Assessment and Grading
A range of assessment methods are used, such as written assignments (major and minor), class tests, take home tests, formal examinations and oral participation (individual and syndicate). Written work takes the form both of problem-solving and essays, with the emphasis on the former.
All work subject to grading will be marked on the following scale:
| High Distinction: | 85% and above |
| Distinction: | 75% - 84% |
| Credit: | 65% - 74% |
| Pass: | 50% - 64% |
| Conceded Pass: | 45% - 49% |
| Fail: | 44% and below |
The University requires all Divisions to adhere to a policy relating to
the distribution of grades across high distinction, distinction, credit
and pass grades. This means that on occasion, a student's raw mark for a
unit (ie, the total of their marks for each assessment item) may not be
the same as that which they receive on their transcript. This is because
the total raw mark may be scaled up or down so that the grades of all students
in each unit sit within the distribution bands set down by the University.
The policy does not require that any minimum number of students are to be
failed in any unit.