1 / 62

International Credentials Workshop

International Credentials Workshop. International Credentials Workshop. Credentials 801: Basics for the Non-specialist. Douglas Dombrosky SESD/CGSR January, 2007. Overview. Basic Document procedures Basic Transcripts: the B side Basic Systems: United States British French (20 point)

cade
Download Presentation

International Credentials Workshop

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. International Credentials Workshop

  2. International Credentials Workshop Credentials 801: Basics for the Non-specialist Douglas Dombrosky SESD/CGSR January, 2007

  3. Overview • Basic Document procedures • Basic Transcripts: the B side • Basic Systems: • United States • British • French (20 point) • Russia • Basic Credit Units • Basic Calculations • Awards Coffee Breaks!!

  4. Basic Document Procedures

  5. Basic Document Procedures • Admission Average • Official or Attested Academic Credentials • Acceptable Translations • Final Academic Credentials • Comparable Degrees • Credentials Required • Fraudulent Credentials Source: Academic Credential Basics Workshop Retreived from: http://www.grad.uiuc.edu/admissions/workshops/2006/academic_credential_files/v3_document.htm Date: January 10, 2007

  6. Official or Attested Academic Credentials • Official Letterhead / Transcript Paper • Seal or Stamp and Signature of Registrar • Received in sealed envelopes – directly from the Institution • Both Original and English versions are required. • Recognized institution

  7. Official or Attested Academic Credentials • If original language credential received directly from Institution. English translations may be accepted from: • Applicant’s institution • Government agency in institution’s country • U of S Faculty member or staff (but not student) • Copies from a Notary Public are not acceptable • Copies of international credentials from other North American institutions are not acceptable.

  8. Final Academic Credential • Degree conferred listed on transcript orcertificate of degree. • Degree date listed on transcript or certificate of degree

  9. Things to look for • Does the biographical information match? • Do the pictures match? • Do the timelines agree? • Does the translation agree with original language. • Should be a translation not an interpretation. • Do referees exist and are not related? • White out?

  10. End of Basic Documents

  11. Basic Transcripts: the B side

  12. Grading Systems • Grade interpretation is no more objective than grading. • Fairness is more important than accuracy. • Grade categories/classes convey core information. • Average grades mean more than individual grades. Capturing the Message Conveyed by Grades: interpreting Foreign Grades by Guy Haug, Word Education News and Reviews 12,2:12-17, 1997

  13. Everything is changing … … all the time … … continuously … … quickly …

  14. University of Saskatchewan Grading system

  15. UofS Transcript B side

  16. Current Grading Practice Table

  17. Ontario Grading system: 2001 • Level 4 = A or excellent (exceeds provincial standard, 80%-100%) • Level 3 = B or good (meets provincial standard, 70%-79%) • Level 2 = C or average (approaches provincial standard, 60%-69%) • Level 1 = D or poor (well below provincial standard, 50%-59%) • Level 0 = F or failing (remedial action necessary, 0%-49%) Retrieved frrom: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grading_in_the_United_States January 08, 2007

  18. Example: Mount Royal College

  19. End of Basic Transcripts

  20. International Systems

  21. Four Grading Systems • United States • British • French (20 point) • Russian From: International Educator, Credentials Evaluation for the Nonspecialist, Volume Xi, Number 3, Summer 2002, p. 18-23. by Foley, C. & McKown II, R.

  22. United States Pattern Grading scales include: Letter (alpha), 4 point, and descriptions Example countries: United States, South Korea, Taiwan Variations: Mexico, People’s Republic of China, United Arab Emirates

  23. China • Universities in China are rapidly improving. • Key Institutions and now 211 Institutions are receiving large amounts of Government money. • The new Admission & Recruitment Committee will be looking at specific Institutions.

  24. China

  25. British Pattern A United Kingdom 3 year degree is accepted for entrance into Graduate Studies. (Except India, Sri Lanka) Exams play an important part of the process. Typically do not use credit units - but that is changing. Example countries: Britain, Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria. Variations: India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Singapore

  26. British Pattern * Bold designates Honours degrees

  27. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry • Passing grades: • O for Outstanding • E for Exceeds Expectations • A for Acceptable • Failing grades: • P for Poor • D for Dreadful • T for Troll • Fred and George Weasley once claimed that they should get at least an E on everything, since they exceeded expectations by just showing up.

  28. French Pattern ( 20 pt ) The Maitrise degree is equivalent to the 4 year Canadian Degree – although the degree might be called other things in other countries. The “coefficients” system is similar to Credit Units. Example countries: France, Francophone Africa, Iran, Afghanistan Variations: Haiti

  29. Iran

  30. Russian Pattern Countries were originally part of the old Russian Federation Since the original system no longer exists, every country is developing in their own direction – therefore least predictable Usually contact hours are listed instead of credit units In the past marks and exams were hand written books like bank pass books. Common Countries: USSR, Russian Federation, Mongolia, Variations: Estonia, Latvia, Romania, Vietnam

  31. Russian Pattern

  32. End of Basic Systems

  33. Basic Credit Units

  34. Credit Units • The admission average is a weighted average - calculated on the last 60 credit units of an undergraduate program. • 60 CUs is the last half of the usual four year program of 120 CUs. • Not all countries list credit units or even contact hours.

  35. Credit Units • Therefore: • If there are CUs – use the whole term including the 60th cu. • If credit hours – about ½ of the hours. • If neither: • Use about 20 classes or • Use ½ the classes.

  36. End of Basic Credit Units

  37. Basic Calculations

  38. Basic Calculation • Calculate Weighted Average • CUs * Grading: • Use original scales if possible. • If alpha scale (A, B, C), use middle of the range provided on original transcript. • Failed courses: • If retaken – use best mark and disregard first • Covert Failure to F grade equivalent.

  39. Admission Average Grade Conversion • Know the minimum score acceptable out of the maximum.

  40. Grade Conversion 50% 15 15/30 U of S 30

  41. Grade Conversion 50% 10 10/20 China 20

  42. Min (0%) Max (100%) U of S China 90% (China) = 85% (UofS) Good B 90% - 10% ≠ 85% 80% (China) = 70% (UofS) 100% (China) = 100% (UofS) ½ way (China) = ½ way (UofS)

  43. 70+7.5=77.5% 25% of 30 30 ? 7.5 U of S China 5 20 5/20 25% ¼ of the way

  44. OR 5 * 30 = ? * 20 7.5

More Related