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.