1999 Business and Economics Handbook

Modes of teaching

The average expected workload per semester subject is twelve hours per week. This will include contact hours in the form of lectures, tutorials, seminars, modular teaching and so on, plus independent study. Generally the lectures provide the core material. At the beginning of the semester, on-campus students are enrolled in tutorial groups for many of their subjects. Tutorial groups are composed of up to twenty-five students from the lecture group who normally meet for one to two hours per week, to discuss issues which arise from the lectures. Students are expected to take part in these discussions and to submit written work as required which will normally be marked by the subject assistant lecturer. Attendance at tutorials and performance in written work are regarded as important and in some subjects may be taken into account in assessing the student's performance for the year.
In many graduate courses, intensive modular teaching is used in which lecture and tutorial material is covered in a seminar format.
For distance education students classes are organised at four weekend schools each semester to supplement and enrich the coursework that is provided off-campus. Distance education students are encouraged to make as much use of these schools as their circumstances allow. On-campus accommodation is available to distance education students during the weekend schools and cafeteria as well as child care services are provided by the Student Union. Classes generally cover one quarter of the study program to supplement student learning.