Grading
Students' marks are composed of the average marks achieved in all modules in their non-fresher years (i.e. the first year marks do not count toward the overall degree grading.) However, students are required to achieve a pass (i.e. above 40%) in all modules they undertake. Grading is also scaled to place greater emphasis on modules taken from the higher academic years. For a 3-year degree the scaling is 2:3 and for a 4-year degree the scaling is 2:3:4.
This means that if a student's average from the six modules in each academic year on a 3-year degree were 60%, 65% and 67%, the student would get an overall mark of 66%, leading to the award of a BSc (Hons.) 2:1 (upper second) degree. This is calculated by taking the marks from the second and third years in the ratio 2:3 (0.4×65 + 0.6×67).
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