Department of English
Summer 2024-2025
COURSE SYLLABUS
I. GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION
Course Number English 204/ 3 & English 204/4
Course Title Advanced Academic English
Number of Credits 3 credits
Course Level Undergraduate
Course Format Lectures
Pre-requisite Courses English 203
Meeting Schedule English 204/4 M-Th 10:30-11:45 & English 204/3 M-Th 12:00-1:15
Meeting Location English 204/4 Reynolds bldg. Room 420
English 204/3 Reynolds bldg. Room 420
II. COURSE INSTRUCTOR
Name Role (Instructor, Office Office Extension E-mail
Coordinator, TA, ) Location Hours
Rabab Kodeih Instructor Room 426, Tuesday & 3123 rk00@aub.edu.lb
Reynolds Wednesday Meeting link:
bldg.. 1:15-2:00 PM https://aub.webex.com/m
& eet/rk00
By & WhatsApp group for
Appointment each section
III. COURSE DESCRIPTION
English 204 provides training in writing analyses, syntheses and critiques of advanced college-
level texts. Throughout the semester, students polish their research skills by examining and
evaluating different aspects of argumentation. The course culminates in an argumentative
research paper.
IV. COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to
1. Distinguish the elements and nuances of argumentation and other stylistic choices in a
variety of college-level texts
2. Design academic research projects applying recursive processes
3. Produce researched, well supported arguments in the form of a research paper
4. Evaluate critically information sources for relevance, reliability, accuracy and currency
5. Use collaboration in written and oral communication to create a discourse community
6. Reflect on own thinking, writing and learning
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7. Apply masterfully conventions of language and usage in all their work
8. Apply ethical standards in all their course work
V. PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES ADDRESSED IN THE COURSE
The course addresses the following program learning outcomes at the exit/assessment level.
1. Read a variety of texts critically to discover meaning and challenge their ideas.
2. Analyze texts from multiple genres through the context of their rhetorical situation and related
conventions.
3. Collaborate to discover ideas and to compose and revise texts.
4. Use flexible writing process strategies to generate, develop, revise, edit, and proofread texts,
with judicious application of feedback (teacher, peer or self-reflection).
5. Produce effective written communication that is sensitive to the rhetorical situation,
demonstrating appropriate choices at all levels (content, organization & language or style).
6. Purposefully and ethically integrate material from sources while clearly articulating their own
argument (main message).
VI. COURSE RESOURCES AND REFERENCES*
Texts and materials on Moodle
Graff, G., & Birkenstein, C. (2018) They Say, I Say: The Moves That Matters in Academic Writing. New York:
W.W. Norton.
Kirszner, L. G., & Mandell, S. R. (2014).The Wadsworth Handbook. International Edition. 10 th ed. Australia:
Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
Seyler, D. U. (2019). Read, Reason, Write. 12th ed. USA: McGraw-Hill Education.
*Communication Skills Policy on Original Books: The Communication Skills Program requires all students to
purchase original copies of the textbooks if textbooks are required for this course. Purchasing a photocopy of course
textbooks is not allowed.
VII. COURSE OUTLINE
This is a recommended course structure which your course plan or schedule should observe:
Part I of the Semester (shorter duration than Part II): Critical reading, discussion and commentary
to culminate in this high stakes assignment: a critique of one article. Students are trained for the
assignment and are given feedback on short pieces of writing in preparation for the critique, which
is individual and preferably done in class. The class activities and the practice may be individual,
pair or group work. Students should be given feedback on their written critique. Revision of the
critique based on teacher feedback is recommended. During this part of the semester, students
may be using the reading to gauge their interests in a research topic in order to choose one for the
next part of the semester.
Part II of the Semester (longer duration than Part I): Working with the students on their research.
This is a high stakes assignment that is done as a process and culminates in an individual
submission of a core part of an argumentative research paper, followed by a group submission of
an assimilated argumentative paper at the end of the semester.
- Composition and submission of a research proposal (feedback and revision).
- During the research, each student shares pieces of his/her on-going research or parts of his/her
draft paper in the form of written submissions, in-process short presentations in class, and
conferences with the teacher in office. The student receives feedback from the teacher and peers
during the different stages of the process to allow for revision.
- Students revise the different pieces at different stages in the process.
Part III of the Semester (last week): Submission and sharing of research projects.
