Grade point average and weighted average mark

We will calculate your Grade Point Average (GPA) and Weighted Average Mark (WAM) for your award course if you started on or after semester 1, 2008. They will appear on your academic transcript.

We do not calculate the GPA and WAM for Masters by Research and PhD courses.

Grade point average (GPA)

The GPA is an internationally recognised calculation used to find the average result of all grades you achieved for your course at Monash.

The GPA helps:

Tertiary providers compare your results with those of other students
Prospective employers interpret your results

Methodology

To calculate your GPA, we need to assign each grade a value. We use a 4.0 GPA scale:

Grade	Grade value
High distinction	4
Distinction	3
Credit	2
Pass	1
Near pass	0.7
Fail	0.3
Withdrawn fail	0
Other grades	Not included in calculations (see below)

Grades not included in the calculation:

SFR (satisfied faculty requirements)
NE (not examinable)
NAS (not assessed)
WI (withdrawn incomplete)

Formula

GPA =	Σ (grade value × unit credit points)
	Σ unit credit points

Multiply each grade value by the unit credit points
Sum the resulting values (weighted GPA unit score)
Sum the unit credit points
Divide the sum of the weighted GPA unit score by the sum of the unit credit points
Calculate to 3 decimal points

Example

Unit	Mark	Grade	Grade value	Unit credit points	Weighted GPA unit score (grade value × unit credit points)
MON1001	63	C	2	6	12
MON1002	80	HD	4	12	48
MON1003	40	N (fail)	0.3	6	1.8
MON1004	85	HD	4	6	24
MON2001	96	HD	4	24	96
MON2002		WN (withdrawn fail)	0	6	0
MON3001	52	P	1	6	6
MON3002	77	D	3	6	18
MON4001	82	HD	4	6	24
				78	229.80

GPA = 229.80 divided by 78

GPA = 2.946

Weighted average mark (WAM)

We calculate the WAM on marks instead of grades so it is a more precise measure of your performance.

The WAM is the average mark you achieve across all completed units in a course.

Methodology

WAM is weighted according to the:

Credit point value of each unit
Year level weighting of each unit

Year level of unit	Year level weighting
1^st year (undergraduate)	0.5
All other year levels	1.0

Grades not included in the calculation:

SFR (satisfied faculty requirements)
NE (not examinable)
NAS (not assessed)
WI (withdrawn incomplete)

Formula

WAM =	Σ (1st year unit marks × unit credit points × 0.5) + Σ (later year unit marks × unit credit points × 1.0)
	Σ (1st year unit credit points × 0.5) + Σ (later year unit credit points × 1.0)

Multiply the unit mark by unit credit point value and then by the year level weighting
Sum the resulting values (weighted marks)
Multiply the unit credit point value by the by the year level weighting
Sum the resulting values (weighted credit points)
Divide the sum of the weighted marks by the sum of the weighted credit points
Calculate to 3 decimal points

Example

Unit	Year level	Year level weighting	Unit mark	Grade	Unit credit points	Weighted mark (year level weighting × unit mark × unit credit points)	Weighted credit points (year level weighting × unit credit points)
MON1001	1	0.5	63	C	6	189	3
MON1002	1	0.5	80	HD	12	480	6
MON1003	1	0.5	40	N (fail)	6	120	3
MON1004	1	0.5	85	HD	6	255	3
MON2001	2	1	96	HD	24	2304	24
MON2002	2	1		WN (withdrawn fail)	6	0	6
MON3001	3	1	65	C	6	390	6
MON3002	3	1	77	D	6	462	6
MON4001	4	1	82	HD	6	492	6
						4692	63

WAM = 4692 divided by 63

WAM = 74.476