How is your grade calculated for a university degree?

LeoN88 · 26 Jun 2011 at 13:47

Just been talking to a friend and i assumed that it was an average of the percentage of all of your marks which will then give a specific percentage therefore showing ultimately what grade you have received. However a friends stated that it was based on not a percentage average across all your marks but on an average of your grades. For example if you receive 4x2:1 and 2x 1st's your overall grade would be a 2:1 even if you received 69% for all 4 2:1 and 95% for the 1st's. Can someone confirm this for me? :confused:

joeyjojo · 26 Jun 2011 at 13:49

It's very likely to be a weighted average of the percentages. If you ask for a transcript it should explain all.

Pawnless Endgame · 26 Jun 2011 at 13:50

At Staffs uni, my mark weightings were year 1 0%, year 2 30%, year 3 70%. It'll vary from uni to uni. My sister had something like 10/30/60 weighting for her 3 years.

LeoN88 · 26 Jun 2011 at 13:54

Monserrat said:
At Staffs uni, my mark weightings were year 1 0%, year 2 30%, year 3 70%. It'll vary from uni to uni. My sister had something like 10/30/60 weighting for her 3 years.

Ours is just for the third year due to that it was two seperate degrees as such. First two years was a foundation degree and then you re-applied (only if you were successful on the foundation degree) to do the BA

LeoN88 · 26 Jun 2011 at 13:57

joeyjojo said:
It's very likely to be a weighted average of the percentages. If you ask for a transcript it should explain all.

Just as i thought thanks

neoboy · 26 Jun 2011 at 13:59

Well the year before me people were on 100% for just their third year which I thought was a little silly, although changed it now with 20/80% split. We also get 5 of your best modules out of 6 selected in second year so if you dropped the ball one of the modules (like I did with 58%!) you can still aim towards a first.

subbytna · 26 Jun 2011 at 15:36

It is worked out using a % of each years modules and your final project/dissertation. Say you do a 4 year course, then your 3rd and 4th years will have a slightly higher weighting of % towards your classification than your 1st and 2nd years.

dowie · 26 Jun 2011 at 15:44

@OP - the answer to your question varies and is dependent on your uni and your course.

subbytna said:
It is worked out using a % of each years modules and your final project/dissertation. Say you do a 4 year course, then your 3rd and 4th years will have a slightly higher weighting of % towards your classification than your 1st and 2nd years.

1st year doesn't count at a lot of universities.

A common split is 2:3 or 1:2 2nd year:3rd year

with some 4 year courses something like 2:3:3

Garee · 26 Jun 2011 at 15:47

Computing Science at Glasgow Uni : 40% 3rd year, 60% 4th year.

Jay.D · 26 Jun 2011 at 16:26

0% 1st year
10% 2nd year
20% 3rd year
70% 4th year

This is for pharmacy at sunderland.

p4radox · 26 Jun 2011 at 16:28

Separate grade for every year, no averaging.

DAnDan · 26 Jun 2011 at 16:31

For us each year carries a set weight (apart from first year, so it's made up of years 2, 3, and 4). Each year has 12 modules (apart from year 3, but that's not important), and the year's mark is an average of each module's mark (as each module carries equal weighting).

Your final mark is then the combination of each year's mark and that year's weighting.

Nitefly · 26 Jun 2011 at 16:35

Depends on entirely on the course you are taking and where - it'll be unique for each. Ask your department.

Dabbles · 26 Jun 2011 at 17:57

On my degree it was the average of all marks in year 2 and years 3, weighted 30:70 for year 2:year 3

OR

The average of the year 3 marks

whichever was the greater.

Also, there was a proviso that the final year project was passed and no more than 1 module could be condemned. ( I can't remember if you could actually condemn any final year module, or if it was only a 2nd year module.)

Energize · 26 Jun 2011 at 18:00

Read the uni handbook? Each year is worth 50% at my uni.

gilljoy · 26 Jun 2011 at 18:26

First Year 10%, Second Year 30%, Third year :0%, Fourth Year : 40%.

Damn being made to go and work for a year and get "industry experience"

Pawnless Endgame · 26 Jun 2011 at 19:23

gilljoy said:
First Year 10%, Second Year 30%, Third year :0%, Fourth Year : 40%.

Damn being made to go and work for a year and get "industry experience"

Did you mean 10/20/0/70? What you gave adds up to 70%. And yeah, I took the placement year as well between years 2 & 3, but I just counted the 3 years that I was studying.

DAnDan · 26 Jun 2011 at 19:25

Monserrat said:
Did you mean 10/20/0/70? What you gave adds up to 70%. And yeah, I took the placement year as well between years 2 & 3, but I just counted the 3 years that I was studying.

80% actually

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Did you not do any assessed work during your placement year?

meghatronic · 26 Jun 2011 at 19:26

Most universities are different.

Pawnless Endgame · 26 Jun 2011 at 19:38

DAnDan said:
80% actually .

Did you not do any assessed work during your placement year?

Ahh yes, I did get visited once on my year out and I had to do a class presentation of it when I returned in year 3. Although I got a grade B for it, I didn't count towards my degree class. It just changed the title of my degree slightly... something like B(Eng.) in Electronic Engineering with sandwich placement.