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As a UNSW student you are assumed to be a responsible, mature adult and will be treated as such. In return you are expected to behave accordingly. The University has important rules regarding student conduct, particularly in the use of computing facilities. You will be advised of them at enrolment. Although most rules are common sense, you need to be aware that severe penalties exist for activities such as cheating in exams or assignments, downloading offensive material from the Internet, or violating copyright.
Most courses are graded High Distinction (HD), Distinction (DN), Credit (CR), or Pass (PS). The top grades HD and DN are awarded sparingly. Students whose final mark is a little below 50 may be eligible for a Conceded Pass (PC), depending on their other results, otherwise the result is a Failure (FL).
Academic Standing, consisting of good standing and several other levels, will be assigned to students at the end of each main session. Movement between levels is based on progress, measured by proportion of load passed (undergraduate), The Program Authority assigns an adviser to each student not in good standing. Continued poor progress can lead to suspension (one year with automatic readmission) or exclusion (two years without automatic readmission).
Workload
Students are not generally permitted to undertake more than a normal full-time load unless they have an outstanding academic record. Those with a record of failure are required to reduce their workload by about 20%.
If the study load drops below 75% of a full-time load, however, a student is considered to be part-time. This has important implications for Austudy recipients.
First year students are not permitted to take courses that have a timetable clash. Later year students have to establish that a clash can be accommodated.
Enrolment Variations
Students sometimes need to change electives or withdraw from courses due to outside commitments. Circumstances may even force them to suspend their studies for one or two sessions. Courses can be dropped up to one month after the start of either session. This is also the deadline for applications for leave of absence.
New courses (including elective changes) can be added only in the first week or two.
The University wishes to give students the opportunity to satisfy assessment requirements in all courses. If a student's performance either during session or in a final examination has been affected by illness or other circumstances outside their control, they can request special consideration of their case.
Applications are made at the Student Centre, and need to be endorsed by a medical practitioner (if applicable). They may result in further assessment being granted, such as a supplementary examination. The School of CSE publishes the date of supplementary examinations in all its courses at the start of the year. Students who apply for special consideration need to remember this date and be prepared to check on CSE noticeboards or the CSE website a week beforehand. They will be also notified via email.
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