REVISED ANNEXURE - I

A few excerpts from Regulation 2021 of B.E/B.Tech Programmes of Non-Autonomous

colleges Affiliated to Anna University is given below. The same shall be adopted for all the
UG/PG students following from academic year 2021-2022 onwards studying in University
Departments and Autonomous Colleges of Anna University.

PROCEDURE FOR AWARDING MARKS FOR INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

For all the theory courses, laboratory courses, theory courses with laboratory component and
project work the continuous assessment shall be awarded as per the procedure given below:

THEORY COURSES
Two assessments each carrying 100 marks shall be conducted during the semester by the
Department / College concerned. The total marks obtained in all assessments put together out
of 200, shall be proportionately reduced for 40 marks and rounded to the nearest integer (This
also implies equal weightage to the two assessments).

Assessment I (100 Marks) Assessment II (100 Marks)

Individual Individual
Assignment / Assignment / Total
Case Study / Case Study /
Written Written Internal
Seminar / Mini Seminar / Mini
Test Test Assessment
Project / any Project / any
other other
experiential experiential
Learning Learning
40 60 40 60 200*

*The weighted average shall be converted into 40 marks for internal Assessment.

A minimum of two internal assessments will be conducted as a part of continuous assessment.

Each internal assessment is to be conducted for 100 marks and will have to be distributed in two
parts viz., Individual Assignment/Case study/Seminar/Mini project and Test with each having a
weightage of 40% and 60% respectively. The tests shall be in written mode. The total internal
assessment marks of 200 shall be converted into a maximum of 40 marks and rounded to the
nearest integer.
LABORATORY COURSES
The maximum marks for Internal Assessment shall be 60 marks in case of practical courses.
Every practical exercise / experiment shall be evaluated based on conduct of experiment /
exercise and records are t o b e maintained. There shall be at least one test. The criteria
for arriving at the Internal Assessment marks of 60 is as follows: 75 marks shall be awarded
for successful completion of all the prescribed experiments done in the Laboratory and 25 marks
for the test. The total mark shall be converted into a maximum of 60 marks and rounded to the
nearest integer.

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 Internal Assessment
(100 Marks)*
Evaluation of Laboratory Observation, Test
Record
75 25
* Internal assessment marks shall be converted into 60 marks

THEORY COURSES WITH LABORATORY COMPONENT / LABORATORY COURSES

WITH THEORY COMPONENT

Weightage of internal assessment and end semester examination marks will be 50% each.
The distribution of marks for the theory and laboratory components in the internal
assessments and end semester examination for different types of courses are provided in
the table.

Internal End semester

L T P C examination
Assessment 1 Assessment 2
Laboratory (25%) Theory (25%) Laboratory only (50%)
1 0 4 3
Laboratory (25%) Theory (25%) Laboratory only (50%)
1 0 2 2
Theory (25%) Laboratory (25%) Theory (25%)
2 0 2 3
Laboratory (25%)
Theory (25%) Laboratory (25%) Theory (35%)
3 0 2 4
Laboratory (15%)
Theory (25%) Laboratory (25%) Theory (15%)
2 0 4 4
Laboratory (35%)

The procedure for the conduct of internal assessments for theory and laboratory
components shall be as per the clause 12.1 and 12.2 respectively*.
The weighted average shall be converted into 50 marks for internal Assessment.

* Autonomous Colleges may adopt Theory courses with Laboratory component and Laboratory
courses with Theory component with different L T P C formats and the weightage of marks for
Theory and Laboratory components may be fixed in proportion to lecture and practical contact
periods. However, the weightage for internal and end semester examination marks will remain
as 50% each.

PROJECT WORK / INTERNSHIP AND LABORATORY COURSES

For the Project Work / Internship and Laboratory Courses fixed grading procedure shall be
followed.

PASSING REQUIREMENTS
A student who secures not less than 50% of total marks prescribed for the course [Internal
Assessment + End semester University Examinations] with a minimum of 45% of the marks
prescribed for the end-semester University Examination, shall be declared to have passed the
course and acquired the relevant number of credits. This is applicable for both theory and
laboratory courses (including project work).

