SBS ASSESSMENT GRADES & GRADE DESCRIPTORS 2011



SBS ASSESSMENT GRADES & GRADE DESCRIPTORS 2011

|LETTER GRADE |% |GPA |DESCRIPTION |

| | | |Work of high to exceptionally high quality showing excellent knowledge and understanding of |

|A+ |90-100 |9 |subject matter and appreciation of issues; well formulated arguments based on strong and |

| | | |sustained evidence; diagrams, graphs and tables, etc included where appropriate; relevant |

|A |85-89 |8 |literature referenced; clear evidence of high levels of creative ability, originality and |

| | | |critical thinking; excellent communication and presentation skills. |

|A- |80-84 |7 | |

| | | |Work showing good to strong grasp of subject matter and understanding of major issues though |

|B+ |75-79 |6 |not necessarily of the finer points; arguments clearly developed and based on convincing |

| | | |evidence; relevant literature referenced; some evidence of creative ability, originality |

|B |70-74 |5 |and critical thinking; good communication and presentation skills. |

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|B- |65-69 |4 | |

| | | |Work showing a knowledge of subject matter and appreciation of main issues though possibly |

|C+ |60-64 |3 |with some lapses and inadequacies; arguments developed and supported by some evidence and |

| | | |references; creative ability, originality and critical thinking present but limited; |

|C |55-59 |2 |adequate communication and presentation skills. C- represents a bare pass in which the |

| | | |candidate demonstrates limited but nonetheless adequate understanding of the material. |

|C- |50-54 |1 | |

| | | |Work lacking breadth and depth. Work generally has gaps. Frequently work of this grade |

| | | |takes a simple factual approach and understanding and coverage of material is inadequate; |

|D+ |45-49 | |does not attempt to interpret the material; at the lower end, indicates a need for |

| | | |considerable effort to achieve improvement; communication and presentation skills are poor. |

|D |40-44 | |D+ represents a marginal result in which there are evident (and important) lapses of |

| | | |understanding. |

| D- |0-39 | |Highly unsatisfactory. Work shows a lack of knowledge about and understanding of the topic. |

| | | |Inadequate in degree of relevance, sometimes completeness, sometimes both. Communication and|

| | | |presentation skills are weak. |

Honours GPA: Grade Point Average

First Class: GPA 7.0-9.0

Second Class (1st Div): GPA 5.5-6.9

Second Class (2nd Div): GPA 4.0-5.4

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