher in CTE course.
- A RAW score of 93 or higher on standardized CTE post-assessment test (score revision effective fall 2012).
- To receive articulated credit, students must enroll at the community college within two years of his or her high school graduation date.
Credit is not automatically awarded; students must visit the Registrar’s Office at Halifax Community College to request the credit be applied toward their Halifax Community College record.
The student’s official high school transcript must include the CTE post-assessment scores. Community college officials are responsible for verifying and accepting the articulated courses on the high school transcript for college credit.
The institution must demonstrate that assessment procedures verify that the credit awarded is appropriate. Partnerships with secondary schools, which result in the awarding of college credit, must ensure that the credit awarded is at the collegiate level and is in compliance with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ criteria.
All advanced placement credit awarded must be adequately justified and must include documentation that the credit awarded represents collegiate course work relevant to the appropriate degree. Course content and level of instruction for advanced credit must result in student competencies at least equivalent to those of students enrolled in the institution’s own educational programs. Course work must be taught by faculty qualified to teach at the appropriate degree level. Note: advanced placement credit awarded under the Halifax Community College advanced placement regulations applies only to HCC. Decisions regarding the acceptance of advanced placement credit at post- secondary institutions other than HCC are made by the receiving institution. Applicants must meet the receiving institution’s criteria for advanced placement credit.
grade point average and the hours counted only once. Both grades will appear on the student’s transcript.