14th February, 2007.
SUMMARY
OF ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES FOR 2007
The assessment
procedures listed below only apply to undergraduate courses taught by the
Courses forming
parts of the programs in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer
Systems Engineering and Telecommunications Engineering, but which are taught by
other schools or faculties, will be subject to the assessment policies of those
schools or faculties. Students should consult the assessment documents issued
by those schools or faculties for details of assessment procedures, as they may
differ from the procedures listed in this document.
For levels 2, 3
and 4, courses will normally be examined on the basis of end of semester
examinations of duration 2 or 3 hours, depending on the unit weighting of the
course. The length of the exam will be
reduced if a substantial assignment or project forms part of the
assessment. There will be no choice of
questions, but there may be choice within questions. Each question will be
allocated a value of approximately 20 marks. For all examinations, answers to
examination questions must be expressed clearly and written legibly and these
aspects will be taken into account in assessment. Examination papers are subjected
to rigorous moderation by independent academic staff within the School.
Assessment for
each of the courses is based primarily on the overall result in the course, but
a performance of at least a prescribed minimum standard may also be required in
constituent parts.
Course results will be graded as follows:
High Distinction 85-100
Distinction 75-84
Credit 65-74
Pass 50-64
Conceded
Pass 45-49
Fail 0-44.
A limited number
of courses with a "
If these limits
are exceeded, it will be the student's responsibility to repeat courses. See the note on CONCEDED PASSES following.
Details on assessment for individual courses
will be announced at the beginning of each course, and may be found in the
course descriptions accessible through MyUni or the School web pages http://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au
SUPPLEMENTARY
EXAMINATIONS
For all
courses for which there is a final examination supplementary examinations will
be available on academic, medical or compassionate grounds.
Supplementary
examinations on academic grounds will be automatically offered by the Board of
Examiners of the
Applications
for supplementary examinations on medical or compassionate grounds must be made
to the Academic Registrar of the Faculty of Engineering, Computer and
Mathematical Sciences WITHIN 7 DAYS OF
THE INCIDENT AFFECTING THE EXAM
PERFORMANCE. If a student accepts a
medical or compassionate supplementary exam, the supplementary exam mark will
replace the original exam mark. Thus the
final mark may increase or decrease.
For courses taught
by other schools or faculties, students should consult the relevant assessment
notices. This School is not able to vary
or influence the supplementary examination policy or practices of other
departments.
Where laboratory
work or class exercises contribute to an assessment, these will be incorporated
in the supplementary assessment in the same way as in the original
assessment. However students should note
that there will not be any opportunity to redeem a poor performance in these
components of assessment.
Students who have exceeded the
limits on the number of conceded passes will be required to resolve this
situation by repeating courses. Students
are encouraged to achieve a 'pass' or better classification, particularly in
courses that are prerequisites or assumed knowledge for higher level courses.
For all examinations
in courses taught by the School (except for courses where a calculator is not
required) the use of approved calculators is permitted, this equipment to be
supplied by the candidate. No
pre-recorded material nor calculator instruction book is permitted. Currently the only calculators not approved
are those with remote communication capabilities, and these may not be taken
into examinations.
PLAGIARISM
Plagiarism
is forbidden by the University under its Rules for Examinations and Other
Forms of Assessment. Under these
rules the School is obliged to investigate all cases of suspected plagiarism
and may assign zero marks to an assessment component in which it finds that
plagiarism has occurred. This may lead
to a student failing and having to repeat a course.
Records
will be kept of instances of plagiarism and the University is empowered to
apply significant penalties in cases of repeated or serious plagiarism.
Students
are advised to read carefully the University's Policy on Plagiarism, http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/?230
. If at any time you are uncertain about what constitutes plagiarism or
acceptable practice in collaborating or copying the work of others, seek
clarification from your lecturer or tutor.
Each
homework or assignment presented for assessment must be accompanied by an Assessment
Cover Sheet in which each student must declare that the
work is their own, and that they have read the Policy on Plagiarism.
The
honours policy includes a requirement for students to obtain a minimum weighted
average mark of 60 at levels 2 and 3 in order to qualify for admission to the
Honours stream at level 4.
Students in the Honours stream who have
satisfied all of the requirements for the award of the degree will have their
degree classified as either Class I Honours, Class IIA Honours, Class IIB
Honours or Pass. The classification will
be based on the weighted average of the marks obtained in the last three years
of the program according to the rules set out in the attached
Policy on the Awarding of Honours.
Assoc.
Prof. M.J. Liebelt, Head of School February 2007
(1) For students who commenced their studies prior to 2007 the previous rules will apply: a maximum of 3 units in Engineering courses at Level 1
and a
maximum of 6 units total at Level 2
and above including a maximum of 4
units at Level 4