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If a student fails to secure a pass in a theory course / laboratory course (except electives), the
student shall register and appear only for the end semester examination in the subsequent
semester. In such case, the internal assessment marks obtained by the student in the first
appearance shall be retained and considered valid for all subsequent attempts till the student
secures a pass. However, from the third attempt onwards if a student fails to obtain pass marks
(IA + End Semester Examination), then the student shall be declared to have passed the
examination if he/she secures a minimum of 50% marks prescribed for the University end
semester examinations alone.

AWARD OF LETTER GRADES

The award of letter grades will be decided based on relative grading principle. The relative
grading is applicable to ONLY those students who have passed the examination as per the
passing requirements enumerated above. For those students who have not passed the
examination, Reappearance (U) shall be awarded as shown in the below Table.

For those students who have passed the course, the relative grading shall be done. The marks
of those students who have passed only shall be inputted in the software developed for relative
grading. The evolved relative grading method normalizes the results data using the BOX-COX
transformation method and computes the grade range for each course separately and awards
the grade to each student. For a given course, if the students’ strength is greater than 30, the
relative grading method shall be adopted. However, if the students’ strength is less than or equal
to 30 then the fixed grading shall be followed with the grade range as specified below.

O A+ A B+ B C U
91 - 100 81 - 90 71 - 80 61 - 70 56 - 60 50 – 55 < 50

The performance of a student shall be reported using letter grades, each carrying certain points
as detailed below:

Letter Grade Grade Points*

O (Outstanding) 10
A + (Excellent) 9
A (Very Good) 8
B + (Good) 7
B (Average) 6
C (Satisfactory) 5
U (Re-appearance) 0
SA (Shortage of Attendance) -

WD (Withdrawal) -

A student is deemed to have passed and acquired the corresponding credits in a particular
course if he/she obtains any one of the following grades: “O”, “A+”, “A”, “B+”,“B”, “C”.
‘SA’ denotes shortage of attendance and hence prevented from writing the end semester
examinations. ‘SA’ will appear only in the result sheet.

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“U” denotes that the student has failed to pass in that course. “WD” denotes withdrawal from
the exam for the particular course. The grades U and WD will figure both in the Grade Sheet
as well as in the Result Sheet. In both cases, the student has to appear for the End Semester
Examinations.

If the grade U is given to Theory Courses/ Laboratory Courses it is not required to satisfy
the attendance requirements, but has to appear for the end semester examination and fulfil the
passing requirments to earn a pass in the respective courses.

If the grade U is given to EEC (Employability Enhancement Course) (except Project

Work), which are evaluated only through internal assessment, the student shall register
for the course again in the subsequent semester, fulfill the passing requirements to earn pass
in the course. However, attendance requirement need not be satisfied.

CLASSIFICATION OF THE DEGREE AWARDED

FIRST CLASS WITH DISTINCTION
A student who satisfies the following conditions shall be declared to have passed the
examination in First class with Distinction:
 Should have passed the examination in all the courses of all the eight semesters
(10 Semesters in case of Mechanical (Sandwich) and 6 semesters in the case of Lateral
Entry) in the student’s First Appearance within five years ( S ix years in the case of
Mechanical (Sandwich) and Four years in the case of Lateral Entry). Withdrawal from
examination will not be considered as an appearance.
 Should have secured a CGPA of not less than 8.50.
 One year authorized break of study (if availed of) is included in the five years (Six
years in the case of Mechanical (Sandwich) and four years in the case of lateral entry)
for award of First class with Distinction.
 Should NOT have been prevented from writing end semester examination due to lack
of attendance in any semester.

FIRST CLASS:
A student who satisfies the following conditions shall be declared to have passed the
examination in First class:
 Should have passed the examination in all the courses of all eight semesters
(10 Semesters in case of Mechanical (Sandwich) and 6 semesters in the case of
Lateral Entry) within five years. (Six years in case of Mechanical (Sandwich) and Four
years in the case of Lateral Entry).
 One year authorized break of study (if availed of) or prevention from writing the End
Semester examination due to lack of attendance (if applicable) is included in the
duration of five years (Six years in case of Mechanical (Sandwich) and four years in the
case of lateral entry) for award of First class.
 Should have secured a CGPA of not less than 6.50.

SECOND CLASS:
All other students who qualify for the award of the degree shall be declared to have passed the
examination in Second Class.

The corresponding specific changes are to be made to B.Arch. / M.Arch. / M.Plan. / MBA /
M.Sc.(5years).
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