What is a Credit Contract?

[Sebastian (a lady)]

I found this guideline for homeschoolers applying to University of Maryland:

 

If you’ve been home-schooled, you should provide with your completed application a transcript with the following: course descriptions, books used, methods of evaluation and grades received (credit contracts). You should meet the same minimum high school course requirements expected of all applicants; your SAT and/or ACT scores will be strongly considered in the review of your application.

Please also include general information about your home schooling program or agency and a letter of recommendation from an academic professional as well as the home schooling teacher/parent. If you’ve taken college-level courses, you should also include an official college transcript with your application.

 

So what is a credit contract? Is this just a guideline for how each course was graded?

 

(I also found it interesting that UofMD spelled it home-schooled. That made my first couple searches come up empty.)

[Kareni]

I've never heard the term 'credit contracts' before. I wonder if it is analogous to a grading scale (for example, A = 90 to 100%).

 

Regards,

Kareni

[TechWife]

course descriptions, books used, methods of evaluation and grades received (credit contracts)

 

I recommend that you call them and ask them exactly what they are talking about.

 

I did write a course contract for English I last year because we were using some unconventional materials. It included the following:

course description

course objectives

course requirements

resource list

 

I did not include information on how grades were to be calculated, but did include what the minimum passing grade would be.