Pgcc Canvas (2024)

FAQs

What is a passing grade in Pgcc? ›

The College uses Canvas as our course management system.

Prince George's Community College (PGCC) grants waivers from the placement test based on college-ready SAT scores, allowing students to enroll in college-level, credit courses.

Once you arrive, you must complete any required forms and show your photo ID to take the test. Please ensure that you have sufficient time to complete the placement tests. Incoming students taking tests for Reading, English, and Math Readiness may need up to three hours to complete all of them.

Most colleges and universities generally consider a "D" (or a 60% to 69% score) as a passing grade. It's important to note that this minimum or lowest passing grade standard can significantly vary depending on the institution or major. For instance, some universities may require a "C" or better to pass.

C - this is a grade that rests right in the middle. C is anywhere between 70% and 79% D - this is still a passing grade, and it's between 59% and 69% F - this is a failing grade.

Average GPA of 2.50 or higher for all courses. ATI TEAS required at time of petition with a minimum preparedness category score of "proficient," and a minimum adjusted individual reading score of 70 percent.

Canvas offers discussion boards for asynchronous discussions, chat rooms for live discussions, centralized email (Canvas Conversations), so you can stay in touch with your instructor and communicate with other students, and even a way to submit assignments and take exams.

Canvas is dependable, rich with features, and intuitive. Canvas can be integrated with university systems and data sources, and with relevant third-party applications. Canvas has demonstrated that it can meet the high-level requirements in terms of usability, accessibility, learning tool integration and mobile use.

Among well-known institutions whose test-optional policies continue at least through fall 2025 are Columbia, Cornell, Emory, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Notre Dame, Princeton, Stanford, the University of Chicago, and Vanderbilt.

Is Pgcc an accredited college? ›

We are accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE).

A 15-credit limit per degree exists for any combination of portfolio or challenge exams. Prince George's Community College has created a database to assist students in understanding how their credit will transfer.

You can't fail a placement test for college. If you receive a low score, you'll be placed in developmental classes for that subject to help increase your knowledge of the topic before you advance to more rigorous courses.

Passing score for Arithmetic is 264. Passing score for Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra, and Statistics is 264. 243-300 on Reading.

Is a placement test hard? Placement tests aren't necessarily hard. These exams primarily cover the Algebra that you learned in high school, so whether or not they are hard depends on how well you did in Algebra.

A student will receive a “failing” grade for assignments, tests, or quizzes when the following occurs: A student has cheated on a test, quiz, or assigned project. A student fails to produce work within an assigned timeframe. A student who has been lawfully absent fails to produce make-up work in a reasonable timeframe.

The meaning of each grade is as follows: A, A–, excellent; B+, B, and B–, good; C+ and C, competent; C–, continuation competency (the student has achieved the level of proficiency needed for the course to satisfy prerequisite requirements); D+, D, and D–, passing, but performance is not adequate to take any subsequent ...

A grade of C or better is required to earn a Passed; a C- or below will earn a Not Passed grade. A grade of C- may satisfy many requirements (e.g., General Education, elective) but a Not Passed grade will not earn any credit or satisfy requirements.

The following grades are used: A — excellent; B — good; C — fair in undergraduate courses and minimum passing in courses for graduate credit; D — minimum passing in undergraduate courses; F — failed.