question re FAILING and cps (1 Viewer)

[lmnopq]

Hey everyone. I need a little help figuring out how many subjects i should do this year because i failed a couple of my second year psy subjects.

I need 68 cps to graduate. Say that i have 62 credit points including the 6 cps that i failed.

If i redo both of them are they counted again as another 6 credit points making my total 68 cps or do i have to do another 2 subjects?

 

[Boxxxhead]

I'm pretty sure that redoing those 2 subjects counts as 6 credit points, and you'll be able to graduate without doing any other subjects.

 

[antisheep]

but wouldn't that mean that the same subjects were being counted twice? once as a failure in the 62 and then once as a pass to make your 68? I'd really like to understand the system myself in case this ever happens to me... (i'm hoping it won't of course)

 

[xeuyrawp]

Example: I do AHST100 (3 cps), and I fail it. Then in the next year, I do it again and pass it.

I only have 3 cps, not 6.

Cps won't count unless you pass the subject, obviously. Otherwise, people could fail all their subjects and still get a degree... Which kinda eliminates the point of having marks...

 

[lmnopq]

hmm so if it doesn't get counted again, which mark gets counted towards the gpa?
fail or pass? i thought once you failed something, you would always have to count it when calculating your gpa... does the new mark you get override that?

 

[blue_chameleon]

hmm so if it doesn't get counted again, which mark gets counted towards the gpa?
fail or pass? i thought once you failed something, you would always have to count it when calculating your gpa... does the new mark you get override that?

They are included as 0 points in the GPA calculation, so yes you still count the failed subjects in determining one's GPA. But they don't count towards unit credits for your degree progress.

 

[lmnopq]

oh i see. i would have thought that if its being calculated towards the gpa it would count as unit credits too.

so basically after redoing those two subjects i will still have 62 unit credits counting towards my degree
and 68 cps counting towards GPA, am i right?

 

[xeuyrawp]

so basically after redoing those two subjects i will still have 62 unit credits counting towards my degree
and 68 cps counting towards GPA, am i right?

Correct.

 

[lmnopq]

thanks for clearing that up! much appreciated!