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Regular Attendance & Dropping Out |
Dropping a
Semester & Discontinuation of Studying
Examinations & Grading System |
Graduation |
Academic Records |
Lifting Off Restrictions
| The regulations of studying and examining for post-secondary
education, which has been amended by the Board of Higher
Education, number (1423/27/13) decided, upon in hearing
(twenty-seven) for the education board, on 2/11/1423H, states
the following: |
| Regular Attendance and Dropping Out |
 Item Nine:
The student is to attend her theoretical and practical classes
regularly. The student is denied from writing her final exam if
the percentage of her attendance is lower than that decided by
the college’s board. She is not allowed to have less than 75% in
attendance in lectures and clinical classes for each subject per
semester. The student which is denied from writing the final
because of having too many absences is considered to have failed
the course and will receive a grade of (DN – Denied).
Item Ten:
The College Board, or those on their behalf, is allowed to give
exceptions and allow the student to write the final; provided
the student gives an excuse the board accepts. The board decides
the attendance percentage, so long as it is no less than 50% in
lectures and clinical classes for the course.
Item Eleven:
Being absent from a final exam will result in the student
receiving a grade of zero on the exam; and her overall grade for
the course will be calculated based on the marks she received on
her in-class term work.
Item Twelve:
If the student was unable to be present for a final exam for
reasons beyond her control, the Board has the authority, under
extreme circumstances, to accept her excuse and give her a
make-up exam in a time period that does not exceed the end of
the following semester. The final grade is calculated after she
writes the make-up exam.
Item Thirteen:
The student is allowed to discontinue her studies for the
semester and withdraw without being considered to have failed,
if she provides an acceptable excuse to the person the College
Board appoints. This is to be done five weeks minimum prior to
finals. The College Board, in extreme cases, could consider this
an exception and the student will receive a grade of (W –
Withdrawn). The semester will be considered as part of the time
required to complete her graduation requirements. |
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Dropping a Semester & Discontinuation of Studying |
Item Fourteen:
The student is allowed to request to drop a semester, for a
reason the College’s Board accepts, under the condition that the
period does not exceed two consecutive semesters or three non
consecutive semesters during the period of her study at the
college; after which time she will be restricted from studying.
The College Board is allowed, in certain situations, to exclude
individuals from this rule and the time taken off is not
considered as part of the time required to complete the
requirements of graduation.
Item fifteen:
If a full time student drops out for a whole semester without
submitting a request to do so, she is restricted from studying
at the college. The College Board can consider restricting her
from studying if she drops out for a time period less than a
semester. As for correspondent students, they are restricted
from studying, if they do not write their final exams without an
acceptable excuse.
Item Sixteen:
The student is not considered to have taken time off for the
semesters she studies in another college/university. |
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Examinations and Grading System |
Item Twenty-two:
The College Board decides – with the recommendations of the
Department Board – the marks for in-class activities that are no
less than 30% of the final grade of the course.
Item Twenty-three:
Term work marks for a course are calculated through one of the
following two ways:
- Oral or practical exams, research projects, other class
activities and at least one written test.
- At least two written tests.
Item Twenty-four:
The College Board – with the recommendation of the department
board – is allowed to include any clinical or oral tests as part
of the final exam, and the marks assigned for those tests are
calculated as part of the final exam’s total mark.
Item Twenty-five:
The department board is allowed to, with the recommendation of
the subject’s teacher, to allow a student to complete the
requirements of any course in the following semester. The
student will receive a grade of (IC – Incomplete) and will not
be calculated as part of her semester’s or accumulative GPA
until she completes the course’s requirements. If a full
semester passes and her grade of (IC) did not change in her
records for not completing the requirements, her grade will
change to (F – Failed) and will be calculated as part of her
semester’s and accumulative GPA.
Item Twenty-six:
The College Board, with the recommendation of the department
board responsible for teaching the courses, can make exceptions
for research courses, and courses based on field/clinical work,
and seminars form the rules mentioned in Items (22, 23, and 24).
The board then decides the method for calculating the student’s
grade in these courses.
Item Twenty-seven:
If research courses require more than one semester for
completion, the student receives a grade of (IP – In Progress).
After completing the course, the student receives the grade she
obtained in the course; if she does not complete the course in
the time provided for it, the department board responsible for
teaching the course is allowed to give the student a grade of
(IC).
