Grading Scheme
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Week 1 Lab Assignment (due Wed, Jan 12, 11:59 pm): 2.5%
Week 2 Labtest : 2.5%
Week 3 Labtest : 5%
Week 4 Labtest : 5%
Week 5 Labtest : 5%
Week 6 Labtest : 5%
Week 7 Labtest : 5%
Week 8 Labtest : 10%
Week 9 Labtest : 10%
Week 10 Labtest : 10%
Week 11 Labtest : 10%
Week 12 Labtest : 10%
Labtests (weekly) : 80%
Final Exam - Labtest component : 10%
Final Exam - Written component : 10%
Forgiveness Policy: in deriving your overall labtest mark, the lowest 10% of your labtest marks will be excluded.
Examples:
-if your two lowest marks were the weeks 3-7 labtests (worth 10% together), then your mark will be based on the other week's marks
-if your lowest mark was a labtest in week 8-12 (worth 10%), then that mark will be dropped
-if one of your lowest marks was a week 3-7 labtest and the other lowest mark is a week8-12 labtest, then the first will be dropped and the second will be reweighted to be worth 5% instead of 10%
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York University Common Grading Scheme for Undergraduate Faculties [link opens new window]
A+ Exceptional: Thorough knowledge of concepts and/or techniques and exceptional skill or great originality in the use of those concepts and
techniques in satisfying the requirements of a piece of work or course.
Maps to (on 9-point scale): 9
Maps from (on 9-point scale): [8.5, 9]
A Excellent: Thorough knowledge of concepts and/or techniques together with a high degree of skill and/or some elements of originality in satisfying
the requirements of a piece of work or course.
Maps to (on 9-point scale): 8
Maps from (on 9-point scale): [7.5, 8.5)
B+ Very Good: Thorough knowledge of concepts and/or techniques together with a fairly high degree of skill in the use of those concepts and techniques in satisfying the requirements of a piece of work or course.
Maps to (on 9-point scale): 7
Maps from (on 9-point scale): [6.5, 7.5)
B Good: Good level of knowledge of concepts and/or techniques together with a considerable skill in using them in satisfying the requirements of a piece of work or course.
Maps to (on 9-point scale): 6
Maps from (on 9-point scale): [5.5, 6.5)
C+ Competent: Acceptable level of knowledge of concepts and/or techniques together with considerable skill in using them to satisfy the requirements of a piece of work or course.
Maps to (on 9-point scale): 5
Maps from (on 9-point scale): [4.5, 5.5)
C Fairly Competent: Acceptable level of knowledge of concepts and/or techniques together with some skill in using them to satisfy the requirements
of a piece of work or course.
Maps to (on 9-point scale): 4
Maps from (on 9-point scale): [3.5, 4.5)
D+ Passing: Slightly better than minimal knowledge of required concepts and/or techniques together with some ability to use them in satisfying the
requirements of a piece of work or course.
Maps to (on 9-point scale): 3
Maps from (on 9-point scale): [2.5, 3.5)
D Barely Passing: Minimum knowledge of concepts and/or techniques needed to satisfy the requirements of a piece of work or course.
Maps to (on 9-point scale): 2
Maps from (on 9-point scale): [1.5, 2.5)
E Marginally failing
Maps to (on 9-point scale): 1
Maps from (on 9-point scale): [0.5, 1.5)
F Failing
Maps to (on 9-point scale): 0
Maps from (on 9-point scale): [0, 0.5)
(*) First number following letter grade is numeric equivalent of letter grade on a 9-point scale
(**) After numeric equivalent the mapping is given from numeric grade (on a scale [0,9]) to the letter grade