Assessment
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.
Graduate students should refer to the section on `Assessment' in the chapter
called `The graduate program'.
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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.
A student is eligible for no more than one supplementary examination in the
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.
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.
Graduate students should refer to the heading `Special consideration' in the
chapter called `The graduate program.
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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 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.
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