The Faculty of Law uses the following grade designations:
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Grades
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Grade Meaning
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Grade Point Scale
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A+
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Excellent
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90-100%
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A
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Excellent
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85-89%
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A-
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Excellent
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80-84%
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B+
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Good
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77-79%
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B
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Good
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73-76%
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B-
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Good
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70-72%
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C+
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Competent
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67-69%
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C
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Competent
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63-66%
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C-
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Competent
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60-62%
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D
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Marginal Pass
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50-59%
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F
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Fail
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0-49%
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PAS
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Pass
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FAI
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Fail
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AUD
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Audit
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INC
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Work is incomplete
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WDN
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Withdrawn
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The "PAS" and "FAI" designations are used only in courses identified specifically as being graded on a pass/fail basis. This pass/fail designation is used also for grades obtained on exchanges. A grade of "FAI" is treated the same as an "F" grade.
In any course not identified specifically as being graded on a pass/fail basis, no components of any student’s grade in the course can be assessed on a pass/fail basis.
Students receive only a letter grade for each subject. The numeric values are used for letter grade calculation only.
The class average in an upper-year course of 25 or fewer students must be between 74.0 – 79.0. The class average in an upper-year course of more than 25 students and in all first year courses must be between 74.0 – 76.0. Grades in the “F” range will be excluded from the calculation of class averages. These grading rules do not apply to independent
research projects, supplemental writing credits or to the courses in which students participate in external advocacy competitions.
For the purposes of calculating class averages and the overall average of individual students, including the determination of Honors standing, final letter grades for each student are assigned the following fixed numeric values:
Grades
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Fixed Numeric Value
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A+
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92
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A
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87
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A-
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82
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B+
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78
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B
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75
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B-
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71
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C+
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68
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C
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65
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C-
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61
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D
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58
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F
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45
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Individual grades assigned by instructors remain provisional until they are approved at the Faculty of Law Grades Meeting. The grades assigned by instructors must comply with the applicable class average requirements and must be submitted, together with electronic evidence demonstrating such compliance, in the form stipulated by the Assistant Dean, Student Services. However, after grades have been assigned, the Faculty has the discretion, at a Faculty of Law Grades Meeting, to waive the class average requirements. If an instructor wishes to seek an exemption from the class average requirements, he or she must apply to the Faculty at a Grades Meeting, indicating the reasons for the application and providing the alternative grades he or she wishes to assign.
In the case of a class with fewer than six students, an instructor who has submitted noncompliant grades is not required to submit at the same time an alternative set of compliant grades.
Grading rules S.0114; S.4-16
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