Have I already passed?

FeckArseInc

I was doing a part-time evening course, one of the modules is 50% CAs and 50% for the exam.

For the CAs I scored an overall 81% out of 50% which is equal to 40.5% overall of the grade.

I felt the exam didn't go so well (harder than expected) and may have only gained a few marks.


I overheard one of my lecturers mentioning a few months ago that we only needed an overall 40% to pass.

Could I still pass even if I did not do so well in the exam?

clubcrown

FeckArseInc wrote: »

I was doing a part-time evening course, one of the modules is 50% CAs and 50% for the exam.

For the CAs I scored an overall 81% out of 50% which is equal to 40.5% overall of the grade.

I felt the exam didn't go so well (harder than expected) and may have only gained a few marks.


I overheard one of my lecturers mentioning a few months ago that we only needed an overall 40% to pass.

Could I still pass even if I did not do so well in the exam?

You need to get a pass in each of the assessment parts to get an overall subject pass - so:

40% in CA and 40% in your exam = 40% overall, you pass the subject.

80% in CA and 20% in your exam = failure in one part, failure for the entire subject, you repeat the exam.

There is also passing by compensation, read up on that as well, but as far as I know it only covers transferring marks across multiple subjects, so you couldn't take the extra 40% from your CA and apply it to your exam result to pass overall.

This is for my course though, not sure about others. If I'm wrong, correct me :-D

Santa Claus

clubcrown wrote: »

You need to get a pass in each of the assessment parts to get an overall subject pass - so:

40% in CA and 40% in your exam = 40% overall, you pass the subject.

80% in CA and 20% in your exam = failure in one part, failure for the entire subject, you repeat the exam.

There is also passing by compensation, read up on that as well, but as far as I know it only covers transferring marks across multiple subjects, so you couldn't take the extra 40% from your CA and apply it to your exam result to pass overall.

This is for my course though, not sure about others. If I'm wrong, correct me :-D

That's not the case for the School of Computing.
I'm in 3rd year doing BIS part time and in first year it was 40% overall then last year they changed it to 40% in each part of the module (CA and final exam) saying it was a HETAC requirement but then this year they changed it back to 40% overall, so depending on what course you're doing you could well have already passed!

As regards passing by compensation, you can only do that if you've got 35% so only carry 5% from another subject to one where you narrowly failed!

FeckArseInc

It may be different for evening courses. I should have mentioned that my lecturer said that "it used to be that you had to pass both exam and CAs but now students only need an overall 40%".

Santa Claus

FeckArseInc wrote: »

It may be different for evening courses. I should have mentioned that my lecturer said that "it used to be that you had to pass both exam and CAs but now students only need an overall 40%".

I'm an evening student too and that's what we were told for the school of computing

Adam

FeckArseInc wrote: »

It may be different for evening courses. I should have mentioned that my lecturer said that "it used to be that you had to pass both exam and CAs but now students only need an overall 40%".

Well that answers your question pretty blatantly! You've already passed, congrats.

clubcrown

Adam wrote: »

Well that answers your question pretty blatantly! You've already passed, congrats.

Yeah sounds like it - if I was wrong OP, apologies. Mind you the best bet here is to mail your course coordinator, they can tell you fairly quickly what the story is.

Sorry if I mislead anyone, those were the requirements from HETAC as I understood them, maybe NCI do it differently now?

Mmmm_Lemony

Hetac have now changed the requirements back as far as I know.

Regardless NCI requires 40% whether in CA or end exam, combined. So no longer a requirement to pass CA and pass Exam individually.

35%-39% for module compensation, but only from the previous semesters/following semesters equivalent subject. E.G. Sem 1 maths / Sem 2 Comp Arch, Sem 1 PPD / Sem 2 MFIS.

FeckArseInc

Mmmm_Lemony wrote: »

Regardless NCI requires 40% whether in CA or end exam, combined. So no longer a requirement to pass CA and pass Exam individually.

Alright cool. Well I ready got the 81% * 50%= 40.5% in the CAs alone, so I should be fine then.

skimpydoo

FeckArseInc wrote: »

Alright cool. Well I ready got the 81% * 50%= 40.5% in the CAs alone, so I should be fine then.

What course are you doing?. Would you by chance be on my course the Post Grad Diploma in Cloud Computing?.

FeckArseInc

Ronan Leonard wrote: »

What course are you doing?. Would you by chance be on my course the Post Grad Diploma in Cloud Computing?.

No, the Web Development one. But others have mentioned that this is the case for all subjects in the computing department.

skimpydoo

FeckArseInc wrote: »

No, the Web Development one. But others have mentioned that this is the case for all subjects in the computing department.

Ah well that means good news for my course so. I did not do that well in 2 exams but I know that my essays and projects will get good marks.

Sallyanne2

How do you go about getting a paper rechecked. I know that I got more than 3% in one part of my test as I got 68% and 71% in the other 2 parts. I feel that the 3% is an error. Overall I passed but on principle I would like the 3% checked into.

Adam

Sallyanne2 wrote: »

How do you go about getting a paper rechecked. I know that I got more than 3% in one part of my test as I got 68% and 71% in the other 2 parts. I feel that the 3% is an error. Overall I passed but on principle I would like the 3% checked into.

Talk to your lecturer, if that's the case it's probably not necessary to recheck, it's probably just a mix up!

Mmmm_Lemony

I can only speak about the school of computing but every module should have an exam feedback session. If and only if you have attended this, you can then request individual feedback from your lecturer. After this you can have your exam re-checked.

As already said, talk to your lecturer or course admin/co-ordinator and tell them your grievances.

Sallyanne2

Thanks for that Mmmm_Lemony and Adam, I will do that.