Teaching and Assessment
•	All course units will have a 2 hour formal lecture and a 2 hour seminar per week. All units will be assessed 40% from in-course assignments, 20% presentation in seminars and 40% from an end of semester examination.
•	Students must pass at least three units to progress from one semester to another semester. The fourth unit can then be studied together with the units of the next semester.
•	The assignments will be graded using the following criteria:
	Pass Grades :	• A grade - outstanding performance (above 70% score) • B grade - good performance (between 60-70% score) • C grade - average performance (between 50-60% score) • D grade - pass (between 45-50% score) • Referral - when the student has failed to reach a satisfactory standard in all of the outcomes but in the opinion of the assessor, has made a serious attempt to tackle to outcomes set. • Fail - The student has, without adequate reason, failed to submit an assignment or the work is wholly inadequate and does not, in the opinion of the assessor, constitute a serious attempt to tackle the tasks and outcome set.
•	Attendance	The students are expected to attend lectures and seminars regularly. If a student is expected to be absent for more than one week then written notification must be sent to the University Registrar.
•	Counselling Service	Within each degree scheme there is a well developed counselling system, designed to help students with their day-to-day academic problems. More information about the counselling service is available in the Students area.