Students should note carefully the general information on assessment of students contained in the Student information handbook. The faculty uses a variety of methods for assessing the performance of enrolled students including any laboratory work, assignments, essays, oral and written examinations. The specific means for assessment for each subject are generally included within the outlines of subjects contained in this handbook. Further information, including prerequisite and corequisite requirements and reading lists may also be found there or will be distributed at the initial class for each subject.
In terms of examination grades, the faculty applies the following grades and symbols to its subjects according to marks allocated:
Subject mark
|
Grade
|
| 85-100
|
High
distinction (HD)
|
| 75-84
|
Distinction
(D)
|
| 65-74
|
Credit
(C)
|
| 50-64
|
Pass
(P)
|
| 45-49
|
Pass
division II (Clayton and Gippsland) or Fail (Caulfield, Clayton and Gippsland
(PII or NN)
|
| 0-44
|
Fail
(NN)
|
A student is permitted to count towards the degree not more than eight credit points at any one level from subjects in which a grade of PII has been obtained and shall be awarded a grade of PII for a subject in which a mark in the range 45-49% has been obtained, provided that such an award does not cause the number of credit points accumulated from subjects in which PII grades have been obtained to exceed eight. Otherwise, a grade of NN shall be awarded.
Where a department believes that a PII grade in a designated subject provides an inadequate academic preparation for progressing to a further subject for which a pass in the designated subject is a prerequisite, the department may, with the approval of the faculty board, prescribe that a pass or better must be obtained in the designated subject before progressing to the further subject.
The degree of Bachelor of Engineering with honours is awarded for meritorious performance in the courses. No additional time is required. All subjects which have a numerical mark are considered in the determination of an honours result, but greater weight is given to the subjects in the later years of the course. Award level is calculated on the basis of a weighted average grade. Target grades are as follows:
Honours level
|
Weighted
grade (engineering degrees) |
Weighted
grade (BCSE only) |
| H1
|
75%<100%
|
78%<100%
|
| H2A
|
70%<75%
|
71%<78%
|
| H2B
|
65%<70%
|
65%<71%
|
| H3
|
62.5%<65%
|
62.5%<65%
|
| Pass
grade
|
50%<62.5%
|
50%<62.5%
|
The honours calculation includes the weighting of each subject, that is, a level 1 subject is weighted by a factor of 1, a level 2 subject is weighted by a factor of 2, a level three subject is weighted by a factor of 3 and a level 4 subject is weighted by a factor of 4 at Caulfield and Clayton and 3 at Gippsland. Any result obtained after repeating a subject is reduced by 10 per cent before being weighted.
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