Item Twenty-eight:
The grade a student receives is given based on the following:
|
Mark |
Course Grade |
Grade |
Weight out of (5) |
Weight out of (4) |
|
95 – 100 |
Excellent Plus |
A+ |
5.00 |
4.00 |
|
90 less than 95 |
Excellent |
A |
4.75 |
3.75 |
|
85 less than 90 |
Very Good Plus |
B+ |
4.5 |
3.50 |
|
80 less than 85 |
Very Good |
B |
4.00 |
3.00 |
|
75 less than 80 |
Good Plus |
C+ |
3.50 |
2.50 |
|
75 less than 70 |
Good |
C |
3.00 |
2.00 |
|
65 less than 70 |
Pass Plus |
D+ |
2.50 |
1.50 |
|
60 less than 65 |
Pass |
D |
2.00 |
1.00 |
|
Less than 60 |
Fail |
F |
1.00 |
0.00 |
Item Twenty-nine:
The overall grade for the cumulative GPA at the time of
graduation is as follows:
- “Excellent”: if the cumulative GPA is no less than 4.50 out
of 5.00 or 3.50 out of 4.00.
- “Very Good”: if the cumulative GPA is 3.75 - less than 4.50
out of 5.00 or 2.75 – less than 3.50 out of 4.00.
- “Good”: if the cumulative GPA is 2.75 - less than 3.75 out of
5.00 or 1.75 – less than 2.75 out of 4.00.
- “Pass”: if the cumulative GPA is 2.00 - less than 2.75 out of
5.00 or 1.00 – less than 1.75 out of 4.00.
Item Thirty:
The student graduates with first honors if she has a cumulative
GPA of 4.75 – 5.00 out of 5.00; or 3.75 – 4.00 out of 4.00.
Second honors, is given to those with a cumulative GPA of 4.25 –
less than 4.74 out of 5; or 3.25 – less than 3.75 out of 4.00.
To receive first or second honors, the following conditions
apply:
- The student did not fail any course she took in this college
or any other colleges/universities.
- The student fulfilled graduation requirements in a time
period of maximum the mean of the maximum and minimum time
allowed for studying at the college.
- The student completed 60% of graduation requirements at the
college.
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Graduation |
Item Nineteen:
The student graduates after completing graduation requirements
in accordance with the studying plan; under the condition that
her GPA is no less than a “D” – Pass. The College Board, upon
the request of the specialized department board, can decided
upon a curriculum the student may study to increase her GPA; in
the situation where the student passes the courses but her GPA
is considered a “Fail”. |
|
Academic Records |
Is a document that shows the student’s academic progress. Within
the record are the courses the student studies in each semester
with their codes and numbers, the number of units studied, the
course grade the student received, the symbol of the grade and
its value. The record also holds the semester’s and cumulative
GPA, the overall grade, and the courses the student was exempt
from for transferring from another institution.
Grade Symbols
|
Symbol |
Range of Mark |
Points |
Grade |
|
A+ |
95-100 |
5.00 |
4.00 |
Exceptional |
|
A |
90 less than 95 |
4.75 |
3.75 |
Excellent |
|
B+ |
85 less than 90 |
4.50 |
3.50 |
Superior |
|
B |
80 less than 85 |
4.00 |
3.00 |
Very Good |
|
C+ |
75 less than 80 |
3.50 |
2.50 |
Above Average |
|
C |
70 less than 75 |
3.00 |
2.00 |
Good |
|
D+ |
65 less than 70 |
2.50 |
1.50 |
High - Pass |
|
D |
60 less than 65 |
2.00 |
1.00 |
Pass |
|
F |
less than 60 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
Fail |
|
IP |
less than 60 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
In-Progress |
|
IC |
less than 60 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
In-Complete |
|
DN |
less than 60 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
Denied |
|
NP |
60 or more |
1.00 |
0.00 |
No-grade Pass |
|
NF |
less than 60 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
No-grade Fail |
|
W |
less than 60 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
Withdrawn |
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Lifting off restrictions |
Item Seventeen:
The student is allowed to request for her restriction to be
lifted off and re-register with the same student number and file
prior to dropping out under the following conditions:
- The student is to request to re-register and lift off her
restriction within four semesters from the date of restriction.
- The appointed College Board is to accept re-registering the
student.
- If four semesters or more have passed since the time of
restriction, the student may re-apply to the college as a new
student without going back to her old records provided that all
new administration conditions at the time of registering are to
apply.
- It is not allowed to re-restrict the student more than once,
and the College Board, if the situation arises, may make
exceptions.
- It is not allowed to lift off a restriction from a student
who has an academic warning.
Item Eighteen:
It is not allowed to lift off a restriction from a student who
was suspended from the college for academic or moral reasons, or
was suspended from another university for moral reasons; if,
after lifting off her restriction, it is found out that she was
suspended for such reasons, her restriction is considered as
canceled from the date of lifting it off. |
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