1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

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Assessment
Assessment of student performance
regulations
Assessment of student performance is carried out in
accordance with the Assessment Regulations set out in the
'Policy & Procedures' chapter of the Handbook.
Student performance is assessed by various methods, such as
formal examinations, tests held during the semester, project
work, assignments and laboratory reports. A statement of
the workload requirements and the assessment program for
each subject is given to all students by the second week of
each semester.
Students enrolled in a Bachelor of Design program: each
year of the program is taken as a whole and in order to
qualify an overall pass must be achieved on the year's work.
A Divisional pass may be awarded under exceptional
circumstances. The School Board is the final authority for
determining the results in any of the assessments for the
School of Design. The Division of Science, Engineering and
Design has responsibility for the processing of academic
awards for the School of Design.
Assessment regulations
a 1. Student performance
1.1 Unsatisfactory performance - Applied Science and
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A student whose performance is unsatisfactory will be
required to repeat the failed subject(s) at the earliest
2. opportunity. If a student has completed the necessary
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prerequisite subjects, they may also be permitted to
enrol in additional subjects from the next stage of the
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o program. This additional enrolment is conditional upon
2 the timetable allowing attendance at all classes and no
u enrolment will be permitted in classes which overlap. If
8. there is any change in the timetable which results in
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overlapping classes, it will be the responsibility of the
student to notifv the relevant School of the over la^ and
make the appropriate amendment to their enrolment.
The existence of overlapping classes will not be accepted
as an excuse for unsatisfactory . - performance.
Students who enrol in combinations of subjects where
the combination involves only a small number of
subjects must accept:
1. Timetabling of classes may be less than ideal;
2. Timetabling of examinations may involve successive
examinations on the one day;
3. The difficulties encountered in 1 and 2 above may
not be cited as reasons for poor performance.
1.2 Supplementary program
This policy is currently under review. Students will
be informed of the new policy at re-enrolment/
enrolment.
The Division of Science, Engineering and Design will
operate supplementary examinations designed to assist
students to achieve the standards expected in their
programs. They will be conducted &ing inter-semester
breaks, usually during - December to February.
Supplementary examinations will embrace all
undergraduate science and engineering subjects taught
by the Division of Science, Engineering and Design.
Eligibility
All enrolments in the supplementary examinations
program will be at the discretion of the Divisional
Courses Committee, which will take the advice of the
School responsible for the subject. Eligibility for
supplementary examinations will be limited, will depend
on overall performance and will not be automatically
available.
The following conditions will normally apply:
1. The number of supplementary examinations that
may be taken by any one student will be based upon
the number of subjects attempted at the
examinations. A student will not be eligible for
supplementary assessment if the number of subjects
failed exceeds thirty per cent of the enrolled load for
semesters 1 and 2 in a normal academic year. Where
a normal academic vear consists of one semester of
industry based learning and one semester of normal
study, eligibility for supplementary assessment will
be determined by the enrolled load in the normal
studv semester.
2. The student must have achieved a result of not less
than forty per cent in a subject before consideration
for a supplementary examination.
3. A supplementary examinations program in
laboratory and project components will not be
available and therefore the student must have
satisfied the practical laboratory and/or project
requirements for any subject for which enrolment in
the supplementary examinations is considered.
4. The following result categories will be implemented
for the supplementary examinations.
N" is an internal provisional result to be used where
a student has failed a subject but may be eligible for
a Supplementary Examination. If the student is
subsequently ruled to be ineligible for a
Supplementary Examination an N will be entered
against the candidate's name on the list of candidates
form.
SUP will be entered against the candidate's name on
the list of candidates form when a student is
permitted to sit a Supplementary Examination.
SN will be entered against the candidate's name on
the list of candidates form when a student fails after
a Supplementary Examination.
SP will be entered against the candidate's name on
the list of candidates form when a student passes
after a Supplementary Examination.
The SUP result will be changed to SN or SP after
the supplementary examination.