Responsible officer: Deputy Vice-Chancellor

Designated officer: Director, Student Administration

Council approval: C00/14, 1.2.00

Last amended: C07/28, 20 March 2007

Related policies:

Policy

1. A Dean's Commendation may be awarded to any student enrolled in an undergraduate award program (other than a one year Honours program) or a Masters degree by coursework program in recognition of academic excellence.

2. For the purposes of the award of a Dean's Commendation, "academic excellence" means the achievement of a Grade Point Average of 6.0 or more and less than 6.5 (see Calculation of Grade Point Average below).

3. To be eligible for consideration the student must have undertaken at least one half of their program of study at the University.

4. For those students who have been granted advanced standing on the basis of previous studies, their performance in those previous studies will not be taken into account in determining the award of a Dean's Commendation.

5. The award of a Dean's Commendation will be made by the relevant Dean in accordance with this Policy and will be advised to the Director, Student Administration.

6. A notation stating the award of a Dean's Commendation shall be included on the recipient's statement of academic record.

7. The award of a Dean's Commendation will be notified to the Academic Board as soon as is practicable.

8. A Dean's Commendation will be acknowledged at a Graduation Ceremony.

Calculation of Grade Point Average (GPA)

A student's program Grade Point Average (GPA) shall be calculated by the summing up of the Grade Point for each course in which the student is enrolled, other than a course in which a Pass Ungraded or Fail are the only grades available, and then dividing the sum by the total number of courses attempted.

The following conversion from grades and grading notations shall apply for the purposes of calculating the program Grade Point Average:

• High Distinction (HD) 7
• Distinction (DN) 6
• Credit (CR) 5
• Pass (PS) 4
• Fail (FL) 0
• Fail - Absent (FA) 0
• Withdrawn - Fail (WF) 0

The following grade and grading notations shall not be included in the calculations:

• Pass Undgraded (PU)
• Withdrawn Without Penalty (WN)
• Incomplete (IN)
• Grade Pending (GP)
• Special Examination (SE)
• Supplementary Examination (SU)
• Not Examined (NE)
• Result Withheld (RW)
• Exemption (EX)