Examinations
There are two types of examination systems in Lahore College for Women University. The Semester System in four year B.A./B.S/BE and two year M.A./M.Sc/MS program in all disciplines except three departments followed by External Examination at the end of each academic year evaluated by external examiners, and the Annual System in three departments, i.e.,Department of Pharmacy, Department of Fine Arts, Department of Design and Visual Arts all three at LCWU Lahore Campus and Department of Crafts in LCWU Jhang Campus.
Students shall be evaluated in each course on the basis of class tests, assignments, quizzes, lab reports, Mid-term and Final-term examinations. A student will be eligible to appear in the Final-term semester examination provided that she has attended not less than 80% of the lectures delivered in each course and 80% of the practical / laboratory demonstrations prescribed for the respective course.
Students are not allowed to be absent from class test. Leave for what so ever reason will be counted as shortage of lecture. No retest will be taken.
Students are required to submit their projects and assignments on time otherwise 25% marks will be deducted per day. A separate transcript showing the marks, grades and GPA will also be issued to student in each semester.
Moderation of assessment in various courses will be done at the end of each semester before the declaration of final result in a faculty meeting or otherwise constituted committee for this purpose. Grade Point Average GPA is earned on a scale of 0 to 4. The students earning 2.00 or above are declared successful. The GPA is determined on the following formula.
Total Grade Points values earned
GPA = ---------------------------------------------
Total No. of Credit Hours
At the end of academic year, there will be send-up examination to be followed by annual examination in the departments of Pharmacy, Fine Arts, Design and Visual Arts in Lahore Campus and Craft and Industrial Design in Jhang Campus.
- The students acquiring 2.00 GPA in a semester and passing in all papers will be declared pass and promoted to the next semester.
- The student acquiring less than 2.00 GPA in a semester but passing in all papers will be promoted with the condition to achieve more than 2.00 GPA in the next semester.
- The students acquiring GPA 1.5 and above but failing in any paper(s) will be placed on probation and promoted to the next semester conditionally. They will reappear in the next year's final semester examination in the failed paper(s) only.
- students acquiring GPA less than 1.5 and faiing in any paper(s) will be allowed to attend the classes of the next semester provisionally. They will reappear in a special re-sit exam after two weeks of declaration of result of the Final Semester Examination of the academic year in all the subjects.
- Students failing in two consective semesters in one academic year will repeat that particular academic year.
- There will be maximum two academic probations in four year Bachelors degree program. Both probations will not be granted in first four semesters. There will be only one acadmeic probation in two year Master degree program.
- In case of valid reason/excuse the period of study will be extended for one additional year(Two Semesters) in all university programs.The student(s) who will not complete studies within stated periods shall be struck off from the rolls of the university.
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