Examinations and Assessment Issues
- Students must ensure their availability in the Canberra region to sit
any kind of formal Examination. This includes mid-semester examinations
(if applicable to the course; usually held in week 7 or 8). It also includes
Special and Supplementary Examinations; the dates for 2013 are July 23-24
(week 1, S2) and December 12-13*.
Students should not make any (unalterable) travel arrangements to be absent from Canberra during these times.
*Students whose residence is more than 400km from Canberra may be given the option of sitting Special/Supplementary Exams on the 1st 2 days of S1 the following year.
- Please follow the links here for RSCS policies and procedures on
applying for
Special Consideration and
Special Examination. Note that if you feel unwell on the day of
an examination, you should apply for Special Consideration instead unless
the symptoms are severe and can be verified objectively.
- In any course, the
ANU Academic Honesty and Plagiarism policy applies, whether that course explicitly warns against plagiarism and/or `unacceptable collaboration' or not.
- All courses will provide an Assessment Scheme indicating how final
marks will be calculated. It should be noted however that in any course the final marks
may be scaled by the Course Examiner, for example as a result of advice from the School's Examiner's Meetings.
- If you have a chronic condition that is
likely to affect your ability to meet assessment requirements throughout
the semester, and/or is reasonably likely to affect you on any given
examination day, you should register your condition with the Disability Services
Centre. This will give any subsequent request for deadline extension
and/or Special Consideration more credibility, plus you will only need to
cite any supporting evidence with them, rather than to each lecturer of
all courses affected. It might also enable you to obtain Special
Examination Arrangements (e.g. extra time, quieter room).
- If you experience a traumatic personal event during the semester (which is likely to affect your assessment), you should register your situation with the University Counselling Centre. Not only can their professional help be of great assistance in such distressing circumstances, but, as for the above situation, evidence of the event need only be cited at that one point and it can expedite any resulting requests for changed assessment conditions.
