York Guide to the Meaning of Letter Grades

The following is a copy of the York University official grading scheme. The first number is the numeric equivalent of the respective grade. It is typically used in order to derive weighted averages of multiple letter grades. The range that follows is used to map a numeric grade (out of 9) to a letter grade.

A grade of C means doing what was asked for, a B means doing a good job on what was asked for, and an A means doing an excellent job and showing originality. Originality in the undergraduate environment means doing things that were not explicitly asked for but that are useful additions or extensions of the work - doing things above and beyond the call of duty.

	Grade		*		**		Description
	A+		9		[8.5 - 9]		Exceptional: Thorough knowledge of concepts and/or techniques and exceptional skill or great originality in the use of those concepts and techniques in satisfying the requirements of a piece of work or course.
	A		8		[7.5 - 8.5)		Excellent: Thorough knowledge of concepts and/or techniques together with a high degree of skill and/or some elements of originality in satisfying the requirements of a piece of work or course.
	B+		7		[6.5 - 7.5)		Very Good: Thorough knowledge of concepts and/or techniques together with a fairly high degree of skill in the use of those concepts and techniques in satisfying the requirements of a piece of work or course.
	B		6		[5.5 - 6.5)		Good: Good level of knowledge of concepts and/or techniques together with a considerable skill in using them in satisfying the requirements of a piece of work or course.
	C+		5		[4.5 - 5.5)		Competent: Acceptable level of knowledge of concepts and/or techniques together with considerable skill in using them to satisfy the requirements of a piece of work or course.
	C		4		[3.5 - 4.5)		Fairly Competent: Acceptable level of knowledge of concepts and/or techniques together with some skill in using them to satisfy the requirements of a piece of work or course.
	D+		3		[2.5 - 3.5)		Passing: Slightly better than minimal knowledge of required concepts and/or techniques together with some ability to use them in satisfying the requirements of a piece of work or course.
	D		2		[1.5 - 2.5)		Barely Passing: Minimum knowledge of concepts and/or techniques needed to satisfy the requirements of a piece of work or course.
	E		1		[0.5 - 1.5)		Marginally Failing
	F		0		[0 - 0.5)		Failing

(*) Numeric equivalent of letter grade, used to derive weighted averages of multiple letter grades
(**) Mapping from numeric grade (on a scale [0,9]) to letter grade