Student Guidebook 2012 [Tamil] - The Open University of Sri Lanka

Award of classes in Bachelor of Technology Degree [Extracts from Relevant Rules and
Regulations]
3. Award of the Degree
3.1 A candidate who satisfies the requirements for the award of the Degree of Bachelor of Technology
(Engineering) as specified in section 3 of the Regulations, and applies for the award of the Degree of
Bachelor of Technology (Engineering) in the prescribed form, shall be awarded the Degree either with:
First Class Honours, or
Second Class Honours (Upper Division),
Second Class Honours (Lower Division), or
Pass, in accordance with the guidelines given in section 3.4.
3.4 A candidate who has satisfied the conditions for the award of the Degree of Bachelor of Technology
(Engineering) in accordance with Regulation 3.1 shall be allotted Grade Points Values (GPV) in respect of
the courses at levels 5 and 6 with higher grades, equivalent to a total of 90 credits, that shall include all
compulsory courses at levels 5 and 6, if applicable. In situations where 90 credits cannot be obtained
exactly, the nearest higher value to 90 credits shall be taken.
2.0 points per credit for grade C
2.3 points per credit for C+
2.7 points per credit for grade B-
3.0 point per credit for grade B
3.3 points per credit for grade B+
3.7 points per credit for grade A-
4.0 points per credit for grade A or A+
The Grade Point Average (GPA) shall be computed as follows:
3.5 A candidate shall be awarded the Degree of Bachelor of Technology (Engineering) according to the GPA
obtained as follows:
3.00 > GPA 2.00: Pass
3.30 > GPA 3.00: Second Class Honours (Lower Division)
3.70 > GPA 3.30: Second Class Honours (Upper Division)
GPA 3.70: First Class Honours
3.6 If the credits gained in any category exceed the maximum limit shown in section 3.1 of the Regulation
for the Award of the Degree of Bachelor of Technology (Engineering), only such maxima shown in the
section 3.1 of the Regulation shall be used in computing the GPA for the award of the classes.
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