Description
Sum earned+recognized-overlap; return nonnegative remaining requirement and surplus separately.
Education credit bookkeeping depends on conversion factors, overlap, prior recognition, caps and prerequisite assertions. Contact hours and recognized credits are different quantities; a numerical equivalence or waiver flag does not establish accreditation or authority to award a qualification.
Sum earned+recognized-overlap; return nonnegative remaining requirement and surplus separately.
When to use this tool
Use Course Credit Recognized Unearned Gap when checking the stated credit, overlap, rounding or prerequisite convention.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter requiredCredits, earnedCredits, recognizedPriorCredits, overlapCredits. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read netCompleted, remaining, surplus. Use the output convention below.
Require nonnegative required/earned/prior-recognized credits and overlap within both completed sources. Sum earned+recognized-overlap; return nonnegative remaining requirement and surplus separately.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| requiredCredits | Required Credits | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| earnedCredits | Earned Credits | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| recognizedPriorCredits | Recognized Prior Credits | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| overlapCredits | Overlap Credits | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| netCompleted | Net Completed | Required. Finite number. |
| remaining | Signed or clamped remainder under the exact convention specified above. | Required. Finite number. |
| surplus | Surplus | Required. Finite number. |
{
"input": {
"requiredCredits": 120,
"earnedCredits": 60,
"recognizedPriorCredits": 30,
"overlapCredits": 10
},
"output": {
"netCompleted": 80,
"remaining": 40,
"surplus": 0
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- Credit validity, overlap and recognition are supplied; no actual award or institutional approval is determined.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Consult the institution’s current recognition and qualification rules and verified completion/evidence records for actual credit decisions.
References
Similar or alternative tools
- Course Module Credit Remainder
Sum completed credits and return total-sum as a signed remainder.
- Course Resit Credit Reuse
Unique credits=previous+resit-reusable; remaining=max(0,required-unique).