Geography And Environment

NU First Year Geography And Environment GPA Calculator — BSc Honours (2013-2014)

This is the First Year calculator for Geography And Environment under the BSc Honours (2013-2014) syllabus at National University Bangladesh. It covers 8–9 courses worth 28 credit hours from a syllabus list of 20 options worth 66 credits — 17% of the 162 credits that make up the full Geography And Environment programme. It is the heaviest year of the 4 in this department by credit load, and averages 3.3 credits per course. The calculator below separates compulsory papers from selectable requirement packages so only the courses you actually take count toward GPA.

Practical and lab papers are counted when their compulsory block or selected option package is part of your requirement, so leave unselected packages out of the GPA. Enter a grade for each course below and the Yearly GPA updates as you go; switch to another year tab to see how this year's 28 credits weigh into your overall CGPA.

Geography And Environment First Year at a Glance — 2013-2014

Across the full Geography And Environment programme (2013-2014), the 4 academic years carry 162 credits in total after this year’s requirement is applied. Here is how the credit load is distributed — the year you are on is highlighted with its required, not fully listed, load:

Because NU's GPA is credit-weighted, the papers below have the largest single effect on your First Year result in Geography And Environment. An A+ in History of the Emergence of Independent Bangladesh is worth more to this year's GPA than an A+ in a 1-credit paper:

• 211501History of the Emergence of Independent Bangladesh4 credits
• 212807Chemistry-I4 credits
• 213709Fundamentals of Mathematics4 credits

Step-by-Step: How to Calculate Your First Year GPA in Geography And Environment

1. 1

   Select the required option packages first

   Geography and Environment first year lists two elective groups. Students complete the compulsory Geography and Bangladesh history courses plus either two Group A science subject packages or three Group B social science subjects. After selecting the option packages you took, use the Grade column for the 8–9 courses that count toward this year's GPA.

2. 2

   Give the 28-credit requirement its correct weighting

   Unselected option packages are ignored completely. Selected practical or lab papers are still graded separately, so they affect this year's GPA according to their own credits.

3. 3

   Watch the History of the Emergence of Independent Bangladesh paper move the number most

   NU's GPA is credit-weighted, so a 4-credit paper like History of the Emergence of Independent Bangladesh shifts this year's GPA roughly 14% per grade step — far more than a 1-credit paper does.

4. 4

   Add the other 3 years to get your CGPA

   This First Year contributes 17% of the 162 credits in the full Geography And Environment programme. Switch year tabs to grade the rest — the Overall CGPA at the bottom accounts for every year you have entered.

Grade Points Used for Geography And Environment First Year

BSc Honours is graded on NU's standard 4.00 scale: A+ 4.00, A 3.75, A− 3.50, B+ 3.25, B 3.00, B− 2.75, C+ 2.50, C 2.25, D 2.00, F 0.00. Below 40% is an F, which still counts its 4 credits in the denominator.

Need the exact mark ranges? See the Geography And Environment overview or the full NU grading system guide.

The CGPA Formula Applied to Geography And Environment (First Year)

For the First Year of Geography And Environment, your GPA is the sum of (Grade Points × Credits) for each of the 8–9 courses, divided by the total 28 credit hours. Failed courses (F) are counted in the denominator but contribute zero grade points, correctly penalising the GPA as per NU policy.