- Students polish their composition and finalize their research paper. They submit their research
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papers as digital documents to a Moodle Turnitin-enabled assignment. The teacher may also
require a printed copy. Either before or after the written submission, the student presents his/her
research or the most important findings orally in class for approx. 10 minutes each. The advantage
of presenting the research orally before submitting the written version is that students may get
further feedback from the teacher and peers, which could be used to revise and further enhance
their written papers.
Reminder:
▪ Classes begin on Monday, June 2, 2025 and end on Thursday, July 24, 2025
▪ Change of schedule (Drop and Add period): Tuesday, June 3 to Friday, June 6, 2025
▪ Final withdrawal deadline (minimum 40% of all grades must be communicated with students): Friday,
July 11, 2025
▪ Reading period from Friday, July until Saturday, July 26, 2025
▪ Final examinations: Monday, August 4 until Friday, August 8, 2025
▪ Summer 2024-25 ends on Wednesday, August 6
▪ Grade submission for Summer 2024-25 no later than Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Please note the following holidays; No classes:
Al Adha, holiday, Saturday, June 7 and Monday, June 9, 2025
Hijra New Year, holiday, Friday, June 27, 2025
Ashoura, holiday, Sunday, July 6, 2025
Week Date Topic*
1 Introduction to the Course
Critical Reading
Research as Conversation
Suggested Readings
- Parlor metaphor by Kenneth
Burke
- Hidden Intellectualism by Gerald
Graff {from They Say/I Say)
https://www.homeworkforyou.com/
static_media/uploadedfiles/hidden_
intellectualism.pdf
-The Research Paper: A "Rhetoric
of Doing" or a "Rhetoric of the
Finished Word"? Nelson, Jennie
Composition Studies/Freshman
English News, v22 n2 p65-75 Fall
1994
https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ497430
-All Truly Great Thoughts Are
Conceived While Walking 1 ":
Academic Inclusion through
Multimodal Walkabouts by Smith
https://www.researchgate.net/publi
cation/337198422_All_Truly_Great
_Thoughts_Are_Conceived_While
_Walking_1_Academic_Inclusion_t
hrough_Multimodal_Walkabouts
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2 Critical Reading
Research as Conversation
Selected Readings
- Criteria for the Critique
assignment
The Critique
Selected Readings
3 Argumentative Research Paper
- Discussing argumentation
Selected readings: Different
arguments on a certain issue
- Explaining the research paper: a
‘venue’ to consider different points
of view on an issue, which requires
the synthesis of different sources
- Generating the criteria for the
research paper (to be made
available on Moodle)
Argumentative Research Paper
--Library visit
- Choosing topics
- Formulating research questions
- Writing a research proposal
4 Argumentative Research Paper
-Research Proposal
- Introducing the different parts of
the research paper
Selected Reading
-Research process
-Analyzing the different parts of the
paper
Selected Reading
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5 Argumentative Research Paper
- Research process
6 Argumentative Research Paper
-Research process
7 Argumentative Research Paper
- Research process
8 Publication/Sharing Research
Outcome
Reading period from
Friday, July until Saturday,
July 26, 2025
Spring 2024-25 final
examinations: Monday,
August 4 until Friday,
August 8, 2025
VIII. GRADING CRITERIA
Assignment Description and Grading Criteria Percentage Corresponding
By the end of the semester, each student should have produced/composed 25-30 CLO
pages of writing. These are usually in the form of the following: a polished
researched paper preceded by a proposal, an outline, and a draft; various essays
involving analysis, argumentation and synthesis; one or more critiques; peer
reviews, and reflective writing.
I. Argumentative Research Paper: Each student is required to write an extended 30% 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8
argumentative research paper (approx.10 pages), mainly based on published minimum
sources (a minimum of 5 sources, including scholarly sources and a few popular for process
sources, depending on the requirements of the research topic) and possibly partly and
based on some form of field research (interviews, questionnaires, observation, product
surveys, experiments, documentary analysis, etc.). The field research component
is not the major element or focus of the research paper.
