Similar to get_progress_hours, this will return back the quality points a student has earned towards this degree. It can then be used to calculate GPA.

Parameters

unknown_type $requirement_type:

unknown_type $bool_required_hours_only:

Return value

unknown

File

classes/DegreePlan.php, line 403

Class

DegreePlan

Code

function get_progress_quality_points($requirement_type = "", $bool_exclude_all_transfer_credits = FALSE, $req_by_degree_id = 0) {
  // Returns the number of hours required (or fulfilled) in a degree plan
  // for courses & groups with the specified requirement_type.
  // ex:  "m", "s", etc.  leave blank for ALL required hours.
  // if boolRequiredHours is FALSE, then we will only look for the courses
  // which got fulfilled.

  if ($requirement_type == "degree") {
    $requirement_type = "";
  }

  $points = 0;

  $this->list_semesters->reset_counter();
  while ($this->list_semesters->has_more()) 
   {
    $sem = $this->list_semesters->get_next();

    $p = $sem->list_courses->count_credit_quality_points($requirement_type, true, true, $bool_exclude_all_transfer_credits, $req_by_degree_id);
    $points = $points + $p;

  }


  // Also, add in groups matching this requirement type.
  $this->list_groups->reset_counter();
  while ($this->list_groups->has_more()) 
   {
    $g = $this->list_groups->get_next();
    if ($g->group_id < 0) 
     { // Skip Add a course group.
      continue;
    }

    // Make sure the group doesn't have a type of 'x' assigned to it, which means we should
    // skip it.
    if ($g->requirement_type == 'x') {
      continue;
    }

    // if req_by_degree_id is set, make sure the group belongs to that degree id!
    if ($req_by_degree_id != 0 && $g->req_by_degree_id != $req_by_degree_id) {
      continue;
    }


    $g_points = $g->get_fulfilled_quality_points(TRUE, -1, TRUE, TRUE, $requirement_type, $bool_exclude_all_transfer_credits);
    $points = $points + $g_points;


  }



  return $points;

}