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Grading Scale ProceduresParent PolicyWhen grades are awarded for coursework units or Honours coursework degrees the following procedures should be used.Near Pass (NP) (for units with a census date prior to 15 Feburary 2010)The Faculty in which a student is enrolled for his or her degree has the right to make judgements regarding the use of Near Pass grades in allowing progress in the degree. All results in the Near Pass (NP) range (45-49) are initially returned as Fail (N) and the Board of Examiners have the authority to convert the N grades to NP grades where Faculty regulations and degree requirements allow. Faculties should not award more 'NP' grade than they are prepared to count towards the degree. They may, however, attach conditions to an 'NP' grade where sequences of units are involved. Faculties should advise the Education Committee and the Academic Board of any function (if any) of NP grades in allowing student progression in each of the degree(s) offered.ResponsibilityBoard of Examiners Fail Mark Verification (effective until 15 February 2010)Each faculty must have a process (reported to, and approved by Academic Board) for verifying fail marks that contribute to a final fail result. This requirement shall not apply to pieces of work completed during the course of a unit each of which is worth no more than 10 per cent of the final mark, unless the total of such pieces exceeds 30 per cent of the final mark. ResponsibilityBoard of Examiners Unit Hurdle Requirements (effective until 15 February 2010)Unit guides should indicate the grade that a student will be given if hurdle requirements for a unit are not met.ResponsibilityUnit Leader Interim GradesUpon completion of study and accompanying assessment requirements, each unit will be assigned a Final Grade according to the approved grading schema. ResponsibilityBoard of Examiners Deferred Assessment (DEF)Used to indicate that a deferred examination (only) has been approved. The Deferred Assessment grade is used to create records for examination purposes in officially designated supplementary assessment periods – i.e. the Supplementary and Deferred Examination period in August/September for semester 1 units and January/February for semester 2 units. Deferred Assessment grades must be converted to a final grade no later than the date when Supplementary and Deferred Examination results for that teaching period are published.ResponsibilityBoard of Examiners Supplementary Assessment (NS)Used to indicate when all assessment has been completed but a pass has not resulted, and some form of supplementary assessment has been granted. Supplementary Assessment grades must be converted to a final grade no later than the date when Supplementary and Deferred Examination results for that teaching period are published.ResponsibilityBoard of Examiners WithheldUsed to indicate that not all assessment tasks have been assessed and that a final grade can not yet be recorded. Withheld grades must be converted to a final grade no later than 12 weeks after the associated Callista teaching period end date for that unit. ResponsibilityBoard of Examiners Withdrawn Fail (WN)Monash University Students:Withdrawn Fail is awarded to students who apply to withdraw from units of study between Tuesday of Week 10 in a standard semester (or equivalent in a non-standard semester) and the last day of the teaching period in that semester. For this purpose, a) Week 10 is the tenth week following the teaching start date, including any semester break, and b) the Student Administration web pages will contain the actual dates for standard and non-standard semesters. Students may not withdraw from units in a semester after the last day of the teaching period in that semester. Open Universities Australia students enrolled in Monash Units:Withdrawn Fail is awarded to students who apply to withdraw from units of study on or after Monday of Week 7 of the relevant study period. Students may not withdraw from units in a study period after the last day of the teaching period for that study period. ResponsibilityBoard of Examiners Withdrawn Incomplete (WI)Used to indicate that a student was unable to undertake or complete all assessment for a unit due to extreme circumstances beyond his or her control occurring or having effect after the commencement of the relevant Withdrawn Fail period. ResponsibilityBoard of Examiners Not Assessed (NAS)Used to finalise a unit undertaken on a non-assessed non-award basis.ResponsibilityBoard of Examiners GPA (Grade Point Average) CalculationMonash uses a 4.0 GPA scale where each unit of study is awarded a grade value between 0 and 4 based on the grade awarded for the unit:
Units resulting in grades SFR (Satisfied Faculty Requirements), NE (Not Examinable), NAS (Not Assessed) and WI (Withdrawn Incomplete) are not included in the GPA calculation.
Each grade value is then multiplied by the credit points for the unit and these values are then summed. Finally, the summed value (weighted GPA unit score) is divided by the total number of credit points undertaken. The result is then calculated to three decimal points.
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ResponsibilityStudent Administration and Systems WAM (Weighted Average Mark) CalculationMonash weights each unit of study based on the year level of the unit. Level one units are weighted at .5 to take into consideration transitional issues that may occur when students are undertaking the first year of university study. All other year levels including those at the postgraduate level have a higher level weighting of 1.
Units resulting in grades SFR (Satisfied Faculty Requirements), NE (Not Examinable), NAS (Not Assessed) and WI (Withdrawn Incomplete) are not included in the WAM calculation.
The WAM is calculated by multiplying the mark by the year level weighting and then by the credit points for the unit. The resulting values (or weighted marks) are then summed. The weighted credit points are then calculated by multiplying the credit points for the unit by the year level weighting. The weighted credit points are then summed. Finally, the sum of the weighted marks is divided by the sum of the weighted credit points. The result is then calculated to three decimal points.
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