Late Submissions

Any work received after the deadline will be marked down 10%, with an additional 5% each day (24 hrs) past the deadline. Extensions are only possible with instructor permission and requests must be made by email to the unit convenor before the assessment deadline.

Final Exam

If you apply for Disruption to Study for your final examination, you must make yourself available during the supplemental exam period. If you are not available at that time, there is no guarantee an additional examination time will be offered. Specific examination dates and times will be determined at a later date.

Workshops

GEOS2130 utilises the workshop format, i.e. there are no separately timetables lectures and practicals, rather lecture and practical hands-on content are blended in weekly workshops. Lecture slides from the lecture component of each workshop will be available on the iLearn page but lecture recordings will not be provided for this unit. Students are expected to satisfactorily participate in a minimum of 10 (ten) of the 12 (twelve) weekly workshops. To monitor this attendance will be recorded, and workshop hand-outs will be collected and reviewed each week. Due to space and supplies limitations, you must participate in the workshop session you are enrolled in. Permission to attend a different workshop may be possible and will be evaluated on a case by case basis, but this permission must be approved by the unit convenor in advance. Laptop computers will be provided if required. Food and drink are not allowed in the practical room for safety reasons. 

Field work

During this unit we will have a field trip to the NSW South Coast from April 21st through April 25th to study both modern and ancient marine depositional environments. As a vital part of the unit, participation in the field trip is compulsory. There is a fee associated with this field trip and the costs will be discussed during the first few weeks of the unit.  Students will need to provide their own appropriate personal field gear (sturdy footwear, rain jacket, field notebook) and purchase food in addition to the field trip fee. Please contact one of your instructors immediately with any concerns.

Quizzes

A quiz will be posted on iLearn weekly (except in week 13) to be completed during class. No quizzes completed outside of the scheduled workshop deadline will be marked, unless extenuating circumstances apply. Quizzes will cover material from previous workshops and assigned reading materials. Your two lowest marks will be dropped, each of the remaining 10 quizzes will count for 2% of your final mark.