Tutorials begin in week 2. Five out of 12  tutorials will be assessed and counted for your final grade. The assessable  tutorials will be held in weeks 4, 6, 11,12 and 13 and they  are worth 10% (2% each) for your final grade.  In each  tutorial class, students will be given a set of exercises based on the work recently covered in lectures. The answers to the questions must be submitted prior to the end of the class. Students may attempt the exercises up to two times during the class.  Students are permitted to consult reference material, and to discuss the questions with the tutor and with other students but not to copy other student's work. The tutorial questions and solutions will be published during the week following each class. Since we need to provide each enrolled student with a working computer, students are only permitted to attend the class in which they are registered. The tutorial exercises require a total of approximately 10 hours of work. Students are required to attend assessable tutorial classes. Students who do not submit an assesable tutorial exercise in class will be awarded a mark of zero for that particular exercise and will not be permitted to attempt it for credit at a later date. In cases where a student submits a satisfactory Disruption to studies application, explaining their non-attendance at a minimum of 3 tutorial classes, and if the student’s prior attendance and performance is satisfactory, the weighting of that student’s tutorial component will be adjusted accordingly.

 Students must bring their Macquarie University campus card to each tutorial and display it in the holder provided. Failure to display a campus card may result in a student being refused access to the tutorial. 

 Students will be given four homework exercises each worth 5% of the final grade (20% in total). It is intended that students will work on the homework exercises independently. The homework exercises are due in weeks 5, 9, 11 and 13 and must be submitted via the iLearn system. The exercises must be submitted online prior to the due date and time. Each exercise may be submitted up to two times prior to the deadline and each attempt has a time limit of two hours.  Only the final submission will be marked. Each homework exercise will require approximately 2 hours of work. A few days after the submission of a homework exercise, students will be provided with their mark via the iLearn system. Students who do not submit a homework exercise will be awarded a mark of zero for that exercise. Students who have clearly colluded will be awarded a mark of zero, will not be permitted to resubmit, and may be reported to the University Disciplinary Committee for further action.No extensions will be granted. In cases in which a student submits a satisfactory Disruption to Studies application, which documents incapacitation for at least 3 consecutive days, and if the student has a satisfactory record of attendance and performance in the previous assessment tasks, the weighting of that student’s homework component will be adjusted accordingly.

Late homework and tutorial submissions will not be accepted. At the time of the submission deadline, the  mark recorded for the final submission by each student  for that homework task will be recorded. The homework task will remain accessible to students for revision, but the results of any subsequent attempts will not be used in the calculation of the grade. The only exception to this rule will be students who apply for, and are granted, Disruption to Studies. 

 The assignment is due in week 10,  4pm Friday 16 October. The  assignment assesses the understanding of the topics covered  in lectures up to the submission deadline and is worth 20% of the final grade. Students must submit both a hard copy and an electronic copy of their assignment. The hardcopy must be submitted to the Business and Economics Student Services (BESS, E4B106) and the electronic  copy must be through iLearn.  Instructions and information about the requirements of the assignment will be provided in class and on iLearn. Students who have clearly colluded will be awarded a mark of zero, will not be permitted to resubmit, and may be reported to the University Disciplinary Committee for further action.  Late assignments will have  a deduction of 20% of the total available marks made from the total awarded marks for each 24 hour period or part thereof that the submission is late ( for example, 25 hours late in submission  - 40% penalty)  except for cases in which an application for Disruption to Studies has been made and approved.

A two hour final examination for this unit will be held during the University examination period. You are expected to present yourself for examination at the time and place designated in the University Examination Timetable. The timetable will be available in draft form approximately eight weeks before the commencement of the examinations and in final form approximately four weeks before the commencement of the examinations. The draft and final timetables will be available from http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au/exam.

Students who do not sit for the final exam will be awarded a grade of FA (failed absent). The only exception for this rule will occur in cases where the student has been granted Disruption to Studies on the grounds of unavoidable disruption. Students who are prevented from sitting the final exam due to illness or unavoidable disruption may wish to consider applying for Disruption to Studies. Information about unavoidable disruption is available at http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html . If a supplementary examination is granted as a result of the Disruption to Studies process the examination will be scheduled for after the conclusion of the official examination period. If the student does not attend the supplementary examination at the scheduled time, a grade of FA will be awarded

 You are advised that it is Macquarie University policy not to set early examinations for individuals or groups of students. All students are expected to ensure that they are available until the end of the teaching semester, the final day of the official examination period.