It is expected that all students will not just regularly attend class but also actively engage in the discussions during lectures. Note the following:
Attendance will not count towards any marks in the Teacher’s Assessment.
Extremely poor attendance is, however, grounds for deregistration.
Students with backlog must take special care to attend class and actually learn.
If a student is absent for a prolonged time, s/he must inform the faculty explaining the situation.
Grading will be done based on the following institute-mandated weights:
Teacher’s Assessment: 20%
Mid-Semester Examination: 30%
End-Semester Examination: 50%
The Teacher’s Assessment will be based on two assignment submissions and one term project submission.
One assignment submission will be before Mid-Semester Examination and one before End-Semester Examination. Each assignment will consist of problems selected from the various problem sheets.
The selection of problems will be released on the evening just before the date of submission. Therefore, it is extremely important that students stay prepared and up-to-date with the solutions of all the problems from the problem sheets beforehand.
Assignment submissions must be done strictly according to the deadline.
Discussions and brainstorming is encouraged while solving problem sheets. Since the assignment sheets will constitute problems from the problem sheets, it means that some amount of collaborative thinking has gone into those problems too. However, the students must write down the solutions individually and without discussion. Copying can be easily detected and will be severely punished - zero marks will be given.
The assignment submissions must be made in a neat and clean fashion. The solutions must follow the sequence of the problem numbers.
For assignments as well as exams, the solution steps must be clearly explained. Just writing some formulae and presenting an answer after a messy derivation/working out will be severely penalised.
It is not the responsibility of the grader to extract meaning out of the student’s work. It is the responsibility of the student to present everything clearly. Clear communication of one’s ideas is an essential part of training to be an engineer.
The cut-off for P grade will be set between 30 and 35. The final cut-off will be decided depending on the difficulty level of the exams.
The cut-off for EX grade is usually 90. However, depending on the difficulty level of the exams, this cut-off may be slightly relaxed. As mandated by the institute, “even the best student of any class needs to be good enough to be awarded the ‘EX’ grade.”
Cut-offs for grades A to D will be decided based on the overall performance of the class. There will be no limits to the number of students who may obtain a particular grade.
Students are expected to actually come and see their answer scripts of Mid-Semester and End-Semester examinations at the specified times.
Despite our best efforts, some times there may be counting mistakes; rarely, a question may have remained unmarked. If a student finds such a mistake in his/her answer script, corrections will be made immediately.
If a students truly thinks that a particular question has been unfairly marked, then s/he may request for rechecking. But note that in such a case, the entire question will be thoroughly rechecked. If a genuine mistake in the marking is found then again appropriate modifications in the mark will be made. The students are asked to be very careful before requesting for a recheck because it may also result in reduction of marks.
A student who does not turn up to see his/her answer script at the specified time will, under no circumstances, be shown the answer script later. Such requests will be summarily ignored.
Requests to “discuss” grades will be summarily ignored. Please do NOT send such emails. Please do NOT approach the faculty for such discussions.
If a student receives F grade, then the student must understand that s/he is missing the cut-off for P grade by a non-negligible margin. Therefore, no request for changing F grade to P grade will be entertained. The student with the F grade must wait till the Supplementary Examination.
The institute-mandated rules regarding absence from tests and exams will be followed.
If you have read the rules carefully, you will notice that certain points are left to the discretion of the faculty. Regarding these points note the following:
If a student misses the Mid-Semester examination due to a compelling reason (illness and/or a calamity in the family), then a compensatory examination may be held. This will depend on the number of such absence cases. If no compensatory exam is held then the marks will be adjusted using the appropriate percentage from the End-Semester examination. Again, such an absence has to be supported with proper documentation.
In the previous point, make particular note of the phrase “compelling reason”. As mentioned, an illness and/or a calamity in the family is certainly a compelling reason. Attending someone’s wedding is NOT a compelling reason.
If a student is going to represent the institute in some national/international competition, then that will be considered as compelling reason. Again, proper supporting documentation is required.
As mentioned in the institute rules, a student fails the subject if s/he does not appear in the End-Semester Examination.
If a student has to miss the End-Semester Examination due to a compelling reason (illness and/or calamity in the family), then s/he needs to follow the institute guidelines. Requesting the faculty directly in this matter is not going to help.