DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY
University of Karachi
SEMESTER EXAMS/ PERCENTAGES AND GPA/CGPA
See Semeter Rules in Official Website of University of Karachi
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General Semester Rules
- Each Course for Bachelors and Masters worth 3 Credit Hours per week (2 Theory and 1 Lab)
- Each Academic Year has two Semesters
Spring From January to June (Semesters 1, 3, 5 & 7)
Fall From July to December (Semesters 2, 4, 6 & 8) - More than 70 percent attendance is required to appear in exams.
- In case the attendance is below 70 and above 60 percent, it is called as Short Attendance, and for this a fine has to be paid in order to appear in exam.
(Procedure: The form for short attendance is available in respective Dean of Faculty offices. Get the form, fill it out, get it signed by your Course Incharge and Chairperson and submit the form alongwith the fee in Administration Block.) - Attendance below 60 percent will disqualify a pupil to appear in exam.
- FOR B.A./B.Sc. (HONS.): Each exam is of 100 mark (Theory 80 and Lab 20)
- FOR B.A./B.Sc. (HONS.): In order to clear an exam, a student must obtain 45% marks both in Theory and Lab separately (i.e. atleast 36 marks in Theory and atleast 9 marks in Lab)
- FOR B.S.: Each exam is of 100 mark (Mid Term 30, Theory 50 and Lab 20)
- FOR B.S.: In order to clear an exam, a student must obtain 50% marks both in Theory and Lab separately (i.e. atleast 25 out of 50 marks in Theory and atleast 10 out of 20 marks in Lab. In mid term there is no condition of passing marks to clear the course but overall 50 out of 100 marks are required)
- For promotion to Next Class atleast 80% of the courses should be clear i.e. atleast 6 out of 8 courses should be clear in first year and atleast 8 out of 10 courses should be clear for second and third year.
- During an academic year, if a student fails more than two courses in a semester and clears all in the other, then the condition is called as
Semester Back Where a student will be studying the cleared semester with his original batch mates
while the other semester with the batch which is one year junior.
Example A First Year Student has failed 3 courses in first Semester (Spring) and clears all in the 2nd (Fall).
In 2nd Year, he will Repeat all the courses of First Semester in Spring and in the Fall he will Study Semester 4th.
In 3rd Year Spring, he will take classes of 3rd Semester while in Fall he will attend the classes for 6th Semester.
In 4th Year Spring, he will take classes of 5th Semester while in Fall he will attend the classes for 8th Semester.
Next year he will attend 7th semester classes. - During an academic year, if a student fails more than two courses in both semesters, then this condition is called as Year Back Where a student will not be promoted to next class.
Grading and Marking
- For B.A./B.Sc. (Hons.) Percentage System prevails generally.
- For B.S. Grade Point System prevails generally.
- Currently both the system of Grading is used for both the streams.
Percentage Grading Table
| NUMERIC SCORE | ALPHABET GRADE |
|---|---|
| 80-Above | A+ |
| 70-79 | A |
| 60-69 | B |
| 50-59 | C |
| 45-49 | D |
| Below 45 | FAILS |
HOW TO CALCULATE PERCENTAGE
Percentage =
Marks Obtained
Total Marks
X 100
GPA (Grade Points) Table
| NUMERIC SCORE | GRADE POINTS (GP) | ALPHABET GRADE |
|---|---|---|
| 90-Above | 4.0 | A+ |
| 85-89 | 4.0 | A |
| 80-84 | 3.8 | A- |
| 75-79 | 3.4 | B+ |
| 71-74 | 3.0 | B |
| 68-70 | 2.8 | B- |
| 64-67 | 2.4 | C+ |
| 61-63 | 2.0 | C |
| 57-60 | 1.8 | C- |
| 53-56 | 1.4 | D+ |
| 50-52 | 1.0 | D |
| Below 50 | 0.0 | FAILS |
HOW TO CALCULATE GPA (Grade Point Average) & CGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Average)
GPA (for 4 courses) =
(GP of Course A x 3) + (GP of Course B x 3) +
(GP of Course C x 3) + (GP of Course D x 3)
12 i.e. Total Credit Hours
GPA (for 5 courses) =
(GP of Course A x 3) + (GP of Course B x 3) +
(GP of Course C x 3) + (GP of Course D x 3)+ (GP of Course E x 3)
15 i.e. Total Credit Hours
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