When you are in Year 2, your marks for each course strand Each of your module marks will be summarised on e:Vision as a 0-100 mark for each of the five course strands (RM, B&B, P&C, D&L, SPA)modules. Each year of the degree course counts as 120 'credits overall'. Three of the In Year 1 course strands are 20-credit modules and two are 30-credit modules. To calculate your overall Year 1 mark on the University's 0-100 scale, you need to weight these accordingly.
To do this, use the following formula:
OVERALL YEAR 1 MARK = RM/6 + B&B/6 + P&C/6 + D&L/4 + SPA/4
The above formula will not be completely accurate to the last decimal place, because e:Vision shows rounded marks for each course strand, but it is fine for giving you a clear idea as to how well you are doing. To and Year 2, all modules are worth 20 credits so to calculate your average mark for the year, total your module marks and divide by 6.
To interpret your overall Year 1 mark, remember that grades on the University marking scale are usually considered to fall within five bands, corresponding to final degree classifications: 1st (70 and above), 2:1 (60 to 69), 2:2 (50 to 59), 3rd (40 to 49), Fail (0 to 39). Although Year 1 marks will not be used in calculating your degree class, using these grade bands will give you an idea of your overall standard of performance at this point.
To allow you to estimate your performance relative to other students, for the academic year 2012-2013 the mean overall Year 1 mark was 64, with SD 7 and range 45-80.