Assessment Structure - Postgraduate
Coursework Units also available to Undergraduate Students (levels 1–3)
In coursework units offered to both undergraduate and postgraduate students:
- As well as any learning outcomes identified for undergraduate students, postgraduate students will also be expected to demonstrate the capacity to research a specific topic in a critically rigorous, sustained and self-directed manner.
- Unit descriptions in the undergraduate section of this handbook specify assessment requirements for undergraduate students only. Postgraduate students are required to complete the equivalent of 6,000 words of assessment in all coursework units they undertake (or 4,000 words for 10-point units, and 2,000 words for 5-point units).
- One assessment task in each unit must be at least 3,000 words in length.
- In most units, postgraduate students will need to complete additional or longer tasks than those that are listed for undergraduate students.
- In addition to any quantitative difference from the undergraduate assessment requirements for a unit, postgraduate students are also expected to demonstrate a qualitative difference in the work they present.
- The assessment requirements for each student are recorded on a form that is signed by both the lecturer and the student.
Coursework Units available only to Postgraduate Students (level 3)
Coursework units listed in the postgraduate section of the CTC handbook are offered only to postgraduate students, and assessment requirements are listed for each unit.
Postgraduate Units (level 4)
- Unless specified otherwise, fourth level units are assessed by one single piece of work of 6,000 words (or 12,000 words for a 30-point unit).
- Two copies of the essay should be submitted.
- This essay is marked independently by two examiners, with the final grade being the average of the two independent marks.
- Written comments from both examiners will be returned to the student.
- In seminar units (CD497, etc.), students must complete an Outline for Postgraduate Reading Unit form in consultation with the supervisor of the unit, and submit it to the Postgraduate Coordinator for approval.
See description of grading structures for coursework units.