The class test will be held during the lectures in Week 6. The test will cover all material up to and including Week 5. A calculator is needed for the test and attendance is compulsory. If you fail to attend the test you will be awarded a zero mark. There will be no catch-up or supplementary examinations. 

Students who experience serious misadventure and are unable to attend the in class test should apply for "Disruption to Studies' within 5 working days of the test (see http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html). If the application is successful, a supplementary assessment will be given (this could include an oral task) and the date of the assessment will be designated by the unit convenor.

The assignment is due at 4pm on Friday of Week 11. Extensions are only granted for cases in which an application for special consideration is made and approved. If no arrangement is in place, assignments will be penalised at a rate of 20% per day or part thereof that the assignment is late. For example, if an assignment is late by less than 24 hours, 20% of the final mark will be deducted as penalty; if an assignment is late by more than 24 hours but less than 48 hours, 40% of the final mark will be deducted as penalty. Students are strongly recommended to keep a photocopy of their assignment to ensure against loss. In early Week 11, assignment boxes designated ECON634 will be prepared in the Business and Economic Graduate Centre (E4A, Level 2) where students can submit their assignments. In addition, students must also submit an electronic copy through iLearn.

There are no set minimum or maximum lengths for the assignment. However, assignments should be complete and concise.

A two-hour examination will be held in the final examination period. It will contribute 50% of your final raw score. The final examination will be based on all the work covered throughout the duration of the semester. The exam will include a mixture of theoretical and numerical questions. Students will be provided with further details regarding the exam as it approaches. Computer outputs and statistical tables are provided. Non-programmable calculators without alphabetic storage capability and an A4 page with hand-written or type-in notes are allowed into the examination room.

The time and venue of the exam will be organised and announced in due time by the University. 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. http:// exams.mq.edu.au/.

Students who do not sit for the final exam will be awarded a grade of FA (failed absent). The only exception to not sitting an examination at the designated time is because of documented illness or unavoidable disruption. In these circumstances you may wish to consider applying for 'Disruption to Studies'. The University’s policy on 'Disruption to Studies' process 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 after the conclusion of the official examination period.