Exam Regulations & Assessment & Grading

(1) As the result of the required examinations and such assessments, the students are given, for each of the courses they have taken, a grade of between zero and one hundred, which is called the raw score. The tutor of a course determines what raw score range corresponds to which letter grade, and the semester-final grades are submitted to the Rectorate as letter grades. All the grade sheets of the students are kept for a period of ten years.

(2) The grades and other symbols are indicated in the table below:

a)

Semester/Year CourseGradeQuotient

AA                                          4,00

BA                                          3,50

BB                                          3,00

CB                                          2,50

CC                                          2,00

DC                                          1,50

DD                                         1,00

FF                                           0,00

VF                                          0,00

b)

Other grades and symbols

G-Passed

T-Transfer

ERA-Erasmus

E-Incomplete

R-Repeat course K-Failed

Ç-Withdrawal from course

AG-Academic Development

(3) What the letter grades and other symbols denote is indicated below:

a) Grade FF: The students who get FF from a course should repeat that course in the first semester/year it is offered. Students can take another elective course in place of the elective course that they should repeat, and they can take some other courses in place of a changed or abolished courses upon the approval of the Department/Program Chair provided that their credits are equal or close, in which case attendance is compulsory for the new course taken.

b) Grade VF is given to the students who are not admitted to take the examination due to failure to fulfill adequate course attendance or the conditions related to the course practices. Those students may not take the semester-final/year-final/re-sit examinations. This grade counts as the grade FF in the calculation of grade average (GPA). The VF course should be taken in the first semester/year it is opened, and attendance is compulsory.

c) Grade E is given to the students who, despite their success in the semester/year, could not complete the required conditions of the course. If a student gets E from a course, s/he should complete her/his work within a period of one month following the announcement of the semesterfinal/year-final grades and get a grade. The E grades which are not turned into a grade within one month from the last date of announcements of re-sit examinations as indicated in the academic calendar automatically turn to FF.

ç) Letter G is used for the non-grade courses for which exemption examinations are given upon the decision of the relevant administrative board, or for the non-grade courses which are taken and passed, or for the courses which have been taken in other higher education institutions and which do not have their corresponding grades. These courses are added to the sum of credits; however, do not affect the grade average.

d) Symbol T shows intra-University transfers and the transfer courses which the student have previously taken from other higher education institutions and passed and for which course adjustments are made. The grades of such courses are added to the sum of credits and average.

e) Symbol ERA shows the course taken during the Erasmus Program. The grades of such courses are added to the average.

f) Symbol R shows a repeated course. For these courses, the last grade that is taken is considered for the calculation of semester grade average (GPA)/general grade average (CGPA).

g) Grade K is used for the non-grade courses taken from other higher education institutions and for the courses taken at the University, which have no corresponding grades, which have been failed, which are added to the sum of credits but do not affect the grade average.

ğ) Symbol AG shows the courses which the students take outside their programs to increase their skills with no effect on credits and average.

h) Grade Ç is given in case of withdrawals from courses. Even though these courses are displayed in the transcripts, they are not included in the credits and average calculations.

ı) Grade O.K.D. is the grade of the course which is only included in ECTS’s but not included in University credits or CGPA/GPA calculations.