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UCC Grading System & the Pooled CGPA
The University of Cape Coast publishes its grading scheme on its own site — grade table, class bands, and one sentence that decides most students' arithmetic: the CGPA is worked out as if every course were taken in one semester.
The grade table
| Grade | Marks | Grade point | Interpretation |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 80–100 | 4.0 | Excellent |
| B+ | 75–79 | 3.5 | Very Good |
| B | 70–74 | 3.0 | Good |
| C+ | 65–69 | 2.5 | Average |
| C | 60–64 | 2.0 | Fair |
| D+ | 55–59 | 1.5 | Barely satisfactory |
| D | 50–54 | 1.0 | Weak Pass |
| E | Below 50 | 0.0 | Fail |
Assessment runs 40% continuous assessment to 60% end-of-semester examination. An audited course carries grade point 0; an incomplete (IC) course waits outside the calculation until it is rectified — an unrectified IC converts to the corresponding grade.
The class bands — UCC's own, not UG's
| Class | CGPA |
|---|---|
| 1st Class | 3.6–4.0 |
| 2nd Class (Upper Division) | 3.0–3.5 |
| 2nd Class (Lower Division) | 2.5–2.9 |
| 3rd Class | 2.0–2.4 |
| Pass | 1.0–1.9 |
Below 1.0 the table lists no class (the calculators say "no class listed"; that no award follows is the reading the table's floor implies, and it is labelled as implied wherever this site states it). Compare UG before you borrow its bands: at UCC, Second Lower starts at 2.5 and a 2.40 is a 3rd Class — at UG the same 2.40 is Second Lower. And UCC's single fail grade E covers everything below 50 at 0 points, where UG pays 0.5 for 45–49. The tables look like twins; they are not.
The pooled CGPA, in the University's words
"Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) is not the same as the average of GPAs for the various semesters." Pool instead: total grade points over all courses ÷ total credits over all courses.
Worked: semester GPAs of 3.10 (15 credits) and 2.67 (18 credits) average to 2.88 — but the pooled CGPA is (46.5 + 48.0) ÷ 33 = 2.86, because the weaker semester carried more credits. The CGPA calculator pools by construction, so the distinction never depends on you remembering it.