What is a pass?

poisonated

I can't remember if a pass is anthing above 35 percent or anything above 40 percent. The course I am referring to is arts... I'm probably leaving myself open to many jokes here. LOL arts.

mr_november

afaik pass is 40 but you might have up to 5% leeway if you pass other modules by more that the amount you failed by in one...i think that's it but check with someone in a position of authority instead of another lowly arts student...:rolleyes::rolleyes:

DonalN

You have already FAILED!

Zillah

I consider anything between 0 and 100 on an arts degree to be failure, different insitutions may vary in their exact requirements however.

bildo

Go to some lectures + not be a complete idiot = pass

poisonated

Thank you to the people that posted helpful answers:)

Fitzo

Colouring between the lines should bring you up to a solid B.

brianthebard

Enough bull****. On topic posts from now on or infractions and bans. Mod.

conor222

A pass is 40% and above in arts.
If I remember correctly, you can score as far down as 35% in a single subject and it can be brought up through compensation (your over all results is high enough for you to average a pass over 40%).
Id pop into the SU and ask the education officer to be sure if I was you

leeroybrown

It's 40% for a pass in Arts and most other faculties. If you look on the NUIG site you should be able to find a PDF document with all the marking rules for your faculty.

Nuigforce

Good God i love arts

Squeeonline

To be fair, a pass in NUIG is 40% in science and engineering too (unless previously stipulated before the exam). I think for medicine it is a little higher, maybe 50%, which I approve of, but i still dont like the idea of a doctor being qualified and getting the answers right only half the time.

ValJester

Squeeonline wrote: »

To be fair, a pass in NUIG is 40% in science and engineering too (unless previously stipulated before the exam). I think for medicine it is a little higher, maybe 50%, which I approve of, but i still dont like the idea of a doctor being qualified and getting the answers right only half the time.

I think the pass in Med is 60% or 70, meaning the degree is automatically a 2:1 or a First.
To be fair, a Pass Degree in any discipline isn't worth the paper it's written on. An engineer is hardly going to get a job if there's a 60% chance his bridge will collapse and kill everyone or a Computer Scientist if there's no indication he can build a working program.

reap-a-rat

ValJester wrote: »

I think the pass in Med is 60% or 70, meaning the degree is automatically a 2:1 or a First.
To be fair, a Pass Degree in any discipline isn't worth the paper it's written on. An engineer is hardly going to get a job if there's a 60% chance his bridge will collapse and kill everyone or a Computer Scientist if there's no indication he can build a working program.

A pass in first med anyway is 50%, definitely!

keesa

A pass in Arts is 40%. If you get 35+ in an exam you can compensate between modules but not between subjects. However, in languages you cannot pass if you receive less that 40% in the Language module. That is, in the exam OR the oral, both have to be over 40% because you cannot pass the year without demonstrating linguistic competency.

You can find more online at the exam info links

poisonated

thanks. Also does failing a year have any long term repercussions? It's not that I am being lazy, I have just missed loads of college this year due to medical reasons. If you fail a year in arts, are you capped for your degree or can you still receive a 2.1 or 2.2?

keesa

Failing first year no repercussions other than fees.

AFAIK(this is pure speculation) your final year arts degree is either 2nd and 3rd year results averaged, or your final year results.

And if it's medical reasons, and you can prove it, you may be able to not pay the full fees.

If you're only failing one exam, then you repeat, and you're capped at 40

KittyeeTrix

poisonated wrote: »

thanks. Also does failing a year have any long term repercussions? It's not that I am being lazy, I have just missed loads of college this year due to medical reasons. If you fail a year in arts, are you capped for your degree or can you still receive a 2.1 or 2.2?

I don't know if this applies to Arts but the science degree we receive in 4th year is a combination of 2nd, 3rd and 4th year marks i.e.

2nd year - 5%
3rd year - 15%
4th year - 80%

1st year marks are not taken into account at all:)