Grading
Overall course grading
Your final grade is based upon:
Four assignments (50% of grade, 12.5% per assignment)
Final exam (50% of grade)
Retake
You cannot do a retake for any of the assignments.
There is a retake for the final exam.
Passing the course
You pass the course if both your final exam is >=5.5 and the average of your assignments is >= 5.5 (i.e., both need to be on average a passing grade to pass the entire course. However, you can fail an individual assignments, as long as the average of the assignments is >= 5.5).
Each individual item (each assignment, the exam) is rounded to 0.1.
Your final grade is rounded to half a point. However, it is not possible to round to 5.5. (i.e., a final grade in [4.75,5.50) gets rounded to a 5.0, while a grade in [5.50,6.25) gets rounded to a 6.0).
Dutch grading system
Grading systems differ between countries, and this can cause a lot of confusion and disappointment. Grades in the Dutch grading system run from 1-10, with roughly the following interpretation:
10: Outstanding
9: Excellent
8: Good
7: More than sufficient
6: Sufficient
5: Insufficient
1-4: Highly insufficient
Therefore, an 8 is considered a good grade (while a 7 is still decent, and a 6 sufficient). To get a 9, you typically need to have a really good report, with hardly a flaw, while a 10 is only possible if you really go above and beyond the assignment expectations.