Conditions for Passing Courses
A new set of regulation on conditions for passing courses will be implemented starting from semester 1 , 2015/2016听with respect to 糖心原创 senate approval of vol. 413 on 27 August听2015. These conditions will be applied to all cohorts of FKAB students starting from the senate approval date.
With respect to EAC manual 2012 edition:
(page 16, Section 7.1 under criteria 1: Academic Curruculum)
鈥淯nless the continuous assessment approach adopted can demonstrate the attainment of the depth of knowledge, the IHLs are strongly reminded to ensure that no student shall pass the courses if they fail in their final semester examination.鈥
Thus, the following are some examples on how to calculate the total听mark.
A student will receive fail status for a subject听if the measured average summative components are also FAIL, which means that the total mark is below 35. All examinations that fall under the category of summative assessment should be conducted in controlled environment.
*Passing Mark
Passing mark is 35, which is a D grade where it will be assessed and might be upgraded to a higher mark, which will be informed later on.
*Controlled Environment Definition
It is an environment in which the distance between two students while doing the examination is observed and controlled where at least a lecturer will monitor the examination and it should be scheduled early on.
*Definition of Standard Compliance
Summative assessment: The questions should be vetted and assessed, especially on the question depth where the examination is scheduled and controlled.
Continuous assessment: It (such as project report, assignment, lab work) can be categorized as summative assessment if it complies with same standard as the summative assessment such as the assessment is done to each individual by using right tool such as rubric听and the mark distribution is suitable with the measured domain. The assessment should reflect each student achievement and should posses the right depth according to the student level of study.
| Summative/Real assessment 听听(Controlled & Complied the Standard) | Continuous Assessment | Average of Summative Components | Grade | ||||
| Final Exam(%) | Mid Sem (%) | Others assessment(%) | Quiz(%) | Assignment(%) | PBL(%) | Refer to the formula | 听 |
| Fail | 听 | 听 | 鈮 35 % | Calculation as normal | |||
| Fail | 听 | 听 | < 35 % | E | |||
听Mark for real assessment component for the student (%) = (危(Assessment Mark x Weightage)/(Total Mark of Summative Components in %))听x 100%
SOME CALCULATION EXAMPLES ON CONDITIONS FOR PASSING COURSES
Case 1: Summative Assessment + Project Report
| Summative/Real assessment 听听(Controlled & Complied the Standard) | Continuous Assessment | Average of Summative Components | Grade | ||||
| Final Exam(40%) | Mid Sem (30%) | Project(10%) | Quiz(5%) | Assignment(5%) | PBL(10%) | Refer to the formula | 听 |
| 33/100 (Fail) | 听50/100 | 70/100 | 100/100 | 100/100 | 100/100 | 44听% | 55.5 (C+) |
Mark for real assessment component for the student (%) = (危(Assessment Mark x Weightage)/(Total Mark of Summative Components in %)) 听x 100%
= ((Final exam x weightage) + (Mid听exam x weightage)+ (Project听x weightage))/(80))听x 100%
= ((33 x 0.4) + (50 x 0.3)+ (70 x 0.1))/(80))听x 100%
= (13.2 + 15 + 7)/80 x 100%
听 听= 44 鈮 35
Student real mark听(%)听听听听听听听 =听危(Assessment Mark x Weightage)
=听 13.2 + 15 + 7 + 5 + 5 +10
听 听= 55.5 (C+)
听
Case 2: Summative Assessment听
| Summative/Real assessment 听听(Controlled & Complied the Standard) | Continuous Assessment | Average of Summative Components | Grade | ||||
| Final Exam(40%) | Mid Sem (20%) | Quiz(10%) | Assignment(20%) | PBL(10%) | Refer to the formula | 听 | |
| 33/100 (Fail) | 听35/100 | 90/100 | 90/100 | 90/100 | 33.6听% | E | |
Mark for real assessment component for the student (%) = (危(Assessment Mark x Weightage)/(Total Mark of Summative Components in %)) 听x 100%
= ((Final exam x weightage) + (Mid听exam x weightage))/60)听x 100%
= ((33 x 0.4) + (35 x 0.2))/60)听x 100%
= (13.2 + 7)/60 x 100%
听 听= 33.6 <听35
Hence, the student鈥檚 grade is E and fails the course
听
Case听3 : Summative Assessment
| Summative/Real assessment 听听(Controlled & Complied the Standard) | Continuous Assessment | Average of Summative Components | Grade | ||||
| Final Exam(40%) | Mid Sem (20%) | Quiz(10%) | Assignment(20%) | PBL(10%) | Refer to the formula | 听 | |
| 33/100 (Fail) | 听80/100 | 90/100 | 90/100 | 90/100 | 48.7 % | 65.2 (B-) | |
Mark for real assessment component for the student (%) = (危(Assessment Mark x Weightage)/(Total Mark of Summative Components in %)) 听x 100%
= ((Final exam x weightage) + (Mid听exam x weightage))/60)听x 100%
= ((33 x 0.4) + (80 x 0.2))/60)听x 100%
= (13.2 + 16)/60 x 100%
听 听= 48.7 鈮 35
Student real mark听(%)听听听听听听听 =听危(Assessment Mark x Weightage)
=听 13.2 + 16 + 9 + 18听+ 9
听 听= 65.2 (B-)
听
Case 4 :听Final Exam Only
| Summative/Real assessment 听听(Controlled & Complied the Standard) | Continuous Assessment | Average of Summative Components | Grade | ||||
| Final Exam(60%) | Quiz(5%) | Assignment(5%) | PBL(10%) | Refer to the formula | 听 | ||
| 33/100 (Fail) | 100/100 | 100/100 | 100/100 | 33.1 % | E | ||
Mark for real assessment component for the student (%) = (危(Assessment Mark x Weightage)/(Total Mark of Summative Components in %)) 听x 100%
= (Final exam x weightage)/60)听x 100%
= (33 x 0.6)/60)听x 100%
= 33/60 x 100%
听 听= 33 <听35
Hence, the student鈥檚 grade is E and fails the course.