EXAMINATION REGULATIONS & GRADING SCALE

The articles related to Education- Training and Exam Regulations of Beykoz University Undergraduate and Associate Degree Programs are mentioned below.

Assessment, evaluation and final grade

Exams

ARTICLE 31 - (1) Exams consist of short and midterm exams and final exams, single course exams, make-up exams, exemption exams and additional exams which are held in the semester.

Final Grade

ARTICLE 38 – (1) The final grade of students in a formal program related to a course is calculated through; 50% of the weighted average of the grades they receive from the midterm assessment and evaluation activities and 50% of the grades they receive from the final exam.

(2) Evaluating a course depends on: Students whose grade of success and / or final grade are under 35 are considered to be unsuccessful for that course.

(3) There is no midterm and final examination for professional practice (internship) at work. The evaluation related to this learning activity is carried out through following the instructions of Beykoz University Professional Practice (Internship) Directive. The final grade of the related activity is evaluated by the grade of Successful (BI) and Unsuccessful (BZ); these grades are not included in the grade point average.

(4) The final grades of the courses that do not require midterm and/or final exams can be evaluated as Successful (BI) / Unsuccessful (BZ) with an absolute grade according to the quality of the courses ; these grades are not included in the grade point average.

(5) For the courses that do not require midterm and/or final exams and that have incomplete evaluation processes, Incomplete (E) grade can be given temporarily. The final grades of these courses are turned into absolute grades or Successful (BI) / Unsuccessful (BZ) when the evaluation process is complete.

Calculating final grade and explanations

ARTICLE 41 – (1) Final grades are calculated by considering statistical dispersion of grades and class average and converted to letter grades by “Beykoz University Relative Evaluation Directions”

For the numbers of students that are not applicable to minimum relative evaluation, absolute grading system is used. The correlation between absolute grades and letter grades and their numeric grade equivalents are given in Table 1.

Table 1: The correlation between absolute grades and letter grades and their numeric grade equivalents

a) A student who gets (AA), (BA), (BB), (CB), (CC), (DC) and (DD), (BI), (M) as a final grade for a class is considered to have passed from that class.

b) A student who gets (FD), (FF) from a class is considered to have failed from it.

 c)  Students who do not meet the attendance requirements of a class are given DZ grade. DZ grade is counted as FF when grade point average is calculated.

d)  (BI) is given as a grade which is not added to the grade point average and for the classes a student has passed.   

e) (BZ) is given as a grade which is not added to the grade point average and for the classes a student has not passed.  

f) (M) is given as a grade which is not added to the grade point average, and is given to the students who is counted as exempt from a class as a result of the evaluation of the exemption  in accordance with paragraph 3 in article 29 of this regulation

g) (W) is a grade used to identify a students’ situation in the transcript in the event of a withdrawal from a class.

h) (E) Ungraded is a temporary grade which is given to the students when the assessment process has not been completed yet. (E) grade which is not changed within the predetermined deadline will be converted to a failed grade.

(2) Conversion of university letter grades to ECTS grades and vice versa is carried out in accordance with “Beykoz University ECTS Application Guideline”.

The Calculation of Grade Points Average

ARTICLE 42 – (1) Grade Points Average (GPA) is calculated on all the semesters by multiplying the number of credits given for a course times the value of the grade received for the course, adding the value calculated for each class and dividing by the total number of credits.

(2) Semester Grade Average is calculated within any semester by multiplying the number of credits given for a course times the value of the grade received for the course, adding the value calculated for each class and dividing by the total number of credits.

(3) Three-digit process is carried out in the calculation of the grade average and it is displayed in two-digit figure. During the rounding process, if the third digit figure after the decimal point is between 0-4, it is rounded downwards, but if it is between 5-9, it is rounded upwards.