Grading for Humanities/Social Sciences classes at UCD?

[nate_cali]

<p>I know for science and engineering classes, everything is based on a curve. In my engineering classes, all homeworks/labs/midterms/final is scaled on a curve or else most people in class would get destroyed by the results. I’m always anxious to find the mean of each homework, labs, and tests, to make sure I don’t fall below the mean, but I’m finding the competition in engineering here is damn competitive. It’s really shocking to see how good some students in my classes are.</p>

<p>I’m aware that classes like biology, chemistry, physics, and engineering are all on a curve. But I was wondering how the grading scheme is set up for humanities and social science classes here at UCD? Are regular assignments, essays, and midterms/final graded on a curve? I need to take some GE’s soon.</p>

[yarold]

<p>All the ones I have taken were graded on an absolute scale.</p>

[mr18359]

<p>Social Science classes will tell you that they are graded on an absolute scale but many time they are on a curve. There are only so many As they can give and so on. I had a SOC 1 professor who flat out told us that this was how it was and that most Social Science classes are like that but they don't tell you.</p>