Extra Credit

Extra credit is defined as any opportunity for a student to raise a course grade that is not included in the percentages stated in the Methods of Evaluating Student Achievement/Progress in the section syllabus. Each department will determine for each of their courses and state in the course’s syllabus whether or not extra credit may be offered.

In courses where extra credit may be offered:

• Individual instructors will determine whether or not there will be extra credit opportunities in their sections.
• Instructors’ extra credit guidelines will be stated in their section syllabi.

In sections where there are extra credit opportunities:

• They must involve student work that is directly related to the Student Learning Outcomes of the course.
• They may be used to raise a student’s final grade a maximum of 0.5 on Lansing Community College’s (LCC) 4.0 scale.
• All students in a section must have the possibility of earning extra credit; however, instructors may set eligibility criteria such as completion of all homework assignments or tests. These eligibility criteria may not be connected to a student’s cumulative course grade and must be provided to students far enough in advance for all students to have the opportunity to satisfy the criteria.
• Detailed information, including any eligibility criteria, must be distributed in advance of each opportunity.