Grading Scale and Evaluation Criteria
- Verena Ziegler
- Joëlle Bitton
- Joël Gähwiler
Grading Scale
Based on the “General Regulations for Students at Zurich University of the Arts” (enacted on 18 December 2017), student performance is graded as follows:
| A | Outstanding (6): distinguished performance |
| B | Very good (5.5): above-average performance |
| C | Good (5): good and solid overall performance |
| D | Satisfactory (4.5): average performance |
| E | Sufficient (4): performance satisfies minimum requirements |
| FX | Fail (3.5): some rework is required (up to one year for resubmission of work) |
| F | Clear fail / Gradation: 3 = insufficient, 2 = weak, 1 = very weak, i.e., no work done, absent student or plagiarised work — no rework possible as a rule. |
The predicate “With distinction” is awarded to students whose performance has received a Grade A or a 5.75 and more.
Repeated absences and lateness will impact your grade.
Evaluation Criteria
Evaluation criteria consist of five components:
- Regular and punctual attendance (at least 80% of all classes; students who fail to meet this requirement will automatically “fail” the respective course/seminar/module).
- Active participation in classwork and coming to classes prepared.
- Fulfilling Assignments (In-class and final)
- Timely submission of complete course assignments/projects etc.
- Providing project documentations.
Viewing Grades Online
Students may view their grades online: https://www.zhdk.ch/?meinebewertungen.
Plagiarism
Students shown to have plagiarised work (either from other students, or copied text or copied projects) will get a failing grade in the first case, and if it happens a second time, they will go through a reviewing commission that will decide on their status as a student of the IAD BA program.
The Interaction Design Programme considers plagiarism to constitute the violation of any intellectual, visual, or acoustic property pertaining to the copyrighted pictorial-, video-, and sound material created by any third party. Plagiarism also includes the unauthorised use of any scientific findings, hypotheses, teachings, or research approaches under presumption of authorship.