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Grading Guidelines

This document outlines the grading system used at McMaster University. It provides the letter grade, equivalent grade point, and the percentage ranges. An A+ is the highest with a grade point of 12, ranging from 90-100%. Lower grades are A with 11 points (85-89%), A- with 10 points (80-84%), and so on down to F or failure, which is 0 points for 0-49%. It also provides definitions for each grade range in words, describing the level of understanding, skills, and performance expected for a grade from exceptional to failure.

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Grading Guidelines

This document outlines the grading system used at McMaster University. It provides the letter grade, equivalent grade point, and the percentage ranges. An A+ is the highest with a grade point of 12, ranging from 90-100%. Lower grades are A with 11 points (85-89%), A- with 10 points (80-84%), and so on down to F or failure, which is 0 points for 0-49%. It also provides definitions for each grade range in words, describing the level of understanding, skills, and performance expected for a grade from exceptional to failure.

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This is the grading system in use at McMaster as outlined in the University Calendar:

Grade Equivalent Grade Point Equivalent Percentages


A+ 12 90-100
A 11 85-89
A- 10 80-84
B+ 9 77-79
B 8 73-76
B- 7 70-72
C+ 6 67-69
C 5 63-66
C- 4 60-62
D+ 3 57-59
D 2 53-56
D- 1 50-52
F 0 0-49 -- Failure

What does this mean in words? This was posted by the University of Saskatchewan for their
students, similar summaries can be found on other university websites.

90-100 Exceptional

A superior performance with consistent strong evidence of

 a comprehensive, incisive grasp of the subject matter;


 an ability to make insightful critical evaluation of the material given;
 an exceptional capacity for original, creative and/or logical thinking;
 an excellent ability to organize, to analyze, to synthesize, to integrate ideas, and to
express thoughts fluently.

80-90 Excellent

An excellent performance with strong evidence of

 a comprehensive grasp of the subject matter;


 an ability to make sound critical evaluation of the material given;
 a very good capacity for original, creative and/or logical thinking;
 an excellent ability to organize, to analyze, to synthesize, to integrate ideas, and to
express thoughts fluently.

70-79 Good

A good performance with evidence of


 a substantial knowledge of the subject matter;
 a good understanding of the relevant issues and a good familiarity with the relevant
literature and techniques;
 some capacity for original, creative and/or logical thinking;
 a good ability to organize, to analyze and to examine the subject material in a critical and
constructive manner.

60-69 Satisfactory

A generally satisfactory and intellectually adequate performance with evidence of

 an acceptable basic grasp of the subject material;


 a fair understanding of the relevant issues;
 a general familiarity with the relevant literature and techniques;
 an ability to develop solutions to moderately difficult problems related to the subject
material;
 a moderate ability to examine the material in a critical and analytical manner.

50-59 Minimal Pass

A barely acceptable performance with evidence of

 a familiarity with the subject material;


 some evidence that analytical skills have been developed;
 some understanding of relevant issues;
 some familiarity with the relevant literature and techniques;
 attempts to solve moderately difficult problems related to the subject material and to
examine the material in a critical and analytical manner which are only partially
successful.

<50 Failure

An unacceptable performance

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