The following are the standard grades and associated mark ranges in the above programs:
Grades
|
Marks
(%)
|
| High
distinction (HD)
|
80-100
|
| Distinction
(D)
|
70-79
|
| Credit
(C)
|
60-69
|
| Pass
(P)
|
50-59
(see below)
|
| Fail
(NN)
|
49
or below
|
The pass mark and grade for a postgraduate diploma, a graduate diploma, or a faculty certificate subject is 50 per cent, ie a Pass (P). To meet the requirements for these programs, students must obtain a pass or better in all subjects.
Students undertaking a masters qualifying program, either with a research component or by coursework, must obtain at least a credit average 60 (C), in order to have fulfilled the requirements. A weighted average will be used in the calculation, ie the mark for each subject will be considered relative to its points. Marks for subjects for which advanced standing (credit) has been granted, will not be taken into consideration in the calculation.
In some programs a minumum grade of credit 60 (C) may be required for some or all of the core subjects. Please refer to the individual programs.
For students undertaking a Master of Arts, Master of Bioethics (1998 onwards), Master of Environmental Science or a Master of Social Work degree, the minimum pass is a credit 60 (C). To qualify for the degree, students must have achieved a credit or better in all subjects.
Where a student has failed to submit work within three months of the date of the board of examiners' meeting which considered and awarded a withheld or deferred result for the subject in question, a grade of fail will be returned for the subject.
The results of the examination of theses shall be awarded in four grades, namely fail (NN: a mark below 60), credit (C: 60-69), distinction (D: 70-79) and high distinction (HD: 80-100).
In cases where a candidate has undertaken a thesis combined with coursework subjects, the marks for the thesis and the subjects shall be taken into consideration when a grade for the degree is decided upon. For a Master of Arts degree student who commenced a Master of Arts degree prior to 1998, only subjects taken in part two of the masters will be taken into account.
Where a thesis is undertaken as the only component or as part of a masters degree, the thesis examiners' marks will be the major consideration when finalising the overall qualifying grade.
For all masters research students who have qualified for the degree, there shall be three qualifying grades, namely honours 2B (60-69), honours 2A (70-79) and honours 1 (80-100). A candidate who fails to qualify for the award will obtain the grade of fail (NN).