9 February 2026
Firooze Colaabavala
By email
: [FYI request #33359 email]
Dear Firooze
OIA 25.405 Title of Request
I refer to the Official Information Act (the Act) request dated
22 December 2025
regarding Grade Distributions.
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:
2025:
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ENCI335-25S1
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ENCN353-25S1
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ENCN361-25S1
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ENCN304-25S1
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ENCI336-25S2
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ENCN375-25S2
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ENCN371-25S2
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ENCN342-25S2
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ENCN347-25S2
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)
Where a course has five or less students in it, the overal pass rate of the course has been provided in lieu of
the grade distribution. This is to protect the privacy of those in these smal er courses under s 9(2)(a) of the Act.
It is in the public interest that individuals are not identifiable when providing information about course
numbers.
Where a course has six or more students in it, where there are five or less students in a particular grade, the
actual number is not provided, rather a range of less than or equal to five (≤5). Where there is only one
category that is less than or equal to five and the total number is available; the total number of students in the
course has also been provided as a range. This is to protect the individual’s privacy under s 9(2)(a) of the Act. It
is in the public interest that individuals are not identifiable when providing information about grades.
Some courses do not have letter grades, where the option are Pass, Fail or Withdraw. For completeness, these
have also been included. For further information about the grading scale at UC, please se
e here. To get the
information on percentage final marks from each course would take substantial collation and research, as this
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would include contacting the course coordinator for each course separately across different departments. This
is therefore refused under s 18 (f) of the Act. What is held in a more central location is mean and
median Grade Point Average for each course, therefore this is what has been provided.
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
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