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Course Credit System Conversion

Effective Fall 2016, Mills College transitioned from the Semester Course Credit (SCC) system to Carnegie semester hours. Degrees conferred prior to Fall 2016 have not been altered. Course work completed both prior to and after Fall 2016 in a degree program has been converted to Carnegie credit to unify the academic record.

Course Classification

Mills College operates on the semester system. Course credit is measured in semester hours. One 3.0 semester hour course requires 150 minutes of contact time and a minimum of 9 hours of outside work per week for 14 weeks for undergraduate courses, and 12 hours for graduate courses. One 4.0 semester hour course requires 200 minutes of contact time and a minimum of 9 hours of outside work per week for 14 weeks for undergraduate, and 12 hours for graduate. Mills Extension Program courses, which will be listed on a separate page of the transcript, are measured in semester hours and have the status or term designation of "Extension".

History of Course Classification–Prior to Fall 1970

Transfer Credit

Credit from institutions with which Mills has cross-registration (designated as XREG) agreements should be considered an integral part of the Mills record, and transcripts should not be requested from the other institution. For all other transfer credits, Mills only lists the courses which were accepted on transfer and does not consider its transcript as the official record for these courses nor are the credits calculated in the Mills GPA.

Ranking

Mills College does not rank students.

Degree Requirements

Degree and certificate requirements are available in the Mills online catalog.

Grading Classification

Grade points are based on a 4.0 scale. (Prior to September, 1955, the 3-point scale was used. Points for “+” and “–” varied from September, 1966.) All points are listed on the transcript. Passing grades are A through D-; F = Failure. Other notations, not included in the calculation of the GPA, include:

Special Course Designations

Course Credit Equivalents–Undergraduate

*Semester or quarter unit equivalents are calculated by multiplying Mills SCC by 3.5 or 5, respectively. 3.5 is the appropriate equivalent for large blocks of credit. After Fall 2016, quarter unit equivalents are calculated by multiplying semester units by 1.5.

Course Credit Equivalents–Graduate

^* Semester or quarter unit equivalents are calculated by multiplying Mills SCC by 4 or 6, respectively. After Fall 2016, quarter unit equivalents are calculated by multiplying semester units by 1.5.