Evaluation System

Article (11): Student Evaluation

• The marks of each course are distributed as percentages of the total mark, divided into Course Activities, Mid-Term Exam, Practical Exam, and Final Exam
• The student must attend at least 75% of all course contact hours to be allowed to attend the course final examination.
• For the student to pass a course, the minimum mark that must be earned in the final exam is 30% of the total exam marks, otherwise the student will fail the course irrespective of the total marks he earned in the course and he will get an F grade in this course. This clause does not apply to the courses with no final exam.
• The student fails the course if he obtains an F grade (less than 60% of the course marks) or was not allowed to attend the final examination because of exceeding the absence percentage or cheating … etc. or did not attend the final examination without submitting a prior excuse that is accepted by Program Coordinator and approved by the Student Affairs Council.
• Zero-Credit courses are marked as Pass or Fail. The student gets a grade but does not contribute to the cumulative GPA. To pass the course, the student should get at least 60% of the course total marks.

Article (12): Course Grades

For other courses where the student is registered as a listener (audit), or is only required to pass (zero credit courses), are not included in the cumulative GPA, the course grades will be as follows:

Article (13): Course Repeating

The student can repeat a course for improvement if his grade satisfies the minimum passing requirement, according to the following rules:

• The student gets the higher grade of the course after repeating. This grade is the one that will be accounted for in the cumulative GPA, on condition that the improvement should be shown in the student's transcript.
• The maximum number of times that the student can repeat for repeating is five times during his study duration, except for improving courses with the purpose of getting out of the academic probation or satisfying the graduation requirements.
• The student should pay the full credit hours’ fees for the improving course.
• If the student fails a course (gets F grade), he should repeat the course (full attendance and performing all activities including examinations), according to the following rules:
• The maximum grade of the repeated course is B+.
• The student gets the grade of the course after repeating. This grade is the one that will be accounted for in the cumulative GPA, on condition that the repeating should be shown in the student's transcript.
• The student should pay the full credit hours’ fees for the repeated course.
• If a student repeats a course, he is required to repeat all course assessment criteria and will be completely re-evaluated. The course grade is calculated from scratch.

Article (14): Study Dismissal & Academic Probation

• A student gets an academic probation if his cumulative GPA at any main semester is less than 2.0.
• A student will be dismissed from the University if he gets cumulative GPA less than 2.0 in six consecutive semesters excluding Summer Semesters. If the student’s cumulative GPA exceeds 2.0 in any semester including summer semester, then the number of consecutive academic probation is reset.
• The student will be dismissed from University if he fails to achieve the graduation requirements during the maximum study duration, which double the Program study years.
• The student who is exposed to study dismissal due to his inability to raise his cumulative GPA to at least 2.0 will be offered an additional and final chance to register in 2 consecutive main semesters and a summer semester to raise his cumulative GPA to at least 2.0 and achieves the graduation requirements, provided that he has successfully completed at least 80% of the total number of credit hours required for graduation and there is a chance for the student to raise his cumulative GPA to at least 2.0.

Article (15): Calculation of the Cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA)

• Course points achieved by the student are calculated as the number of Credit Hours of this course multiplied by the course grade points according to Article (12).
• In any semester, the total points earned by the student are calculated as equal to the sum of the courses points the student earned in this semester.
• The Cumulative GPA at the end of any semester is calculated as the total points achieved by the student in all courses studied divided by the total number of Credit Hours of these courses, taking into consideration the rules relevant to the repeated and improved courses.
• The Semester GPA is calculated as the total points achieved by the student in his courses of this semester divided by the total Number of Credit Hours of these courses.
• The Graduation Cumulative GPA is the Cumulative GPA at Graduation, after fulfilling all the graduation requirements. The student cannot get the degree unless he achieves at least a Cumulative GPA of 2.0.
• The ranking of the graduate is determined based on the Graduation Cumulative GPA. In case of equal Graduation Cumulative GPA between two or more students, the ranking will be based on their total accumulative marks, taking into consideration the rules relevant to the repeated and improved courses.
• The student's Transcript should include all registered courses during the study duration, including these he failed, withdrew from, or improved.

Article (16): Declaration of Honor

For a student to achieve the declaration of honor, he has to fulfill the following conditions:

• Maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.3 throughout his study at the Program.
• Does not fail any course throughout his study at the Program.
• Did not get any penalty throughout his study at the University.

Article (17): Minimum Number of Students for Course Opening

• The minimum number of students required to open a course is 10 students, or 75% of the number of students registered in this program level, whichever is less.
• The minimum number of students required to open an elective course is 5 students or 25% of the number of students in this program level, whichever is less.
• Course opening is subject to the availability of teaching staff and the proper allocation of facilities.
• The Program Coordinator may provide exceptions to these limits if there is a necessity.

Article (18): Academic Advisor

• Every student is assigned an Academic Advisor who follows-up the student academic progress and assists him in selecting the courses each semester.
• There can be more than one Academic Advisor in the Program based on the number of students enrolled in the Program.
• The Program Academic Advisor is responsible for:
• Helping the student to choose his academic path and helps him to select courses each semester.
• Helping the student with the choice of the Field Training.
• Helping the student with the choice of concentration and graduation project.
• The Academic Advisor may ask the student to repeat courses which he has already passed or ask him to register in additional courses to raise his cumulative GPA to that required for graduation.

Article (19): Appeals