To produce the research paper, students need to formulate a research question,
decide on an appropriate, relevant and focused topic, take notes ((including
summary, paraphrase, and quotation), avoiding all forms of plagiarism, write an
argumentative thesis statement (claim), use various methods of development and
evidence to support a claim, retrieve information in all formats (using the library’s
LIBCAT, electronic databases, and other resources as well as the Internet),
evaluate sources (assessing the value of information and its appropriateness for
the research required), use sources critically, incorporating selected information,
and documenting sources (within and at the end of the text).
Emphasis will be placed on the process, which usually requires the submission of
the following, all of which will contribute to the evaluation of the work:
1. Research proposal
2. Annotated bibliography
3. Working outline (including a working thesis statement)
4. One or more drafts of the paper or a part of it (e.g. literature review) to be
evaluated by the instructor and possibly also by classmates during writing
workshops
5. Final research paper:
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The final product of the argumentative research assignment should
consist of the following parts:
• Title page—the title of the paper, student’s name, instructor’s name, title
and section of course, and date
• Outline/Table of contents page— if your instructor requires an outline,
include the thesis statement and a formal outline of the paper with
headings of parallel form and equivalent value. A table of contents includes
the actual headings or titles that appear in the paper with their page
numbers.
• Paper proper (Content pages)—double-spaced text using Times New
Roman 12 pt. font with MLA or APA style in-text citations in synthesizing
information from sources
• Works Cited/References Page—MLA or APA style
• Appendix/Appendices (if applicable)
[An electronic copy is usually required to be submitted to TURNITIN assignment
on Moodle]
II. Oral presentations: Informal as practice and formal presentation of research 15% 5 (partially)
III. Different written and oral tasks: 45% 1, 4, 5, 6. 7, 8
- Critique: Individual and written
- Low stakes assignments which may include reading responses,
analyses, synthesis, argumentative essays, debates, discussions, free
writing, forum posts
- Peer review/s
- Reflection/s on learning
IV. Active Participation: 10% All CLOs
• Completing all readings, writing, oral tasks, reflective journals, & responses
• Participating in and completing all informal writing (discussions, forums,
debates, etc.) in writing workshops, peer review sessions & in student-
teacher conferences
• Showing evidence of progress, submitting assignments to Moodle and
Turnitin, avoiding plagiarism & attending classes (when F2F)
In all writing and speaking tasks, students should apply the proper conventions of language, usage, and
format and follow ethical standards (CLOs 7 & 8)
IX. COURSE POLICIES
o Attendance
For undergraduate courses:
“Students who miss more than one-fifth of the sessions of any course prior to the withdrawal deadline can
be withdrawn from the course by the instructor.”
Attendance is required in all Communication Skills courses. Attendance will be recorded.
Tardiness: Classes start on time, so please be punctual. Joining classes late three times will be
counted as ONE absent and will affect your participation grade.
The table below illustrates the maximum number of permitted absences. Classes are given face-to-face
or in person, and students are expected to attend all classes in person on a regular basis.
Classes Before Week 5 Total
M/T/W/Th More than 4 (withdrawal) 6 and more will lead to
failure
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The number of permitted absences before week 5 is inclusive of the add & drop period. Students who, during a term,
miss more than one-fifth of the sessions of any course in the first six weeks in the summer term can be dropped from
the course. A faculty member who drops a student from the course for this reason must have stated in the syllabus
that attendance will be taken. Students who withdraw or are dropped for excessive absence from a course receive a
grade of “W”. Students who do not withdraw or cannot be dropped for an excessive absence from a course will
receive a grade of F (40).
• The student is responsible for all course material and for any announcements made during class
time, lab time or fieldwork. (Undergraduate Catalogue 2024-2025, p.9
https://www.aub.edu.lb/Registrar/catalogue/Documents/UG-General-University-Academic-Information-
2024-2025.pdf)
Automatic Withdrawals and Failures Due to Absences:
• Students who miss more than one-fifth of the sessions of any course prior to the withdrawal
deadline can be withdrawn from the course by the instructor. If a student is enrolled in a minimum of
12 credit hours for a regular semester and misses more than the allowed number of absences by Week
10, the instructor will automatically request that the student be withdrawn from the course.
• Students who withdraw or are withdrawn for excessive absence from a course receive a grade of
“W.”
• An instructor who withdraws students from the course because of excessive absence must have
stated in the syllabus that attendance will be taken.
