Assessment of Courses

Assessment of all courses shall consist of coursework and a written examination. The coursework continuous assessment shall have a weighting of 40% and the final examination in the course shall have a weighting of 60% in each course.

The continuous assessment shall consist of tests, assignments, projects, practical work, and any other work as may be assigned in each course. Continuous assessment shall consist of at least two assessments in each term.

Only students who have passed the continuous assessment shall be allowed to sit for the final examination. A pass mark in continuous assessment is 50%.

The pass mark in each course and in the Research Project is a score of 50% or better. The following grading scheme shall be used to grade all the work: