Course of Study
Taiwan Adventist International School will follow the standard 185-day Taiwanese academic year. The calendar will include a Christmas and Spring Break holiday, as found in the American system. There will be two semesters of 18 weeks each.
TAIS offers a individualize program that provides the most amount of classes for students to graduate through the Griggs International High School program. Students are offered the potential to receive either a Taiwanese or American high school diploma. One Credit Unit is defined as one hour of in-class instruction per week for one semester. Thus a 10-credit class convenes daily for one academic year.
| 9th Grade Course of Study | |
|---|---|
| Bible I | 10 |
| English I | 10 |
| Algebra I | 10 |
| Earth Science | 10 |
| Typing/Inputting | 5 |
| Word Processing for Windows | 5 |
| Electives* | 10 |
| Total | 60 |
| 10th Grade Course of Study | |
| Bible II | 10 |
| English II | 10 |
| World History | 10 |
| Geometry | 10 |
| Biology | 10 |
| Health | 5 |
| Electives | 5 |
| Total | 60 |
| 11th Grade Course of Study | |
| Bible III | 10 |
| American Literature | 10 |
| American History | 10 |
| Algebra II | 10 |
| Fine Arts | 10 |
| Foreign Language | 10 |
| Total | 60 |
| 12th Grade Course of Study | |
| Bible IV | 10 |
| English Literature | 10 |
| American Government | 10 |
| Chemistry | 10 |
| Foreign Language | 10 |
| Electives | 10 |
| Community Service** | 0 |
| Total | 60 |
| Four Year Total† | 240 |
*For Electives please see separate Electives Offerings for each school year.
**A minimum of 20 hours of community service should be performed during the senior year. Fulfillment of Community Service credit will depend on available community/charity projects.
†College Preparatory Program students may graduate with an additional 30 to 40 credits, depending on the requirements of the program they are applying towards
Note: AP, Honors and Challenge courses are listed separately
Grading
| TAIS Grading Scale for grades 7-12 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Letter Grade | Grade Points | Percentages | Details |
| A | 4.0 | 94% | Excellent |
| A- | 3.67 | 90% | |
| B+ | 3.34 | 87% | |
| B | 3.00 | 84% | Very Good |
| B- | 2.67 | 80% | Above Average |
| C+ | 2.34 | 77% | |
| C | 2.00 | 74% | Generally satisfactory, intellectually adequate performance. |
| C- | 1.67 | 70% | |
| D+ | 1.34 | 67% | |
| D | 1.00 | 64% | A barely satisfactory performance. |
| D- | 0.67 | 60% | Minimum general passing letter grade to receive credit for a course. |
| F | 0.0 | - | Failure |
| IC | - | - | Incomplete |
| WD | - | - | Withdrawn |