Your course grade will be determined according to the following. Each assignment will be graded on a 100-point scale.

Assignment Percent
SmartBook Exercises 15%
Labs 25%
Discussions 15%
Lifestyle Project Journals 15%
*Exams (Proctored Assessments) 20%

Capstone Project

  • Topic and Proposal (1%)
  • Annotated Bibliography (2%)
  • Draft Script and Outline (2%)
  • Final Project (5%)
 10%
Total 100%

*60% combined average required to pass the course

Final Course Grade

NOVA Online proctored or major assessments are required to maintain compliance with our accreditation standards and the Higher Education Act’s identity verification requirements for online courses. College-wide, proctored or major assessments must prove identity. To accomplish this in online courses, students must show overall passing levels on the proctored or major assessments in order to pass the course.

In this online course, if your average score on all proctored or major assessments is a passing percentage of 60 percent or higher, then your grade will be calculated according to the scale in the table below. Otherwise, a final grade of F will be assigned.

Grade Percent
A 90-100
B 80-89
C 70-79
D 60-69
F 0-59