It depends on the department. For example, the Criminology scale is different than some Psychology courses. Check canvas or the syllabus to see if the Prof included it.
By the way, this forum is very particular with the types of responses that we can provide. We're students, alumni, or something else linked to SFU-- we don't have all the answers. Another source that might help is the SFU Subreddit, it's active and you have an assortment of regulars who are happy to try to help.
@redneckinsfu Only in some faculties, departments and/or courses, e.g., business, engineering and health sciences I believe, or at least are the ones that I recall.
Generally, teachers set ranges that correspond to letter grades. However, there are no standard letter grade ranges at SFU: ranges differ from teacher to teacher and course to course.
Here’s one sample set of ranges (which is not necessarily the range used in your course!!):
95% ≤ A+
90% ≤ A < 95%
85% ≤ A- < 90%
80% ≤ B+ < 85%
75% ≤ B < 80%
70% ≤ B- < 75%
65% ≤ C+ < 70%
60% ≤ C < 65%
55% ≤ C- < 60%
50% ≤ D < 55%
F < 50%
So if your final numeric score is 85.5%, then your final letter grade would be an A- using these ranges. Again, this is only example of letter grade ranges, and may not be the ones actually used by your course.
How are grades curved?
First, lets make sure we agree on what “curved” means. Grading on a curve traditionally means that a pre-set number of letter grades are chosen before the course. For instance, before the start of a course graded on a curve the teacher might decide that there will be 3 A+s, 5 As, 10 A-s, 15 B+s, 10 B-s, etc. The good thing about this approach is that the three people with the highest grade in the course — no matter their exact percentage score — will get an A+. However, the 4th person will only get an A, even if they are within 0.0001 of the third person.
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A is 90 <= x < 95
This information was provided for a CMPT class
Generally, teachers set ranges that correspond to letter grades. However,
there are no standard letter grade ranges at SFU: ranges differ from teacher
to teacher and course to course.
Here’s one sample set of ranges (which is not necessarily the range used in
your course!!):
So if your final numeric score is 85.5%, then your final letter grade would be
an A- using these ranges. Again, this is only example of letter grade ranges,
and may not be the ones actually used by your course.
How are grades curved?
First, lets make sure we agree on what “curved” means. Grading on a curve
traditionally means that a pre-set number of letter grades are chosen before
the course. For instance, before the start of a course graded on a curve the
teacher might decide that there will be 3 A+s, 5 As, 10 A-s, 15 B+s, 10 B-s,
etc. The good thing about this approach is that the three people with the
highest grade in the course — no matter their exact percentage score — will
get an A+. However, the 4th person will only get an A, even if they are within
0.0001 of the third person.