It depends. The general answer would be 3.0 is a B which is generally 75%. That said though any given course might have a scaled grade range or be marked on a curve (unlikely the latter though in fass.)
It is the same across all faculties. The only real exception is faculties that curve marks, aka business. Otherwise courses just scale marks based on the performance of the class. This leads to an A+ requiring a lower percentage in harder classes, and a higher percentage in easier classes. For instance EDUC 465 often requires 97% to get an A+. similarly you might be able to get an A+ with a grade less than 90 in a hard course (less if the class is curved and everyone does poorly.)
For your question in particular though it is my experience that while calculus and macm are generally regarded as hard, there are always kids who still do really well. Because of this they usually are not scaled as much as you might think, especially at the 100/200 level. Usually what will end up happening is the percent required for A's gets lower, but then the ranges for B's and C's are tighter (instead of a 5 percent range maybe a 3 percent range.) This will adjust the mark for a D slightly, but when push comes to shove if you bomb a course you are still very likely to fail regardless of the faculty.
When I took an econ class that was curved 10% of the class got A's. Divide that amongst A- to A+ and you have 3-4%. My class had 90 kids so 2-3 people in that situation sounds about right. Apparently upper division courses allocate a larger percent to A's and B's than lower division courses though.
Comments