Matriculation Protocols
Grade Level Status
For purposes of grade level status, the following minimum credits must be earned:
- Freshmen must earn a minimum of 60 credits to move to Sophomore status.
- Sophomores must earn a minimum of 120 credits to move to Junior status.
- Juniors must earn a minimum of 180 credits to move to Senior status.
Failure to Pass a Required Course
If a student fails a required course that is not a prerequisite for a higher-level course:
A grade earned in a repeated course will be posted on the student’s transcript, and will be averaged with the original grade when calculating student’s cumulative GPA.
Failure to earn the minimum number of credits at a particular grade level will affect the student’s grade level status and may result in an inability to graduate in four years (see Grade Level Status section for more information).
- Student must make up the course through an approved credit recovery program with a passing grade before graduation.
- Preferably, the class will be made up the summer after the failed class.
- Students that plan to enroll in a 4-year university after graduating from BHCA will need to make up all D grades in the following courses: English, Social Studies, Math, Science, Foreign Language, and Visual/Performing Arts to ensure that college entrance requirements will be met.
A grade earned in a repeated course will be posted on the student’s transcript, and will be averaged with the original grade when calculating student’s cumulative GPA.
Failure to earn the minimum number of credits at a particular grade level will affect the student’s grade level status and may result in an inability to graduate in four years (see Grade Level Status section for more information).
Failure to Meet Prerequisite
If a student fails to earn a minimum grade of C in a course that serves as a prerequisite for a higher-level course:
A grade earned in a repeated course is posted on the transcript and is used for prerequisite consideration. The new grade will be averaged with the original course grade in calculating the student’s cumulative GPA.
- Student should make every effort to make up the course through an approved credit recovery program over the summer with a grade of C or higher.
- If student fails to make up the prerequisite course before the first day of the semester, the prerequisite will not be considered met and student will not be able to enroll in the higher-level course. In this case:
- Student may retake the prerequisite class at BHCA if schedule permits.
- If the schedule does not permit a retake, student must enroll in independent study and make up the class through an approved credit recovery program during that school year.
- Please note that when prerequisite courses are not made up in a timely manner, scheduling issues will arise that may persist for the remainder of the student’s time at BHCA.
A grade earned in a repeated course is posted on the transcript and is used for prerequisite consideration. The new grade will be averaged with the original course grade in calculating the student’s cumulative GPA.