SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES & RESEARCH
Assessment
PART II: GRADING SYSTEM FOR DIPLOMA, UNDERGRADUATE AND
POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS
The performance of Diploma, Undergraduate and Postgraduate students shall be graded at the
end of every Academic Semester using a 4.0 scale Grade Point Average (GPA) grading
system.
(i) The students‟ performance shall be recorded in letter grade after due conversion
from a percentage score. Each course shall be graded out of 100 marks (including
continuous assessment marks).
(ii) For all taught courses, the continuous assessment and the final examinations
marks shall account for forty percent (40%) and sixty (60%) respectively of the
total marks.
(iii) Continuous assessment should comprise online or in-class quizzes, essays, short
tests, reaction papers, Field/Lab-based practical work; take home assignments and
mid-semester examinations. There are at least two examinations per semester:
mid-semester and end-of-semester examinations. Examinations should be taken
only at the appointed time.
The performance of a Postgraduate student in a course shall be assigned letter grades after due conversion from percentage score as follows:
% Score | Letter Grade | Grade Point | Remarks |
80-100 | A | 4.0 | Excellent |
75-79 | B+ | 3.5 | Very Good |
70-74 | B | 3 | Good |
65-69 | C+ | 2.5 | Above Average |
60-64 | C | 2 | Average |
<60 | F | 0.0 | Fail |
At the end of all registered core and elective courses, students will be assessed based on the University’s laid down criteria.
The final grade of a student shall be based on Continuous Assessment (CA) scores and an End-of-Semester Examination (ESE)/Term Paper (TP).
The Continuous Assessment shall constitute 70% of the total marks while the End of Semester examinations score shall constitute 30% of the total score.
The 70% of the CA includes the following components:
| Item | Score |
| Attendance & Participation (One unexcused absenteeism allowed) | 10 |
| Reaction Papers or Take-Home Assignments (two minimum) | 20 |
| Online or In-Class Quizzes (two minimum) | 20 |
| Laboratory-based Practical Work/Mid-semester Exam for non-laboratory-based courses | 20 |
Grading System
| Marks/Score | Grade | Grade point | Interpretation |
| 80-100 | A | 4.0 | Excellent |
| 75-79 | B+ | 3.5 | Very Good |
| 70-74 | B | 3 | Good |
| 65-69 | C+ | 2.5 | Fairly Good |
| 60-64 | C | 2.0 | Average |
| 55-59 | D+ | 1.5 | Fail |
| 50-54 | D | 1.0 | |
| 0-49 | E | 0.0 |
Based on the above table, the pass mark for a student is 60% and students are expected to maintain a grade point average of at least 2.0 to qualify for graduation.
The grade, Incomplete (IC), shall be awarded to a student when s/he misses one or more components of the assessment. An IC should be rectified within 2 weeks of the next semester.
It is the duty of students to ensure that all ICs are rectified before the deadline. Should a student refuse to rectify an IC before the deadline, such an IC will automatically be converted to the grade corresponding to the total recorded mark.
A graduate student who obtains a total mark of below 60% in any course will be considered to have failed that course (or obtained a referral).
Such a student will need to re-sit/re-take that course and pass at the next available opportunity or in the latter year levels.
Additionally, students with failed courses will be given a maximum of two chances per course while their cohort is still yet to graduate to redeem the course.
After the cohort has graduated, the student will be given one extra chance to redeem the course.
Access the Postgraduate Handbook
- course structures,
- Assessment Methods
- Research Requirements etc.
