Guidelines and Templates for Grading Criteria used in ... - BIG

BIG’s Guidelines
• Grading criteria are to be drawn up by the teacher responsible for the course in
collaboration with the director of studies.
• A student must achieve pass grades for all parts of a course, in order to pass the course
as a whole. If a course consists of several parts that are individually assessed on a
seven-point scale, the overall grade for the course is to be set as specified by the rules
in Appendix 1.
• In cases in which the performance of students is measured as points, the lower limits
for the various grades will be as follows (expressed as percentages of the maximum
points available):
A 95 %
B 85 %
C 75 %
D 65 %
E 60 %
Fx 50 %
F below 50 %
• Both Fx and F are “Fail”, and the student must resit the complete examination. This
means, therefore, that the grade Fx is not to be regarded as “Approved, subject to
supplementary work”. The concept of “supplementing” a grade is not to be used
except in exceptional cases where exceptional cause can be shown.
• BIG has published some templates for grading criteria (Appendix 2). These templates
are intended to be used for different types of course and different types of form of
examination. Template 1 is intended to be used for such practical laboratory exercises
that are to be assessed solely as “Pass” or “Fail”. Template 2 is intended to be used for
undergraduate courses that are examined in the form of a written examination.
Template 3 is intended to be used in various course parts that are examined by oral
and written presentation, such as, for example, a student’s individual work, project
work, essays and seminars. The template is not intended for use with undergraduate
project work or equivalent independent work. It is intended that the templates function
as aids and as sources of inspiration, and they can thus be modified or supplemented
with criteria that are specific for a particular subject. It is also permissible to formulate
grading criteria in other ways.
• Template 4 is intended to be used for undergraduate project work or equivalent
independent work. This template is more prescriptive that the other templates, since
the eight assessment grounds that are specified have been determined by the faculty.
They may not be changed. BIG has appointed a working group that is to draw up
proposed common guidelines for the weighting of the assessment grounds during the
autumn term of 2007. Until these common guidelines have been published, each
individual department within HUFO must determine how the assessment grounds are
to be weighted for the degree projects that are to commence in the autumn term of
2007.