Grade Grade Criteria relevant to modules in Additional criteria more relevant to and 1st Year and in the 2nd Year of 4 year modules in the later programme years Marks programmes Band F Unacceptable A response to the assessment An unacceptable level of intellectual 20 34 tasks which is unacceptable, with engagement with the assessment task, with – a failure to address the subject matter no appreciation of the relevant literature or • • resulting in a largely irrelevant answer or theoretical, technical or professional material of marginal relevance framework predominating no developed or structured argument • a display of some knowledge of material no use of evidence, citation or quotation • • relative to the question posed, but with no analysis or critical awareness displayed • very serious omissions/errors and/or or is only partially successful major inaccuracies included in answer no demonstrated capacity for original and • solutions offered to a very limited • logical thinking portion of the problem set an answer unacceptably incomplete • (e.g. for lack of time) a random and undisciplined • development, layout or presentation unacceptable standards of presentation, • such as grammar, spelling or graphical presentation • G Wholly unacceptable No intellectual engagement with the assessment 0 19 task complete failure to address the subject – • matter resulting in an entirely irrelevant answer little or no knowledge displayed relative • to the question posed little or no solution offered for the • problem set • Page 4 of 5
Grade and Marks Band Grade Criteria relevant to modules in 1st Year and in the 2nd Year of 4 year programmes Additional criteria more relevant to modules in the later programme years F 20 – 34 Unacceptable A response to the assessment tasks which is unacceptable, with • a failure to address the subject matter resulting in a largely irrelevant answer or material of marginal relevance predominating • a display of some knowledge of material relative to the question posed, but with very serious omissions/errors and/or major inaccuracies included in answer • solutions offered to a very limited portion of the problem set • an answer unacceptably incomplete (e.g. for lack of time) • a random and undisciplined development, layout or presentation • unacceptable standards of presentation, such as grammar, spelling or graphical presentation • An unacceptable level of intellectual engagement with the assessment task, with • no appreciation of the relevant literature or theoretical, technical or professional framework • no developed or structured argument • no use of evidence, citation or quotation • no analysis or critical awareness displayed or is only partially successful • no demonstrated capacity for original and logical thinking G 0 – 19 Wholly unacceptable • complete failure to address the subject matter resulting in an entirely irrelevant answer • little or no knowledge displayed relative to the question posed • little or no solution offered for the problem set • No intellectual engagement with the assessment task Page 4 of 5
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