Requirements to Pass this Unit

To pass this unit you must:

• Achieve a total mark equal to or greater than 50%, and
• Achieve at least 40% in the final exam

Submission of all assignments and participation in all tests and practical classes/workshops is highly recommended since it will be difficult to pass the unit without obtaining marks from these activities.

Hurdle Assessments

Formal Exam (50%): In order to ensure academic integrity and test if the unit learning outcomes have been acheived, students must sit an invilgilated exam and demonstrate sufficient knowledge of the unit content. Therefore, a mimimun mark of 40% on the formal exam is required to pass the unit. If this is not obtained, students will be given a second chance to sit a supplemental exam.

Late Assessment Submission Penalty 

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark of the task) will be applied for each day a written report or presentation assessment is not submitted, up until the 7^th day (including weekends). After the 7^th day, a grade of ‘0’ will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. The submission time for all uploaded assessments is 11:55 pm. A 1-hour grace period will be provided to students who experience a technical concern. For any late submission of time-sensitive tasks, such as scheduled tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, and/or scheduled practical assessments/labs, please apply for Special Consideration. 

Assessments where Late Submissions will be accepted 

• Conversation Piece – YES, Standard Late Penalty applies 
• Case study multiple mini interviews, Quizzes on Laboratory content and outcomes and Formal exam - NO, unless Special Consideration is Granted 

Special Consideration

The Special Consideration Policy aims to support students who have been impacted by short-term circumstances or events that are serious, unavoidable and significantly disruptive, and which may affect their performance in assessment. If you experience circumstances or events that affect your ability to complete the assessments in this unit on time, please inform the convenor and submit a Special Consideration request through ask.mq.edu.au.

We request that student please attend the Week 1 workshop classes where you will meet the teaching staff and your peers, learn about the unit and re-visit academic integrity. All lectures will be pre-recorded and for the best learning experience, try to watch these before attending class.

Methods of Communication

• We will communicate with you via your university email or through announcements on iLearn. General queries to convenors can be placed on the iLearn discussion board or private queries can be sent directly to the Unit Convenor through the iLearn Private Message tool.

COVID Information  For the latest information on the University’s response to COVID-19, please refer to the Coronavirus infection page on the Macquarie website: https://www.mq.edu.au/about/coronavirus-faqs. Remember to check this page regularly in case the information and requirements change during semester. If there are any changes to this unit in relation to COVID, these will be communicated via iLearn.

We value student feedback to be able to continually improve the way we offer our units. As such we encourage students to provide constructive feedback via student surveys, to the teaching staff directly, or via the FSE Student Experience & Feedback link in the iLearn page.

Student feedback from the previous offering of this unit was very positive overall, with students pleased with the clarity around assessment requirements and the level of support from teaching staff. As requested, we have moved the case study based classes into more comfortable workshop classes.