Da-Regulator wrote: » Thats awesome they accept it. Its amazing you can get a bachelor degree for under $25000, and all those certs. I'm apply and see what the counselor says about doing classes from Iraq. Oh yea thanks for letting me know about the employers.
Sounds Good wrote: » i also have a question about the grading. how is it done? from what i've seen, its not letter based.
Explanation of Grade Equivalent of BWGU, as a competency-based university, defines competency as the ability to perform a job/role to defined, established standards in the real world. In other words, a graduate who possesses the knowledge, skills and abilities needed to be successful on the first day at work is deemed competent. Thus, competent graduates are those who are conversant with the content of the domains of knowledge and skill of their particular degree program and are ready to succeed in the working world. Psychometricians at WGU have translated competency into proactive assessment development processes and procedures to ensure passing scores are consistent with our intended interpretation. With “C” being a minimal level, and thus one not assuring competency, WGU equates competency with the grade level of “B.”We set passing standards (cut scores) for our competency exams using the Modified Angoff approach. We use the Modified Angoff approach because it is a standardized method for setting passing standards that meets all applicable national testing standards for fairness, is consistent with the type of scoring interpretations we use at WGU, and meets legal defensibility requirements. In this method, we organize workshops of Subject Matter Experts (SME) who know about the content of the exam and are familiar with first-day-on-the-job practitioners in the given field(s). During the workshop these SME judges determine the difficulty of each test item, i.e., the proportion of competent graduates who would correctly answer each test item. Standard setting judges are taught to visualize a group of competent graduates—analogous to those with a B average. By way of comparison, we contrast this group with a “minimally qualified” person who may (or may not) succeed on their first day at work (a C student) and an experienced or expert worker (an A student). In this way, our competency exam passing standards (cut scores) can be interpreted as the score that would be achieved by competent graduates—those who would likely finish a traditional program with a "B" average.We set standards for Performance Task, laboratory, observation, clinical, and portfolio assessments using the “B” grade analogy above. Passing for these assessments is always set such that candidates must score at the level of “3” on a four-point scale, or the equivalent.
erpadmin wrote: » http://kb.wgu.edu/display/2/index.asp?c=12&cpc=3041r5ddxF0IetxgscnfYq4KF2b&cid=3&cat=&catURL=&r=0.5303156
Sounds Good wrote: » so no, it doesn't use a letter system. what do you say when an employer asks you what was your GPA during an interview?
Transcripts include four possible marks: • Pass: Certifies successful completion of a course of study. The student has demonstrated the required competencies by passing the final assessment with a grade equivalent of B or better or 3.00 grade points on a 4.00 scale. • Not Passed: Indicates that a student failed to complete a course of study in the time allotted. To meet program requirements, the student generally re-enrolls for the course of study in a subsequent term. • Transfer: Signifies that the student has completed equivalent work at another regionally or nationally accredited institution. • Withdrawn: Represents that the student was withdrawn from the university or course before term completion. The University does not calculate a grade point average (GPA). One competency unit is the equivalent of one semester hour credit of learning in traditional grading systems. Grades are transcripted upon completion of a course of study, but courses of study in progress will not show on the transcript until the end of a term.
Mike-Mike wrote: » I know several people on this board are students at WGU, is anyone here a graduate other than the guy that did it all in one semester? more importanly have you been on a job interview and been asked about your WGU Degree?
erpadmin wrote: » I make $88k a year as a DBA
joshmadakor wrote: » I didn't know you were such a boss
demonfurbie wrote: » let me know i can refer ya in to wave that 65 fee
