College Awards -- Are they fair??

1der

Is it too much to ask of the average student to get a 1.1 honours degree or is it what they should all be going for and what exactly does one need to get a 1.1 honours degree??

singingstranger

A 1.1 is a 70% grade across whatever criteria is being examined. Easier said than done because most lecturers, especially in humanities type subjects, will only mark students out of about 80% or so anyway. A friend of mine wrote the best exam her lecturer had ever seen - and gave her 69% because she "doesn't give Firsts".

The average student DOESN'T get a 1.1 so it's not 'expected' as such: in UCD only 9% of degrees are Firsts.

Smellyirishman

1der wrote:

Is it too much to ask of the average student to get a 1.1 honours degree or is it what they should all be going for and what exactly does one need to get a 1.1 honours degree??

Yes it's too much to ask of the average, otherwise you're not diving the results enough. Over 70% average I think.

One Cold Hand

How long is a piece of string?

Depends on the course and the students.
Some courses are harder than others, some students are more studious than others, and so on and so forth.

1der

so if 70% is a 1.1 what is a 2.1, 2.2, 1.2 erc/?

One Cold Hand

no such thing as a 1.2.

One Cold Hand

2.2. 50 - 60%
2.1. 60 - 70%

I think!?

Pass degree 40 - 50%

burnedfaceman

3rd honours 45-50, the poormans 2.2

One Cold Hand

burnedfaceman wrote:

3rd honours 45-50, the poormans 2.2

Never heard of that one!
Like claiming you live in Glenageary when you live in Sallynoggin! (No offence to Nogginers!)

Rb

Are you retarded?

scojones

1der banned for one week. Thread closed.