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A course grade is a fail if any of the following applies: continuous-assessment marks below 30% of their allotted total (recorded as FC), unexcused absence from the final exam (recorded as FA), a final-exam mark below 40% of its allotted total (recorded as FF), or a combined continuous-assessment-plus-final mark below 50% overall (recorded as F). All four fail codes count toward both the semester and cumulative average like a standard F. Grade D is the minimum passing grade for a course.

The semester average is the total points earned in a semester divided by the total credit hours studied that semester. The cumulative average is the total points earned since joining divided by the total credit hours of all courses studied, subject to certain exclusions (repeated, equivalent, and withdrawn courses). Both averages are rounded to two decimal places.

A student is issued a warning if their cumulative average falls below 2.00 after completing at least 12 credit hours in a semester (summer excluded). A student is dismissed after receiving five warnings within five consecutive semesters (summer excluded). Students who exceed the allowed number of warnings may be referred to a special studies programme instead, provided they have completed at least 80 credit hours and have not exceeded the credit hours needed to graduate.

The Bachelor's degree is awarded after a student passes every course in their accredited study plan with a cumulative GPA of at least 2.00 out of 4.00. Graduating students must also pass the university's general aptitude test before their degree is finally confirmed.

Students may request equivalency credit for courses completed at another recognized institution in the country of their AOU branch; equivalent courses are recorded with the letter "T" and are excluded from the cumulative average. Students may also transfer between tracks, programmes, or branches under the University Council's transfer rules.