Grading System

Grading system for undergraduate programs:

The grading system for Undergraduate programs is given below:

1. Pass grade for the Capstone course is C. Students must repeat all capstone courses with grades less than (C) to qualify for graduation.
2. Minimum grade of D for individual courses is considered as pass grade. However to meet the graduation requirement an overall CGPA of 2 is required.
3. “W” status indicates that a course has been withdrawn (Dropped) by the student. Any withdrawn course must be re-taken to fulfil graduation requirements. A “W” status does not affect the CGPA, but will remain in the student’s records.
4. If a student is unable to take a scheduled first sit final examination due to sickness, accident, death in family, a mitigating circumstance form must be submitted by the student through the Learning Management system on the day of the examination. In this case, an Incomplete “I” is designated in the transcript.
5. Incomplete (“I”) is a temporary and exceptional status which may be assigned based on the decision of the Grade Appeals Committee as per Student Appeals policy. In such cases, a student may opt for a resit exam as per the Examination policy.
6. Status ‘‘I’’ must be updated by the Administration within stipulated timelines for each of the following cases, otherwise an “F” grade will be awarded.
   1. Absence from Final exam till the conduct of resit exam
   2. Incomplete Internship requirements until the end of next regular semester
   3. Incomplete Senior/Graduation Project until the end of next regular semester

Conditions for assigning ‘Incomplete’ grade:

The following conditions must be met at all times when assigning an Incomplete Grade:

1. Proper excuse (Medical or otherwise) must be submitted and approved before the commencement of the next semester.
2. Student attendance must be acceptable as per the attendance policy until the date of the execution of the ‘I’ status.
3. An “I” status is not to be assigned in place of a Failing grade “F”.

Grading system for graduate programs:

The grading system for Graduate programs is given below:

1. Pass grade for the Graduate program Capstone course is B. Students achieving lower than B grade in capstone course will be considered as fail (F Grade).
2. Minimum grade of C for individual courses is considered as pass grade. However to meet the graduation requirement an overall CGPA of 3 is required.
3. “W” status indicates that a course has been withdrawn (Dropped) by the student. Any withdrawn course must be re-taken to fulfil graduation requirements. A “W” status does not affect the CGPA, but will remain in the student’s records.
4. When a student does not complete a particular course enrolled for a semester due to any reason where he /she has partially completed the assessments but not fully, an Incomplete “I” is denoted in the transcript. Incomplete is a temporary and exceptional status which may be assigned at the faculty member’s discretion to a student whose completed coursework has been satisfactory but who has been unable to complete all course requirements before the end of the semester due to illness or other circumstances beyond his/her control. In such cases, a student may opt for resit exam and if he still continues to be unable to appear for the exam faculty may seek permission from the Dean to conduct the Final exam at a later date. Only upon completing the academic requirements for the course, status “I“ can be changed.
5. An Incomplete status “I” is assigned temporally to the following cases only:
   1. Absence from Final exam
   2. Incomplete Internship requirements
   3. Incomplete Senior/Graduation/Computing Project requirements
   4. Incomplete Dissertation or Thesis requirements

Conditions for assigning ‘Incomplete’ grade:

The following conditions must be met at all times when assigning an Incomplete Grade:

1. Proper excuse (Medical or otherwise) must be submitted and approved before the commencement of the next semester.
2. Student attendance must be acceptable as per the attendance policy until the date of the execution of the ‘Incomplete’ status.
3. An “I” status is not to be assigned in place of a Failing grade “F”