To obtain full marks you need to attend the class on time and participate in every practical. Your mobile phone must be switched off and kept out of sight for the entire duration of your class.

Any late arrival, early departure, inappropriate usage of the computer, disturbing behaviour including the use of mobile phones will incurr deduction in marks.

Prior to your practical class, please prepare by revising the relevant lecture material and be sure to bring your lecture notes to your practical class. These lab works completed during the practical class must be submitted to your tutor by the end of your practical session for formal marking. There may be extra questions asked at the practical session in addition to the ones on the sheets.

In order to give early assessment feedback to the students by the end of week 4 (according to the university’s assessment policy) marked lab 2 exercises will be handed back during your practical session in week 4.

Some of the practical lab exercises are carried out using Excel, others using Minitab; you should install a copy of Minitab onto your own computer (download from the Student Portal).

Your assignment must be word-processed or it will not be marked. The presentation of the layout of your assignment will have some bearing on the mark you receive. 

You should hand the assignments in at the Science Student Centre, E7A102, together with a cover sheet  downloaded from:

http://web.science.mq.edu.au/new_and_current_students/undergrad/assignments_and_coversheets/ 

The absolute deadline is 2pm (the assignment box at the Science Student Centre will close at 2pm) Wednesday 10th of September in week 6.

No extension will be granted. Students who have not submitted the assignment prior to the deadline will be awarded a mark of 0 for the assignment, except for cases in which an application for special consideration is made and approved.

Marked assignments will be returned to students during a following practical, and the tutor will give detailed feedback on the assignment during that class.

These solutions will not be available elsewhere (will not be published on iLearn) and so it is in your best interest to attend and pay attention in the practical.

The assignments are meant to be a learning device as well as being an assessment task and a reasonable attempt at each question is expected.  It is not worthwhile to copy the solutions from somebody else or plagiarise by other means. Please note that if you provide your work to someone else and it is copied then you are also considered to be just as guilty of plagiarism as the other party.

Each semester, many students receive a mark of 0 for their Assignment submission, due to plagiarism. You may discuss solution approaches with your fellow students, but you must not share any files, wording or text. Do the work alone, starting with a new empty document.

Please read the section on plagiarism in the unit outline and the relevant university website specified, very carefully. You should ensure, however, that you take careful note of any solutions provided in the practical session.

Your assignment must be word-processed or it will not be marked. The presentation of the layout of your assignment will have some bearing on the mark you receive. 

You should hand the assignments in at the Science Student Centre, E7A102, together with a cover sheet downloaded from:

http://web.science.mq.edu.au/new_and_current_students/undergrad/assignments_and_coversheets/ 

 The absolute deadline is 2pm (the assignment box at the Science Student Centre will close at 2pm) Wednesday 5th of November in week 12.

No extension will be granted. Students who have not submitted the assignment prior to the deadline will be awarded a mark of 0 for the assignment, except for cases in which an application for special consideration is made and approved.

Marked assignments will be returned to students during a following practical, and the tutor will give detailed feedback on the assignment during that class.

These solutions will not be available elsewhere (will not be published on iLearn) and so it is in your best interest to attend and pay attention in the practical.

The assignments are meant to be a learning device as well as being an assessment task and a reasonable attempt at each question is expected.  It is not worthwhile to copy the solutions from somebody else or plagiarise by other means. Please note thatif you provide your work to someone else and it is copied then you are also considered to be just as guilty of plagiarism as the other party.

Each semester, many students receive a mark of 0 for their Assignment submission, due to plagiarism. You may discuss solution approaches with your fellow students, but you must not share any files, wording or text. Do the work alone, starting with a new empty document.

Please read the section on plagiarism in the unit outline and the relevant university website specified, very carefully. You should ensure, however, that you take careful note of any solutions provided in the practical session.

 A 3 hour final examination for this unit will be held during the University Examination period.  

 The final examination will cover all topics dealt within the unit.

In this examination you will be provided with relevant tables but no formulae will be given. However, you will be able to bring into the examination one piece of paper up to A4 size on which you may write anything you like on both sides. No other notes or books are allowed.

The University Examination period in Second Half year 2014 is from Monday 17^th November – Friday 5^th December.

You are expected to present yourself for examination at the time and place designated in the University Examination Timetable and this includes Saturdays. 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://www.timetables.mq.edu.au/exam/

 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 of Studies (formerly Special Consideration). Information about unavoidable disruption and the Disruption to Studies Policy 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.

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 that is the final day of the official examination period.