• Students who do not withdraw or cannot be withdrawn for excessive absence from a course will
receive a grade of “F”. If a student misses more than the total number of allowed absences in a given
semester and does not withdraw or cannot be withdrawn, he/she will receive a grade of “F” for the
course.
•Students may not withdraw from a course if the withdrawal results in being registered for fewer than
twelve (12) credits for regular terms without having an approved underload petition. (Undergraduate
Catalogue 2024-2025, p.9)
If a student needs to register for or repeat a Communication Skills course for the fourth time, this
student should petition for consent of the Undergraduate Student Affairs Committee through a “Repeat
a Course More Than Three Times” petition on the Online Petition Form System. Course withdrawals
are counted as having registered for a course one time. (Undergraduate Catalogue 2024-2025, p.9)
Participation Policy: Students are expected to attend all classes and participate in class discussions
and activities. Students who are absent will not be able to participate and do any class activities, for
which they’re not allowed to make up. This will affect their participation grade.
The Communication Skills program defines participation in the writing process as completing all
assignments; participating in all activities (including completion of free-writing assignments,
participation in writing workshops, and participation in peer review sessions); participating in student-
teacher conferences; and showing evidence of progress .
o Credit Hour Policy
This course follows AUB Credit Hour Policy for three credit courses. This course meets
three times weekly for three academic hours per week.
o Submissions and Due Dates
Late Work: A student should submit his work on time. Late work will not be
accepted except at the discretion of the teacher and the student will be penalized
o Missing Projects/Assignments
Excused Absences: If a student must miss class due to an illness and wish to be excused, the
student must provide his/her instructor with a medical report and/or professional opinion issued by
a qualified AUB employee, AUBMC doctor, or University Health Services. Students who seek
excused absences for university-sanctioned events must provide an official letter from the
sponsoring organization notifying the instructor of the absence at least one week before the event.
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Students are expected to complete assignments on time, actively participate in other class
sessions, and to make up missed work as agreed with the faculty member.
Schedule Conflicts: Note that no mandatory university exams, labs, or meetings are to be
scheduled that conflict with students enrolled in this class. The student is responsible for
communicating with all parties involved prior to the date of the conflict. Please note that any
student who misses this class to take an exam or attend a lab is not excused from this class and is
responsible for arranging for makeup work, should the instructor allow it .
o Final Examinations:
Please note that students are expected to be on-campus and available to take a final examination for
any of their courses at any time during the final examination period. For the current term, the final
examination period runs from Monday, August 4 until Friday, August 8, 2025 . Students and
professors will be notified of the final examination schedule being posted on the Office of the
Registrar website as soon as feasible after the change of schedule period (Drop and Add).
o Make-up Quizzes and Exams
Students who miss a scheduled examination (including midterms, quizzes, or other class
assignments) must present an excuse considered valid by the course instructor. Make-up exams,
quizzes, and class assignments will be administered according to the course syllabus and must be
completed before the final grade of the course is issued at the end of the term. Only medical reports
and/or qualified professional opinions issued by an AUB Medical Center (AUBMC) doctor, or by the
University Health Services may be accepted. Should there be a question about the validity of any
excuse presented by the student, the matter should be referred to the appropriate faculty committee.
Instructors will make sure there is no time conflict between an exam and a regularly scheduled
course. (Undergraduate Catalogue, p. 9)
Group Work
The purpose of having group work is to motivate students and engage them in active
learning, problem solving, critical thinking and communication. They can share ideas
and negotiate them to reach a consensus. A few in- class activities will be done
collaboratively after reading some assigned texts. The group grade will be part of their
participation grade. A couple of written assignments will also be done in groups and
will be assessed as part of their regular writing grades.
o Teaching Strategies and Technology Tools
Moodle as an LMS: Students write & submit to Moodle.
Methodology:
a. Process writing: Process is recursive. Teacher and peer feedback are used, followed by revision.
b. Hands-on: Students read and annotate at home and in class.
c. Class is student-centered, so PowerPoints have limited use.
d. Students work individually, in pairs, or in small groups.
o Use of AI in the Course
The Communication Skills Program requires students to take permission from their teachers if they
intend to use AI for any purpose. The teacher may ban the use of AI altogether or allow the use of
generative AI as a search engine to get information. Obviously, any borrowed information, whether
obtained through AI or another search engine should be documented unless it is considered
“common knowledge” (see section on Academic Integrity). The use of AI is not allowed in the actual
composition or writing of assignments. . NOTE: Please do NOT use any AI tools such as Chat GPT,
Grammarly, Quill Bot etc. to check your language before you submit your assignments on Moodle.
