Evaluation is based on the point system. The maximum score is 100 points/100%. The lowest positive score in a course is 51 points, i. e. 51% of the maximum score.

 

The final exam has a prevailing significance. This means that a student will be considered to have failed a course if he/she failed the final examination, in spite of his/her achievements in all the other evaluation components.

 

It is not allowed to evaluate the performance of a student throughout a semester only with a final examination

 

A Master student will be considered to have failed a course and will have to retake it unconditionally if he/she gets less than 70% at the final exam (the 35 points of the final exam are considered 100%; 70% of 35=24,5, and if we put it in a round number - 24).

 

A Bachelor or higher professional program student will be considered to have failed a course and will have to retake it unconditionally if he/she gets less than 60% at the final exam (the 30 points of the final exam are considered 100%;  60% of the 30 points=18).

 

The UG uses a single university model for the evaluation of students. In case of a different model of course evaluation, it must be presented for approval by the council of the corresponding school to the Academic council.

 

 

UG Evaluation Model for Masters Program Students:

 

 

 

UG Evaluation Model for Higher Professional and Bachelors Program Students:

 

Weekly Evaluation (written quiz, homework, oral quiz, or other activity determined by the teacher, which gives him/her an opportunity to evaluate the weekly performance of a student - 18  points / 18%

 

GPA	Coefficient	Evaluation Score
4.00	A	95%-100%
3.50	A-	91%-94%
3.25	B+	87%-90%
3.00	B	84%-86%
2.75	B-	81%-83%
2.50	C+	77%-80%
2.25	C	74%-76%
2.00	C-	71%-73%
1.50	D	66%-70%
1.25	D-	61%-65%
1.00	E	51%-60%
	FX	41%-50%
	F	<40%

 

 

 

A,  A-	Excellent
B+ , B,   B-	Very good
C+, C,   C-	Good
D, D-	Satisfactory
E	Sufficient

 

 

 

 

For the attention of the lecturers and students:  scores are rounded according to the following principle: four and below four – to the lower edge, while five and numbers above – to the higher edge.  e. g. 65, (4, 3, 2, 1) equals 65; 65, (5, 6, 7, 8, 9) equals 66).

 

In case of an “f” evaluation, the student has to re-take the course and pays the cost of the credits of the course foreseen in the contract (the cost of a credit is calculated by the dividing the annual tuition fee of the program by 60).  

 

If a student gets the “F”/”FX” evaluation due to his/her English language incompetence, i. e. that the instructor is confident that language was the main obstacle in understanding the course, the Master student will temporarily be detached from the Master’s program and will have to take a one-semester course in English. The student will have to pay the English language course tuition according to the prices set for such cases. After completing the one semester of English and successfully passing the final exam, the student will rejoin the Master’s studies.

 

A student is considered to have passed the course if he gets a higher evaluation in a course than  the “F”/”FX”, while an academic year is considered to be completed if the GPA of Bachelors and higher professional program freshmen equals: 1. 25; for the sophomores – 1.5; for Juniors, seniors and Masters students -  2.

 

Even in case of not having the “F”/”FX” evaluation in any course, the student may still face the danger of being expelled from the University. the University of Georgia practises the modern GPA system of coefficient evaluation implying that for higher professional and Bachelors program students the sum of accumulated points divided by the quantity of courses during an academic year (except for the summer semester) should not be less than 61 (for freshmen) 66 (sophomores), 71 (juniors, seniors), 71 (Masters). E. g. If a freshmen passed ten courses, the sum of the points that he/she accumulated must not be less than 610 (610:10=61). For such students GPA equals 1.25 and so he/she can continue studying in the University for the next year.

 

If a student got 41-50 points out of the maximum, he/she gets a one-time advantage of re-taking the final exam. The retaking is not free and is determined by the special decree of the Rector at the beginning of every academic year. Repetitive exams are organized during the first week after the final exams are over. A student wishing to retake an exam has to pass a written request to the Curriculum office in three-days’ time after the results of the exams have been published.

 

If a student accumulated 50 or more points before the final examination, but failed to pass the final exam, he/she gets the chance of re-taking the exam.

 

It should be taken into consideration that “FX” and “F” evaluation=0 and is not counted. (Also, if a student accumulated 50, 49 or less, the GPA calculation presents 0 (zero). In this case, he/she will be given a chance to register for the summer semester and to retake the failed courses.

 

If a student fails to accumulate the sufficient GPA coefficient even through the summer semester, he/she will be expelled from the University for low academic performance.