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Program of Architecture (English 30%)

Studies and Graduation

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

According to 'Başkent University Regulation on Undergraduate Education and Exams';
For each course, students are given at least one midterm and one final exam at the end of the term. The instructor can give announced/unannounced quizzes, consider homeworks, projects, lab, or similar works as a midterm. Exams can be written, oral, both written and oral and/or applied.

While assessing term success grade, all the exam results, half-year studies, attendance, and participation is considered. Their percentages are determined by the instructor and declared within two weeks of the course starts to the department or program chairs and students.

Letter grading systems are used to evaluate student achievement. At the end of a semester, one of the following letter grades for each course is given to the students with the appreciation of the lecturer. The student who gets one of the grades (A), (A+), (A-), (B+), (B), (B-), (C+), (C), (C-), (D+), (D) is considered to have succeeded in the course. (F1) and (F2) grades show that the student has failed the course. (F1) is given to students who have attended but failed, whereas (F2) is given to students who have failed the course due to unattendance. The students who have failed due to unattendance cannot take the end-term exam or if it's given resit exam. Students who got an (F1) or (F2) repeat the course in the following terms.

A student whose ATGA and GGA is at least 2,00 and has no repeat courses is considered as a successful student. A student with an ATGA and GGA of 2,00 or higher and has a recurring class, with an ATGA of 2,00 or higher and GGA of 1,99 or below, with a GGA of 2,00 or higher and ATGA of 1,99 below, and with an ATGA and GGA of 1,99 and below is considered to be unsuccessful.
Grade Factor Grade Interval (over 100)
A 4 95 - 100
A- 3.7 90 - 94
B+ 3.3 85 - 89
B 3 80 - 84
B- 2.7 75 - 79
C+ 2.3 70 - 74
C 2 65 - 69
C- 1.7 60 - 64
D+ 1.3 55 - 59
D 1 50 - 54
F1 0 0 - 49
F2 0