Grades

UC Assessment Policy is downloaded from here:
https://guard.canberra.edu.au/policy/policy.php?pol_id=2900
  
5.1 Key principle: Student performance is recorded in the form of marks and grades in
relation to a set of agreed standards known as grade descriptors. These standards are applicable across all disciplines and professional fields.

5.2 Grades (for example, pass, credit, distinction) are symbols that indicate either the level of student performance in an assessment item or overall performance in a unit against specified standards. The final grade in a unit provides a final statement for the student and the community of the student’s achievement of the learning outcomes in that unit.

5.3 The awarding of a final grade in a unit represents the aggregation of a series of prior
assessments of student performance in that unit.

5.4 Students should not normally be surprised by their final grade if a unit is assessed according to good assessment practice through a variety of items with timely, constructive feedback. However, on occasion final grades may not meet the expectations of students (see examples in Procedures 5.2).

5.5 In some units, it is appropriate to require students to pass all or specified items of assessment to achieve a pass grade in the unit (see examples in Procedures 5.3). A fail grade may be awarded in these circumstances even though an aggregate result from individual assessment items might indicate a pass.

5.6 Grades reflect an individual student’s performance in relation to pre-defined standards set out as grade descriptors. The awarding of grades is an issue of professional judgment. Such judgments will be consistent both within and across units. Moderation processes (see Section 6) help ensure consistency of grade allocation.

5.7 Students will be awarded a mark for each assessment item unless the item or unit is assessed on a pass/fail basis only or the assessment is formative and does not contribute to the final grade.

5.8 Units with ungraded passes will be minimised at undergraduate level. Pass/fail grades only may apply to units or unit components where professional standards call for assessment without marks.

5.9 Students may lodge grievances in relation to unit results through the procedures in the Student Grievance Resolution Policy.