The AASTMT adopts the credit hours system, which is based on continuous evaluation and assessment. Students’ are continuously evaluated through participation in classes, exams, quizzes, assignments, reports, projects, and other means of evaluation based on course content. A standard 4-point grading scale of which the grade point average (GPA) is calculated, and its equivalent letter grading system for student evaluation. A student’s grade point average is computed by dividing the total number of grade points accumulated by the total number of semester hours attempted. The total score of the assessment for each course is 100 marks distributed across the semester as shown in Figure 1.1 and they are as follows:
30 marks in the 7th week
20 marks in the 12th week
40 marks in the final exam (16th week)
Ten marks based on student participation – assessed during the entirety of the semester.
Moreover, students are required to achieve at least 30% in the final exam/assessment, which constitutes 40% of the overall grade, and students who fail to meet this condition will be awarded (F) grade in the course. The graduation Projects evaluation is based on student performance throughout the semester and the supervisor appointed by the academic department continuously evaluates their performance. Students overall performance in the graduation project is evaluated at the end of the semester by an examination panel which includes the supervisor as well as other instructors.
The general grades of a student are assigned according to the following rules as illustrated in Table 1.1 below.
Table 1.1: General Grades.
|
General Grade |
Students enrolled before Fall 2016 |
Students enrolled starting from Fall 2016 |
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Satisfactory |
2.0 < GPA < 2.4 |
50% – < 60% |
2 < GPA < 2.7 |
70% – < 76% |
|
Good |
2.4 < GPA < 2.8 |
60% – < 70% |
2.7 < GPA < 3.3 |
76% – < 84% |
|
Very Good |
2.8 < GPA < 3.4 |
70% – < 85% |
3.3 < GPA < 3.7 |
84% – < 89% |
|
Excellent |
GPA > 3.4 |
≥ 85% |
3.7 < GPA < 4 |
≥ 89% |
Course grades are assigned according to the following rules illustrated in Table 1.2. However, we students enrolled before 2016 had another grading rule as presented in Table 1.3.
Table 1.2: Course Grades.
|
Grade |
Grade points |
Marks |
|
A+ |
4 |
> 97 |
|
A |
3.83 |
93 – < 97 |
|
A- |
3.7 |
89 – < 93 |
|
B+ |
3.3 |
84 – < 89 |
|
B |
3 |
80 – < 84 |
|
B- |
2.7 |
76 – < 80 |
|
C+ |
2.3 |
73 – < 76 |
|
C |
2 |
70 – < 73 |
|
C- |
1.7 |
67 – < 70 |
|
D+ |
1.3 |
64 – < 67 |
|
D |
1 |
60 – < 67 |
|
F |
Zero |
< 60 |
Table 1.3: Course Grades before year 2016.
|
Grade |
Grade points |
Marks |
|
A+ |
4 |
> 95 |
|
A |
3.83 |
90 – < 95 |
|
A- |
3.66 |
85 – < 90 |
|
B+ |
3.33 |
80 – < 85 |
|
B |
3 |
75 – < 79 |
|
B- |
2.66 |
70 – < 75 |
|
C+ |
2.33 |
65 – < 70 |
|
C |
2 |
60 – < 65 |
|
C- |
1.66 |
55 – < 60 |
|
D |
1.33 |
50 – <55 |
|
F |
1 |
< 50 |
‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’ are passing grades but ‘C-’, ‘D’ and ‘D+’ are conditional pass grades. Students are required to achieve an overall GPA of 2.0 and even if a student fulfils all requirements for graduation but fails to achieve an overall GPA 2.0, he/she will be required to repeat courses to achieve the required GPA.
Other Grades:
|
Incomplete Course |
I |
|
Withdrawn Course |
W |
|
Ungraded Course |
U |
|
Transferred Course |
TR |
|
Pass |
P |
|
Fail |
F |
Students who submit a valid excuse that was accepted by the College Council, and have achieved 60% of the 60 coursework marks, may be allowed to postpone the final evaluation and are awarded an ‘I’ grade. The grade will become ‘F’ if the student fails to complete his/her evaluation before the announced deadline. The grades are available at the end of each semester on Student's Portal:
https://studentportal.aast.edu/
