Additional Course Outline Information
All forms of cheating and dishonest practice are taken seriously and penalties will result. Students should refer to Regulation J of the General Course and Examination Regulations.
There are two assignments for this course. Each is graded using the university A+ to E scale.
Final grades for the course will be calculated by allocating each grade a numerical value according to the weighting of the assignment. The numbers are then added and a final grade allocated. An examiners’ meeting will be held at the end of the course to determine final grades and to ensure fairness and consistency.
Grading Scale
Grade GPA Marks
A+ 9 90 – 100
A 8 85 – 89
A- 7 80 – 84
B+ 6 75 – 79
B 5 70 – 74
B- 4 65 – 69
C+ 3 60 – 64
C 2 55 – 59
C- 1 50 – 54
D 0 40 – 49
E -1 0 – 39
Campus students must attend and participate in the course sufficiently to meet the learning outcomes. Course lecturers should be notified of expected non-attendance, and may require missed work to be caught up via set tasks, or impose a grade penalty where there are high levels of unexplained absence.
Course evaluation will be undertaken in accordance with university policy and using the university student evaluation system.
Where there is only one marker for the course, moderation will be carried out only if requested by a student with regard to their assignment. Where there is more than one marker, the course lecturer will undertake moderation to ensure consistency.
Work handed in after the due date with no extension granted is considered late. Assignments in FLO courses that are date stamped by the College of Education's Academic Services Team more than two working days after the assessment’s due date will be considered late. Late work will be accepted up to one week after the due date, and a grade penalty will be incurred. Lecturers reserve the right not to mark late work, and no work will be accepted after assignments have been returned. Late work is not eligible for resubmission.
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The assessments in this course require practical application of course content in the participant’s teaching context. Students should ensure they have access to at least two suitable EAL learners for these purposes. Assignments must be word processed where possible in Arial or Times New Roman 12 point font with 1.5 line spacing. Additional materials, e.g. samples of students’ work or audio-tapes etc. must be placed in a plastic sleeve. Please do not use clear file folders to present assignment work.
NOTE: A cover sheet must be attached to each assignment.
We recommend that students keep a copy of all assignment work.
Under exceptional circumstances (eg illness, accident, bereavement or critical personal circumstances) individual students may be granted an extension of the due date for an assignment. There is, however, a limit to the length of time that an extension can be granted and this should be negotiated with the Course Lecturer in the first instance. Extensions will not normally be given for longer than one week from the due date, unless exceptional circumstances prevail. Extensions are not granted automatically to students.
A request for an extension should be made to your Course Lecturer before the due date of the piece of assessment. Requests for extensions should be emailed to the Course Lecturer at least two days prior to the due date for the assignment. If you apply for an extension, you may be asked to supply a medical certificate or other relevant evidence of special circumstances (eg a letter from a counsellor). Students are encouraged to plan their work in a realistic manner and in advance so that they can meet their assessment deadlines.
If your work meets most but not all of the criteria required to pass, you may be given the opportunity to resubmit an assessment to bring it to a passing standard. Only one resubmission is possible within the course. Students will have seven days from the return of an assignment, to resubmit their work. Distance students will have seven days from the time they could reasonably be expected to have received their work back.
NB: The original work and marking schedule must be included with resubmitted assignments.
A resubmitted assignment cannot be awarded more than the minimum passing grade. Resubmissions are restricted to work that is originally submitted on or before the due date. Late assignments are not considered for resubmission unless there are exceptional circumstances.
NOTE: Depending on due dates, it may not be possible to allow resubmissions of the final assignment if this would compromise the ability of lecturers to meet deadlines for the submission of final course grades.
Please send your assignments to the Academic Services Team and your work will be returned via the Academic Services Team.
