1999 Law Handbook - Assessment*

Assessment*

Fail mark verification procedure
Faxing of assignments
Special consideration*

*GRADUATE STUDENTS SHOULD REFER TO THE SECTION ON 'ASSESSMENT' IN THE CHAPTER CALLED 'THE GRADUATE PROGRAM'.
Modes of assessment in all subjects offered during the year appear in the outline of subjects in this handbook. If there is any variation to these modes of assessment, students will be notified during the first week of the teaching period.
In many undergraduate subjects an examination of three hours duration is held at the conclusion of the course. However, it is common for class tests and shorter examinations to be held either in substitution for or in addition to such an examination. In assessing academic performance in a subject, performance in class, oral work, class tests and other written work may be taken into account as well as results in the final examination. Students who fail in any subject may be limited in the number of subjects that they are permitted to pursue at one time or, if their performance is generally unsatisfactory, they may be refused permission to re-enrol in the Faculty of Law. The faculty fail mark verification procedure provides that a student shall not be failed in a subject except on the recommendation of at least two examiners.

Fail mark verification procedure

1 The chief examiner in a subject shall not return a fail result in respect of the performance of a student in that subject unless, save as otherwise provided in (2) below, all pieces of assessable written work of that student to which have been attributed fail marks have been assessed by two examiners and the fail result has been verified by both examiners.
2 Where fail marks are attributed to one or more pieces of assessable written work which individually carry no more than 10 per cent of the total marks in a subject such piece or pieces of work do not have to be assessed by two examiners provided that the aggregate marks carried by such pieces of work does not exceed 30 per cent of the total marks in the subject.
A student is eligible for no more than one supplementary examination in the compulsory and full-year quasi-compulsory law subjects of the LLB degree.
A student is also eligible, upon written application to the dean within the prescribed time, for a supplementary examination in a law subject where that subject is the last subject required for the LLB degree and he or she has marks equivalent to 40 per cent of the total assessment in that subject.
For details see section on supplementary and special examinations below.

Faxing of assignments

It is faculty policy that assignments sent by fax will not be accepted. If difficulty is experienced in submitting an assignment in person by the due date, the student may send the assignment by certified mail, provided it is posted on or before the due date.

Special consideration*

*GRADUATE STUDENTS SHOULD REFER TO THE HEADING 'SPECIAL CONSIDERATION' IN THE CHAPTER CALLED 'THE GRADUATE PROGRAM'.
A student who has been prevented by illness or other serious cause from presenting for all or part of the annual examination, or whose work during the academic year or performance in the annual examination has been gravely affected by illness or other serious cause, may apply for special consideration or permission to sit a special (deferred) examination in the subject concerned. Such application, accompanied by appropriate evidence, must be lodged with the faculty assistant registrar not later than forty-eight hours after the candidate's last examination scheduled on the university's relevant published examinations timetable, provided that the faculty registrar, where satisfied that the student was unable to make application by the required date, has a discretion to accept a late application.