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X. UNIVERSITY RULES AND REGULATIONS
o General Academic Information
- Undergraduate Academic Information
o University - Course Withdrawal Policy
A student can withdraw from only one required course per semester. Students who wish to withdraw
from more than one required course in any given semester must petition the appropriate faculty
committee for permission to do so.
Check Withdrawal Information from undergraduate catalogue.
o Academic Integrity (cheating and plagiarism):
Please refer to AUB Student Code of Conduct, in particular Section 1.1
[https://aub.policytech.eu/dotNet/documents/?docid=147&public=true ], which concerns academic
misconduct including cheating, plagiarism, in-class disruption, and dishonesty. Please be aware
that misconduct is vigorously prosecuted and that AUB has a zero tolerance policy. Course policy
is that credible evidence of cheating will result in course failure.
In all writing, ideas and words taken from elsewhere should be documented. Failure to credit ideas or material
taken from any source constitutes plagiarism, which is a violation of the University’s academic regulations and
subject to disciplinary action. According to our course policy, evidence of cheating will result in course failure.
All writing you do for this course must be your own and must be exclusively for this course, unless the
instructor stipulates differently. Please pay special attention to the quotes, paraphrases, and documentation
practices you use in your papers.
Students in Communication Skills courses are required to apply the following standards to all submitted work:
• Documenting all information that is taken from other sources, including books, articles, websites, lectures,
interviews, television, radio, etc.
• Putting quotation marks around the words that were originally written or spoken by someone other than you.
• Clearly indicating your use of ideas by other authors, even if they are paraphrased (written in your own words)
or summarized.
Engaging in any of the following activities constitutes plagiarism, which is a violation of the university’s
academic regulations (https://aub.policytech.eu/dotNet/documents/?docid=147&public=true) and is subject to
disciplinary action:
• Submitting a paper written by another student
• Requesting or paying someone to complete an assignment for you
• Taking material from secondary sources without proper documentation
• Copying, word for word, someone else’s writing without putting that passage in quotation marks and
identifying the source
• Taking someone else’s writing, changing some of the words, and not identifying the source
• Taking someone else’s ideas or organization of ideas, putting them into your own words, and not identifying
the source
• Having someone else change your writing – a tutor, friend, or relative, for instance – and creating the
impression that this writing is your own work
• Purchasing or downloading papers or passages from the Web
• Using facts, data, graphs, charts, photographs, or other information without acknowledging the source with a
footnote, caption, or bibliography entry. Borrowed facts or information obtained in one’s research (whether by
means of AI or otherwise) or reading must be acknowledged unless they are “common knowledge.” Students
should check with their teachers regarding what can be viewed as “common knowledge” within a specific field
or assignment, but often the student will have to make the final judgment. When in doubt, footnotes or
references should be used
• Submitting work that you previously submitted in another course and presenting it as if written specially for
this course
Turnitin: Turnitin is an online text-matching tool accessible via Moodle that many faculty at AUB
use. Once your work is uploaded, it will be compared with an extensive database of student and
publicly accessible writing. When you upload an assignment to Moodle, your assignment may be
also automatically scanned through Turnitin. If your instructor has authorized Turnitin to scan the
assignment on Moodle, you must comply or risk losing credit for the assignment. If you have
questions about how the software works or how the Turnitin report will be (or has been) used, please
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ask your instructor.
o Accessibility Statement to Acknowledge the Unique Learning Needs of Students with Disabilities:
AUB strives to make learning experiences as accessible as possible. If you anticipate or experience
academic barriers due to a diagnosed disability (including learning disability, mental health, chronic or
temporary medical conditions), please contact the Accessible Education Office as soon as possible
in order to help establish reasonable accommodations and facilitate a smooth learning process:
accessibility@aub.edu.lb; +961-1- 350000, x3151; West Hall, 338.
o Non-Discrimination and Title IX Statement
In line with its commitment to the principle of equal opportunity in education and employment, AUB
policies protect you from discrimination on the basis of protected characteristics, including
discriminatory harassment and sexual harassment. Protected characteristics include: race, color,
religion, age, national or ethnic identity, sex, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy,
marital status, disability, genetic predisposition or carrier status, alienage or citizenship status, and
political affiliation.
