Detail of assessment tasks:

• Marking rubrics will be provided at the time of posting.

Submission of assessment tasks:

• via iLearn turnitin for plagiarism checks.
• typeset for all text  submission unless stated otherwise.

Requirement to Pass Unit

• In order to pass this unit, a student must obtain a mark of 50% or more for the unit (i.e. obtain a passing grade P/CR/D/HD).
• In order to pass the unit, a student must obtain a mark of 50% or more for the final examination.

Hurdle Requirement

• Department deems a student to have shown a serious first attempt in a hurdle assignment through the achievement of a mark of 40% or greater in that assessment category.

Grading

• For further details about grading please refer to Schedule 1 of the Assessment Policy.

Final Examinations

• Final examinations will typically take place at the end of the semester.
• To access your Session 2 2016 personalized exam timetable, login using your OneID and password.
• The access the entire Session 2 2016 by unit, click here.
• Contact the OneID Help if you need help with your OneID and password.

Extensions and Late Submissions

• Extensions will only be granted as a result of Disruption of Studies Notification for which special consideration has been awarded.  To apply for an extension of time for an assessment item, students must submit their Disruption of Studies Notification via ask.mq.edu.au
• Late submissions will not be marked unless a disruption of studies has been granted.

Student Responsibilities

• Be familiar with University policy and College procedures and act in accordance with those policies and procedures.
• It is the responsibility of the student to retain a copy of any work submitted.  Students must produce these documents upon request. Copies of each item should be retained until the end of the grade appeal period.
• Students are to perform due diligence for their assessment grades and rectify any errors as soon as possible.

Missed Assessment and Examinations

• The University recognizes that student may experience unexpected events and circumstances that adversely affect their academic performance in assessment activities, for example illness.
• Please refer to the Disruption of Studies Policy or the Disruption of Studies Section under Policies and Procedures below.

Academic Honesty

• Using the work or ideas of another person, whether intentionally or not, and presenting them as your own without clear acknowledgment of the source is called Plagiarism.
• Macquarie University promotes awareness of information ethics through its Academic Honesty Policy.  This means that:
• All academic worked claimed as original must be the work of the person making the claim
• Academic work must not be falsified in any way
• When the ideas of others are used, these ideas must be acknowledged appropriately.
• All breaches of the Academic Honesty Policy are serious and penalties apply.  Student should be aware that they may fail an assessment task, a unit, or even be excluded from the University for breaching the Academic Honesty Policy.

For each tutorial session, the solution to one selected tutorial question must be handed in using paper copy at the beginning of each tutorial class.  This encourages the students to be familiar with the material covered by the tutorial before the tutorial session.  Late submission of the tutorial question is not permitted.  There are three Laboratory Reports which must be submitted online.  Laboratory Reports which are submitted past the date and time due will receive a mark of zero.  Exceptions will be made for cases where special consideration for disruption of studies has been granted.

There are two major Assignments which must be submitted online.  Assignments  which are submitted past the date and time due will receive a mark of zero.  Exceptions will be made for cases where special consideration for disruption of studies has been granted.

Lecture materials, Tutorial Questions, Assignment Question, and Assignment Solutions will be uploaded to iLearn.

Lectures will be recorded on Echo Recordings.