Dcu grading?

skinny_guy

How does the dcu grading system work for exams. I know that 70% is a 1st class honours, 60-69% is a 2.1, 50-59% is a 2.2 and 40-49% is a 3.0.

I'm wondering if I wanted to get a 1st, do I have to get 70 and above in every module for semester 1 and 2? Or does it average out, if I don't do well first semester and do extremely well 2nd semester?

Konata

skinny_guy wrote: »

How does the dcu grading system work for exams. I know that 70% is a 1st class honours, 60-69% is a 2.1, 50-59% is a 2.2 and 40-49% is a 3.0.

I'm wondering if I wanted to get a 1st, do I have to get 70 and above in every module for semester 1 and 2? Or does it average out, if I don't do well first semester and do extremely well 2nd semester?

It's the average of all your marks. So say, one year, you averaged 65% in Semester 1 over all your modules, then in semester 2 you averaged 80% in all your modules, then your overall average for the year would be 72.5% and you would say you had a 1st class honours for that year.

However, for your actual degree result, only some years are taken into account and this varies per course. For example, my course is 100% 4th year so even though I averaged 1st class honours for both 1st and 2nd year this doesn't count towards my degree at all. If in 4th year I end up with an average of 60% say, then my overall degree will be a 2.1.

For some courses though, more than one year may count towards your final degree result. Let's say for example, a course is 30% 3rd year and 70% final year. This would mean that even if you averaged say, 60% in 3rd year (2.1) but averaged 80% (1.1) in final year, then you would end up with an overall average of 74% and end up with a 1st class honours degree.

So yea, that was a long winded explanation but in short, no, you do not need to get over 70% in every single module to end up with a 1st class honours degree.

Moody_mona

Also bear in mind the weights and credits of individual modules. An 80% in a 10 credit module will affect the your overall result more than an 80% in a 2.5 credit module.