Calendar 2012-2013 - Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing

GENERAL REGULATIONSUndergraduate ProgramGrading Regulations(a) The Committee on Standing is responsible for implementing the University GradingPractices Policy, http://www.governingcouncil.utoronto.ca/policies/grading.htm and forformulating, implementing, and administering Faculty regulations relating to this policy.Regulations specific to the LSBFON are approved by Faculty Council.(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)The breakdown of marks and grading practices for each course will be made available inwritten form to all students enrolled in the class, on the first day of each course.Grades for each required course in the undergraduate program are based on more thanone assignment. No one essay, test, examination, etc. will have a value of more than 80%of the final grade. Exemptions to this regulation may be granted by Faculty Council on thebasis of criteria developed by the Committee on Standing.All final course grades will be reviewed by the Committee on Standing. No grades are finalor shall be released to students as official until the Faculty review procedure by theCommittee on Standing has been carried out.In courses with a final examination, the examination should be conducted formally andresults of the examination worth (alone or in aggregate) at least one-third of the final markfor the course.Papers or assignments in any course which are graded at a failing level will be re-read/evaluated by a second Faculty member before the assignment is returned to the student.If students wish an assignment reread they must submit a request in writing to the coursecoordinator within one month of the release of the grade for this assignment. The writtenrequest must clearly identify the student‟s rationale for requesting a paper re-read.Group evaluation, where used, will not constitute more than 25% of the final grade.Students will not be eligible to begin Year 2 courses until all Year 1 courses aresuccessfully completed. Individual exemptions will be considered on a case-by-case basisby the Undergraduate Chair and the Committee on Standing.University of Toronto Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing Calendar 2012-2013 81