A student earns a term credit for any course passed. Partial term credits are awarded in music and Health and Human Development.

A student earns a diploma credit if the student has successfully completed a course that fulfills a diploma requirement.

In addition to the Physical Education and Health and Human Development requirements, all students must take at least 15 courses per year. With the exception of Physical Education, the total number of credits being earned by a student in a given term must not exceed five and two-thirds, except as noted. Any other exception to these regulations must be approved by the faculty.

Each term course passed earns one credit, except for Health and Human Development which carries one-third credit for each term and those courses in applied music which carry one-third or two-thirds credit for each term. Students must take the same partial-credit applied music courses for three or two consecutive terms respectively to count the credits earned toward their diploma requirement in the Arts.

Diploma candidates must accumulate term credits according to the following table. Credits are awarded only for courses passed at Exeter.

Entering Grade (September)	Credits Required	PE Credits Required
9	54	10
10	41	7
11	27	4
12	13	2

Students may repeat a failed course only once. A student receiving a failing grade (an E) has the option of repeating the course if it is available in any subsequent term. Upon successful completion, the repeated course earns term credit, and diploma credit where applicable. Both grades are recorded on the academic transcript and are included in the student's GPA.

Students who fail a term of study in a sequential discipline will not receive term credit, nor diploma credit, for that course, except under the following condition.

If a student fails a course in a sequential discipline and that same course is not offered in the following term, then the department, after consulting with the Dean of Academic Affairs, may allow the student to take the next course in the sequence. The individual department, after consulting with the Dean of Academic Affairs, may grant diploma credit for the failed course upon the student's successful completion of the next course in that sequence; however, this credit would not count toward the minimum number of required credits listed in the table above.

A student receiving any D grade has the option of repeating the course once, if it is available in any subsequent term. The repeated course counts toward the 5 course term requirement but does not earn an additional term credit. Both grades are recorded on the academic transcript and are included in the student's GPA.

Students must pass all courses (including Senior Projects) taken in the final term of their Senior year.

Attendance on the campus at Exeter for at least three terms during the Upper and Senior years is required.

To receive a diploma, a student must be free from any disciplinary action, official or pending.

The classical diploma is awarded to students who successfully complete Greek 131 and either Latin 511 or Latin 430.

Students whose native language is not English may meet their language requirement with their native language with permission of the Modern Language Department.

Students whose native language is not English will be placed at the proper level in English by the English Department. In order to meet diploma requirements, students must continue taking English courses in sequence until graduation.

Students who enter the Academy without credit for one year of U. S. history taken in grades 10, 11, or 12 are required by law to take it at Exeter.

Grading
Academic work is graded on an 11-point scale in which A=11, A-=10, etc., to E=0. The minimum passing grade is D-. A squared grade (e.g., C2) indicates unsatisfactory effort.

A Note About Course Descriptions
Unless otherwise indicated in the course description, a course:

• has no prerequisite
• is open to members of all classes
• is offered each term
• unless otherwise indicated in the course description, a course does not meet during the reserve format

To check certification of individual programs, students may find the following information helpful:

The Mountain School:
Vershire, Vermont CEEB 460464

School Year Abroad:
Beijing, China CEEB 694201
Rennes, France CEEB 731845
Viterbo, Italy CEEB 748646
Zaragoza, Spain CEEB 792150

Fall term in France:
American School of Grenoble CEEB 731206

Fall term in Ghana:
Not registered with the NCAA

Fall term in Japan:
Kumon Kokusai High School
is not registered with the NCAA

Fall term in Russia:
School #636
is not registered with the NCAA

Fall term in Stratford, England:
Not registered with the NCAA

Fall term at the Island School, Bahamas:
Cape Eleuthera Island School through Lawrenceville Academy CEEB 310681

Winter term in China:
Not registered with the NCAA

Winter term in Germany:
Theodor Heuss Gymnasium
Not registered with the NCAA

Winter term in Rome, Italy:
St. Stephen's School, Rome, Italy CEEB 748600

Winter term in Cuenca, Ecuador:
Not registered with the NCAA

Winter term in Ballytobin/Callan:
No courses are taken

Washington Intern Program:
The English seminar is not certified by the NCAA.

Students who are planning to play division I or II college athletics and participate in Exeter's off campus programs may need to take two English electives in the spring term of their senior year to meet the four year English requirement. Please see individual program descriptions for further details.

Please refer any questions about whether or not specific courses are certified to the Director of Studies.