Updated on June 15, 2018
To PEAK Junior Division Students

Introduction of Basic Point Average
From the S Semester 2018, the Basic Point Average (Kihon Heikin-ten), a weightedaverage, will appear on your transcript at the PEAK Junior Division to substantiatecredits requirements for completion of Junior Division Program. Based on credits andgrade points received from all courses taken except for Thematic Courses, the calculation
method below will be used in the same manner as for April-entry students:
Basic Point Average =the sum of (grade points * credits * weight1)
the sum of (credits * weight)
1.: Weight for respective course taken

When calculating the Basic Point Average, courses, credits and weights will be set as
follows:① Courses shown in the table below will be given a weight of 1.
StreamHS IIINS II(PEAK)(PEAK)

6

6Information

2

2

Physical Education and Health
Sciences11First-Year Seminar3

3

12 credits with thehighest points

4 credits with thehighest points

Course Category
Foreign Languages

FoundationCourses

Japanese

Social Sciences
Humanities
Mathematical Sciences

8

Material and Life Sciences

8L. Languages and Communication

4 credits with thehighest points
4 credits with thehighest points

A. Ideas and Arts
B. International and Area Studies
IntegratedCourses

C. Society and Institutions
D. Human Beings and theEnvironment
E. Matter and Life
F. Mathematical and Information
Sciences

12 credits with thehighest points
12 credits with thehighest points

② Credits earned from Foundation Courses in excess of the table will be given a weightof 0.1.
③ Intermediate Courses and/or Integrated Courses registered in excess of the table will
be given a weight of 0.1.
④ Courses evaluated on a “Pass” or “Fail” basis will not be included in the calculation ofthe Basic Point Average, unless otherwise stipulated.
⑤ Points for courses graded as “Fail ” will be included in the calculation of the Basic
Point Average. Also, 0 points for courses graded as “Absent” will be included. If any
courses for credit in the table have not been registered at the end of 2S Semester,[credits * 0 point] will be included.
⑥ For Integrated Courses, when calculating the Basic Point Average, if a student takes
courses in excess of the limit such that a particular 2 credit course both fulfills andexceeds the limit, then only the first credit up to the limit will be given a weight of 1,and all further credits will be given a weight of 0.1.
⑦ For “Sports and Fitness Exercises I (PEAK)”, “Sports and Fitness Exercises II(PEAK)” , “Sports and Fitness Exercises (April-entry)”, or “Sports and Fitness
Exercises II (April-entry)”, a maximum of two credits will be given a weight of 1. In
addition, a maximum of one credit will be given a weight of 0.1.
⑧ When repeating a year upon the conclusion of the second-year, credits for Foundation
Courses, Intermediate Courses and Integrated Courses registered in the 2S Semester(2S1 / 2S2 Term) will be included in the calculation of the point average for Senior
Course Selection (Shingaku Sentaku) in the following year. In addition, points forcourses taken after repeating a year will be included in the calculation of the pointaverage.
⑨ When repeating a year, any Intermediate Course/s and/or Integrated Course/s
registered before repeating the year and graded as “Absent” will not be included inthe calculation of Basic Point Average.

June 2018
PEAK/GPEAK Section, Academic Affairs Division,
College of Arts and Sciences