The policies are applicable to all the AUB community including: officers, faculty, staff, academic
appointees, students (including medical interns and residents), visiting students, alumni, trainees,
visitors, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, located on campus and at AUB Medical Center,
Advancing Research Enabling Communities Center (AREC), or any other facility or program affiliated
with the University. The “AUB community” also includes the dependents and domestic employees of
faculty and staff dwelling on campus and at AREC.
If you think you have experienced discrimination, discriminatory harassment, or sexual harassment, we
encourage you to inform the Equity/Title IX Coordinator, Mitra Tauk, at 01-350000 ext. 2514,
titleix@aub.edu.lb, report to a Title IX deputy at your faculty or at any other faculty
(www.aub.edu.lb/titleix), or report online (www.aub.ethicspoint.com). Reports may be submitted
anonymously or not. Please know that the University will maintain the confidentiality of the complaint
and privacy of the persons involved to the greatest extent possible, consistent with its goal of
conducting a thorough and complete investigation and to the extent permitted by law.
You need to also know that the University has designated academic and administrative department/unit
heads, managerial level staff, academic advisors, protection officers, and residence hall staff/monitors,
as responsible employees or “mandatory reporters”, and may designate others at its discretion. These
individuals are obligated to report actual or suspected discrimination or discriminatory harassing
conduct to the Equity/Title IX Coordinator, unless they are a “confidential” resource. The following have
been designated as confidential resources: on campus counselors in the Counseling Center of the
Office of Student Affairs and AUB Medical Center counselors, and healthcare providers at the University
Health Services (UHS) and at the AUB Medical Center. Confidential resources are not required to report
actual or suspected discrimination or harassment to appropriate university officials, except in cases of
suspected abuse of a minor, in the event of an external investigation or prosecution, or in the event of
imminent danger to the reporting party or others.
Resources for Students:
Writing Center: The Writing Center offers free, 30-minute or 1-hour consultations about your writing. The
WrC is located on the 2nd floor balcony of Ada Dodge Hall and in Room 336 of West Hall. To meet the
tutors and find writing resources, go to https://aub.edu.lb/writingcenter. To make an appointment, go
to https://aub.mywconline.com/.
Library Information Services: Reference librarians and information specialists in the AUB libraries can
support you individually with finding academic sources for your research. Jafet information librarians can
be contacted in person in their office in the Jafet Library lobby, by email at libinfo@aub.edu.lb, or by
phone, extension 2629.
Counseling Center, Student Affairs: The center offers counsel and help to students with a range of
academic and non-academic problems. If anything happening in your life is causing you distress and
influencing your academic performance, and you feel you could benefit from professional help, contact
the Counseling Center at
counselingcenter@aub.edu.lb ; by phone at +961-1-350000, x3196 (only during working hours), or go to
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West Hall, 210 (also during working hours).
Grievance Procedure: If at any time during the semester you have concerns about the course, an
assignment, or assessment, please set up a meeting to talk with your instructor about it. If you have met
with your instructor and are unable to resolve the issue, you may request a meeting by email with the
Director of the Communication Skills Program, Malaki Khoury, mk01@aub.edu.lb. The goal of any meeting
with the Director will be to improve communication between the student and course instructor, and to
resolve the issue in such a way that course learning outcomes are achieved. Please note that the
instructor for the course is the final decision-maker for any issues that arise, and administrators do not
override the instructor’s decisions or policies.
XI. AUB GRADING SYSTEM
https://www.aub.edu.lb/Registrar/Pages/academic-information.aspx
Numeric Course Grade to Letter Course Grade
Starting with Numeric Corresponding Course
Course Grade /100 Letter Grade
< 60 F
60 D
61–62 D+
63–65 C–
66–68 C
69–71 C+
72–74 B–
75–78 B
79–82 B+
83–86 A–
87–92 A
93–100 A+
Grade Conversion Chart
Course Letter Grade Quality Points
A+ 4.3
A 4.0
A– 3.7
B+ 3.3
B 3.0
B– 2.7
C+ 2.3
C 2.0
C– 1.7
D+ 1.3
D 1.0
F 0.0
Note: The GPA at AUB is capped at 4.0
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