Graduation Requirements

Credit	Credit Type
4.0	English (at least 1.0 credit must be Writing credit)
3.0	Mathematics (Algebra I, Geometry, and one other Mathematics credit)
1.0	Biology
1.0	Chemistry
0.5	Physics
0.5	General Science (or additional Biology, Chemistry, or Physics)
1.0	Government
1.0	American History
1.0	World Studies
0.5	Geography
1.5	Arts (Music, Fine Art, Theater, Music, etc.)
1.0	Social Studies (Psychology, Contemporary Issues, Philosophy, Economics, Religion, Etc.)
2.0	Foreign Language (2 Years of the same language is very strongly recommended, and 3 years of the same language may exempt students from college language requirements)
1.5	Physical Education and Health
4.5	Electives
Total: 24.0 credits required for graduation

Grade Point Averages (GPA)

Grade points are computed on a 4 point scale with "AP" Courses awarded an extra quality point due to the difficult nature of the material. Although we do not give credit for D's, D grades do earn 1 quality point. These computations are based on 1 full credit in a course - courses at The New School which are offered for less than a full credit basis are evaluated on a proportional system.  Thus the quality points awarded by grade are:

	Yearly	AP	Half-Credit	Quarter Credit
A	4.0	5.0	2.0	1.0
B	3.0	4.0	1.5	0.75
C	2.0	3.0	1.0	0.5
D	1.0	2.0	0.5	0.25
F	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

The New School reports the student GPA for classes taken at The New School, as well as any previously reported GPAs from other schools. Because of the difficulties of meshing differing credit and grade schemes together, an overall GPA is given only for time spent at The New School, and does not include work at other institutions.