(1) The performance of a student in a theoretical
course of study will be evaluated on the basis of the following
criteria :
(i) Continuous assessment (assessment of class attendance,
class performance, quizzes and/or assignments etc.).
(ii) Semester Final Examination.
(iii) Clearance Examination (for clearance of the courses in
which the students failed in the Regular Examination, if any)
(iv) Carry
Over Examination (for clearance of back log of the course(s) of
previous semester(s), if any).
(v) Improvement
Examination (for improvement of the grade(s) obtained in the
Regular Examinations, if any)
(2) The continuous assessment and the
Semester Final Examination will form Regular Examination while the
Clearance Examination, Carry Over Examination and Improvement
Examination will provide additional opportunities to the students.
(3) The distribution of marks in the continuous
assessment and in the Semester Final/Clearance/Carry
Over/Improvement Examination will be as follows:
(i) Class participation (i.e. class attendance, class performance
etc.)..... 10%
(ii) Quizzes and/or
assignments..........................................................
20%
(iii) Semester Final/Clearance/Carry Over/Improvement
Examination.... 70%
Total:...................................................................................100%
(4) The number of quizzes and/or assignments in
a theoretical course of study shall ordinarily be (n + 1), where
‘n’ is the number of credit hours of the course. Evaluation of the
performance will be on the basis of the best ‘n’ quizzes and/or
assignments.
(5) The performance of a student in a
sessional/practical course will be evaluated on the basis of class
attendance, class performance, quiz, assignment, report, practical
examination, jury viva voce etc. The distribution of marks in the
course will be determined by the teachers concerned.
(6) The letter grades and the
corresponding grade-points will be awarded for the theoretical
courses in the Regular Examination and for the practical/sessional
courses in accordance with the provision shown below:
Numerical Grade
|
Letter Grade
|
Grade Point
|
80% or above |
A+ |
4.00 |
75% to less
than 80% |
A |
3.75 |
70% to less
than 75% |
A- |
3.50 |
65% to less
than 70% |
B+ |
3.25 |
60% to less
than 65% |
B |
3.00 |
55% to less
than 60% |
B- |
2.75 |
50% to less
than 55% |
C+ |
2.50 |
45% to less
than 50% |
C |
2.25 |
40% to less
than 45% |
D |
2.00 |
Less than 40% |
F |
0.00 |
(7) Apart from the letter grades listed above,
the students may be awarded some other letter grades for their
different status in a course. The letter grade ‘W’ will be
given for the withheld result of a student in a course. Subject to
the recommendation of the concerned Head of the Department and the
approval of the Vice Chancellor of the University, a student may
be awarded the letter grade ‘E’ for exemption or waiver of a
course. The letter grade ‘P’ will be awarded for the course(s) the
students passed in previous semester(s).
Course Status |
Letter Grade |
Withheld |
W |
Exempted |
E |
Passed |
P |
Grade Point
Average (GPA) of a student will be computed without the grades
mentioned above.
(8) Every course has a certain number of
credit hour which describes its weightage. The credit hour of a
theoretical course and the credit hour of a practical/sessional
course refer to contact hour per week and half of the contact hour
per week of the courses respectively. The number of credit hours a
student has completed satisfactorily and the weighted average of
the grade points he/she has maintained measure the performance of
the student. Calculation of Grade Point Average (GPA) can be
explained as follows:
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Grade Point Average (GPA) |
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= |
Summation of (Credit hour in a course x Grade point earned in that course) |
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Total number of credit
hours completed |
Suppose, a
student has completed five courses in a semester and obtained the
following grades:
Course |
Credit Hour |
Grade |
Grade Point |
Course 1 |
3 |
A+ |
4.00 |
Course 2 |
3 |
B |
3.00 |
Course 3 |
3 |
A |
3.75 |
Course 4 |
2 |
B+ |
3.25 |
Course 5 |
1 |
A- |
3.50 |
Then his/her Grade
Point Average (GPA) for the semester will be computed as follows:
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GPA |
= |
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= |
3.52 |
(9) The total marks assigned to a theoretical/practical course
of study is 100 and the duration of Semester
Final/Improvement/Clearance/Carry Over Examination of a
theoretical course is 3 hours. The total marks assigned to
continuous assessment (obtained on the basis of class
participation, quizzes and/or assignments etc.) and the Semester
Final/Clearance/Carry Over/Improvement Examination are 30 & 70
respectively.
(10) A student who remains absent in the Semester Final/
Clearance/ Improvement/ Carry Over Examination of a course of
study will be given the grade ‘F’ for the course. The total mark
and the corresponding grade of the students who are absent in the
examinations of a course will be entered in the mark sheet of the
course considering the mark of the examinations as zero.
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(11) The Clearance Examination of a course will be held only for the
students obtaining the grade ‘F’ (failed in the course) in the
Regular Examination of the course. The Clearance/Carry
Over/Improvement Examination of a semester will be held over a
period of 1 to 2 weeks at the end of the Semester Final
Examination of the semester.
(12) The Clearance Examination of a course will carry 70% of the total
marks assigned to the course, the rest of the mark (30%) will be
entered from the record of the continuous assessment secured
earlier by the student when he/she attended the classes. Whatever
is the total mark obtained by the student, the highest attainable
grade with the Clearance Examination is ‘C’.
