20 November 2025
Firooze Colaabavala
By email
: [FYI request #32772 email]
Dear Firooze
OIA 25.371 Grade Distribution Second Year
I refer to the Official Information Act (the Act) request dated 7 November 2025 regarding the grade
distribution for seven Engineering courses from 2024. You have specifical y requested:
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I would like to request grade breakdowns for the fol owing Civil and Natural Resources Engineering
courses:
2024:
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ENCN231-24S1
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ENCN221-24S1
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ENCN281-24S1
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ENCN253-24S2
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ENCN242-24S2
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ENCN213-24S2
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ENCN205-24S2
For the courses listed above, please provide the fol owing data:
(1) The final grade distribution for the course (broken down by letter grade, e.g. A+, A, A-, ... etc.)
(2) The number of students who completed the course
(3) The mean and median final marks for the course (percentage)
Please see attached a table with your requested information. Please note that where six or less students
achieved a certain grade, the individual number is not provided, but a range of less than or equal to six. This is
done under s 9(2)(a) of the Act, to protect the privacy of natural persons. Where any grounds under s 9(2) of
the Act, the public interest must be considered under s 9(1). It is in the public interest to provide a range of the
number of students that achieved a particular grade, whilst protecting those students from being individual y
identifiable. For an explanation of the University of Canterbury’s grading scale please se
e here.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information about
how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Information and Records Management
Attached: OIA 25.371 Data