What does “a passing grade on the weighted average of the exams” mean?
Some CS courses contain the following rule in their marking scheme: Students must attain an overall passing grade on the weighted average of exams in the course in order to obtain a clear pass (C or better). Suppose, as an example, you earn the following marks in a course: 5% Assignment 1: 8/10 5% Assignment 2: 33/42 5% Assignment 3: 20/20 20% Midterm: 28 31/ 15% Project: 45/100 50% Final: 60/70 The midterm and final are considered exams, and the “weighted average of exams” (wae) is calculated as follows: wae = (15 / (15 + 25)) * (28/31) + (25 / (15 + 25)) * (60/70) = .375 * (28/31) + .625 * (60/70) = 0.87 So in this example the weighted average of the exams is 87%. It is up to the instructor to decide what exactly counts as a “passing grade”; they might decide that a wae greater than .5 is a passing grade, or they might choose some other criterion. If your wae value is not passing, then the highest mark you can get in the course is a C-. This is still a passing grade, but it is not co
