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How
are Language Credit via Distance Education students
enrolled in courses at NMSU? |
Once
the Foreign Studies Advisor verifies students
have met the requirements for being enrolled
in courses, the Office of Study Abroad will register
the students. These will show up on the students
MyNMSU web page.
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What
is the definition of a recordable instructional
contact hour? |
An
instructional contact hour is 60 minutes of organized
and supervised educational activities, including
in-class teaching and organized out-of-class
activities that reinforce language lessons. Contact
hours must be recorded on the
institutes transcript or official evaluation
report of the student's academic performance.
For example, a student may have been in class
3.5 hours, and then the instructor took the class
to the local market for 30 minutes to use vocabulary
in the local market environment that was learned
in the classroom. The 3.5 classroom hours plus
.5 out of classroom supervised hours would equal
4 recordable instructional contact hours. If
the student simply went to the market as part
of his or her daily routine, this out-of-class
activity, while valuable for reinforcing language
learning, is not verifiable and would not count
as recordable instructional contact hours.
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How
are grades determined? |
The
instructor of the course will determine the grade
for each course as follows: 60% based on WebCT
orientation completion, correspondence with instructor
about the learning experience, other activities
required on-line, and submission of final evaluation;
40% based on the evaluation reports provided
by the host language institute.
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Do
students receive numerical or letter grades? |
NMSU
issues only letter grades (A - F) and does not
provide numerical grades. For conversion purposes
the NMSU point value is A (4.0, or 90-100), B
(3.0, or 80-89), C (2.0, or 70-79), D (1.0, or
60-69 ), F (0.0, or less than 60). A plus or
minus does not change the point value in NMSU’s
GPA calculation. Students may also request to
receive S/U grades.
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Updated:
Monday, 28-Jul-2008 15:34:04 MDT |
