AScNSA Handbook 1 - Division of Applied Science and Technology ...

Please read the ‘Academic Regulations of AD Programme’ from the CCCU website
(http://www.cityu.edu.hk/cccu/cs_rules_regulation.htm) concerning assessment and note the
regulations regarding appeals, extenuating circumstances, and application deadline for a
review of the decision of the Assessment Panel.
Academic honesty is your responsibility. CCCU advise you that: “You must pursue your
studies with academic honesty, which is central to the conduct of academic work. You
are expected to present your own work, give proper acknowledgement of other's work,
and honestly report findings obtained.” For the source of this quotation and more
information, please visit:
http://www.cityu.edu.hk/cccu/rules_acad_honesty_20100726.pdf
Grade, Grade Point, and Award
Each course you complete is given a letter grade. From best to worst, the grades are A+,
A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D, and F. Each grade is also converted into a “grade point”. The
conversion is A+ = 4.3, A = 4.0, A- = 3.7, B+ = 3.3, B = 3.0, ….., C- = 1.7, D = 1, F = 0.
Grade ‘F’ indicates failure in a course and a student failing a course will have to re-take it.
Students with grade ‘D’ in a course are recommended to re-take it with a hope of
achieving a better result. After re-taking a grade ‘D’ or ‘F’ course, the new grade will
replace the original grade. Under the regulations of the University, students can only
attempt a course for not more than three times and are only allowed to re-take courses
with grade ‘D’ or below.
Grade ‘I’ means that the assessment in a particular course is ‘incomplete’ due to
extenuating circumstances (e.g. sickness) that have prevented a student from completing
required work or attending an examination. An ‘I’ grade can also be assigned by the
Assessment Panel at its discretion to allow some students the chance to improve their
course grades. Where an ‘I’ grade is assigned, the Panel will approve a schedule for the
completion of work or a supplementary examination.
In a semester if you have taken m courses, your “Semester Grade Point Average” (SGPA)
is the average of the grade point of those m courses:
SGPA =
m
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Gi�Ui)
m
i�1
Ui
where Gi is the grade point of the ith course and
Ui is the number of credit units of the ith course.
If you attend classes, complete tests and assignments, it is very unlikely you will fail.
Students who fail do so because they do not attend classes or attend tests or complete
assignments. Failure typically occurs for one of the following two reasons:
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