So the grading scale for the students appearing in the Clearance
Examination will be as follows:
Numerical Grade |
Letter Grade |
Grade Point |
45% or above |
C |
2.25 |
40% to less
than 45% |
D |
2.00 |
Less than 40% |
F |
0.00 |
(13) A student obtaining the grade ‘F’ in a maximum of 2 (two)
theoretical courses of a semester will also be promoted to the
next higher class with carry over in the failed theoretical
course(s) if the cumulative number of the courses including the
number of carry over courses of the previous semester(s) of the
student concerned does not exceed the highest allowable limit of 4
(four). The students can clear the back log of the carry over
course(s) in the Carry Over Examinations of the relevant semester.
The examination & grading system of the Carry Over Examinations
will be in the same manner as the Clearance Examination.
(14) If the number of failed courses of a student in a semester
exceeds the highest limit of 2 or if the cumulative number of
failed courses including the number of carry over courses of the
student exceeds the highest limit of 4, the student will not be
promoted to the immediate higher class. In this case, the student
must re-register for the course(s) in which he/she failed in the
semester and bring down the number of failed courses including the
carry over course(s) within the allowable limits of 4 & 2 to be
promoted to the next higher semester.
(15) If the cumulative number of failed courses including the
number of carry over courses of a student enrolled in 4th
year 2nd semester of 4-year bachelor degree program or
in 5th year 2nd semester of 5-year bachelor
degree program exceeds the highest limit of 4 (four), the student
will have to re-register for the courses of the semester in which
he/she failed. If the number of failed courses of the last
semester of the programs exceeds the highest limit of 2 (two), the
student will have to re-register for the courses of the semester
in which he/she failed. A student can appear at the Carry Over
Examination of the courses in the relevant subsequent semester if
the number of failed courses does not exceed the limit of 4 & 2 as
specified above.
(16) For appearing in the Carry Over Examinations, the students
are required to apply for enrollment within due time in the
prescribed application form available in the office of the
Controller of Examinations of the University.
(17) The students who have not been promoted to the next higher
semester can re-register in the subsequent semester for the
course(s) (both theoretical & practical) in which they failed. The
grade(s) secured by the students in the re-registered course(s)
will be considered for the result and Grade Point Average (G.P.A.)
of the students concerned for that semester. However, the grade(s)
obtained by the students in the previous semester will also be
recorded in the transcript/grade card and tabulation sheet of
previous semester only for chronological sequence. The students
are required to apply in the prescribed application form available
in the office of the Registrar of the University for
re-registration. The application form duly filled in will be
submitted within 2 weeks from the commencement of the classes.
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(18)
For the purpose of grade improvement, a student
obtaining a passing grade lower than ‘B’ in the Regular
Examination of a theoretical course can appear at the relevant
Improvement Examination of the semester by cancelling the
passing grade of the course secured by him/her. The highest
attainable grade with the Improvement Examination is ‘B’ and the
grade obtained with the Improvement Examination will be considered
for the result and G.P.A of a student. But the grade
obtained by the student in the Regular Examination will also be
recorded in the tabulation sheet/transcript/grade card only for
chronological sequence. The letter grades will be awarded with the
Improvement Examinations in accordance with the provision given
below:
Numerical Grade |
Letter Grade |
Grade Point |
60% or above |
B |
3.00 |
55% to less
than 60% |
B- |
2.75 |
50% to less
than 55% |
C+ |
2.50 |
45% to less
than 50% |
C |
2.25 |
40% to less
than 45% |
D |
2.00 |
Less than 40% |
F |
0.00 |
(19) The Improvement Examination of a course will carry 70% of
the total mark assigned to the course and like the Semester Final/
Clearance Examinations, the rest of the mark will be entered in
the mark sheet of the course from the record of the continuous
assessment secured earlier by the student when he/she attended the
classes of the semester. For appearing in the Improvement
Examination of a course, the students are required to apply for
enrollment in the prescribed application form available in the
office of the Controller of Examinations at least four (4) days
before the examination date of the course.
(20) A student of a 4-year degree program can appear in the
Improvement Examination in a maximum of 4 (four) courses while a
student of a 5-year degree program can do the same in a maximum of
5 (five) courses in his/her student career at AUST.
(21) A student failing in any sessional/practical
course will have to repeat the semester. But a student failing in
the course Surveying Practical may be promoted to the next higher
class, if eligible. A student who remains absent in the classes of
the course Surveying Practical due to reason acceptable to the
authority of the University, will get another chance to attend the
classes & pass the course along with the students of other batch
in the next relevant semester.
(22) A student of a semester who fails to submit
the report/thesis of the course Project/Thesis during the semester
will have to enroll for the course in the subsequent semester of
his/her submission of the report/thesis.
(23) The students of all bachelor degree programs are
required to attend 60% of the classes held in each course of a
semester. The students failing to attend the requisite percentage
of classes in any course will not be allowed to appear at the
Semester Final/ Clearance/Improvement/Carry Over Examinations of
the course in the semester. However, the authority of the
University may condone the shortage of requisite percentage of
class attendance on grounds acceptable to the authority.
(24) All 4-year degree programs at AUST
require completion of degree requirements within a maximum period
of 7 years and a 5-year degree program requires completion of all
degree requirements within a maximum period of 8 years. Failure to
complete all degree requirements within the given time frame may
disqualify a student from continuation of his/her study at AUST.
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