Please note - Swinburne University of Technology

To be eligible to be considered as a special case, a
full-time student should normally have provisional
results of N* in not more than two subjects, where
the total hours per week for these subjects is not
more than seven. For a part-time student to be
eligible to be considered as a special case, the
student should normally have a provisional result of
N* in only one subject, where the total hours per
week for that subject is not more than four.
Students considered in this category will normally
have a positive aggregate rating as calculated by the
Faculty Passing Formula as follows:
where A is aggregate rating,
n, is the number of hourslweek in the ith subject,
zi is the rating in the ith subject.
A student's rating in each subject is determined
from the following table:
Category
Rating
H D 9
Where a student recommended as a special case has
been initially granted a failing grade, from the first
group, in one or more subjects, the Committee must
decide, on a subject by subject basis, which of the
following actions will apply:
3.8.1 The grade stands as an "N",
3.8.2 The student will be granted a Faculty Pass in
that subject. If so, the grade will be changed
to, and published as, FP The student will not
be required to repeat a subject for which the
grade of FP has been awarded.
3.8.3 The student will be granted supplementary
assessment in that subject. If so, the grade for
initial publication will be changed to "SUP" to
indicate that the student has been granted
supplementary assessment.
The student will then undertake
supplementary assessment. In the case of first
year subjects, a summer school system may be
available. Details are set out below.
If the student passes the supplementary
assessment, the grade will be changed to
"SP" and the student will not be required to
repeat the subject. If the student fails the
supplementary assessment, the grade will be
changed to "SN" and the student will be
required to repeat the subject.
H a student chooses not to undertake the
supplementary assessment granted in that
subject, the result will revert to the grade
awarded in the initial marking.
The supplementary assessment will not, for
the purposes of exclusion, be regarded as a
complete (i.e. second) attempt at a subject.
See also the section on 'Exclusion from
courses'
4. First-year Summer School Scheme
This revised scheme has operated since 1 October, 1990
and applies only to full-time common first year
engineering or technology degree students. At the
discretion of Courses Committee, the Summer School
Scheme may operate in addition to the Faculty Passing
Scheme. This will be decided on a yearly basis.
4.1 Students will enrol only for their individual subjects.
They will not enrol in a Faculty Result code.
4.2 For students to proceed from first year to second
year, they must achieve a passing grade (as defined)
in all subjects.
4.3 If, at the end of Summer School (supplementary
assessment), students do not achieve a passing
grade (as defined) in a particular subject then that
subject must be repeated.
4.4 The various grades have been grouped for ease of
understanding.
Passing grades are as follows:
4.4.1 First group
HD High Distinction
D Distinction
C Credit
P Pass
P* Pass (marginal)
4.4.2 Second group
FP Faculty Pass granted in that subject
SP Passed at Supplementary Assessment
Grades of fail are as follows:
4.4.3 First group
N* Fail (but serious attempt)
N Fail (outright)
4.4.4 Second group
SN
SS
Fail at supplementary assessment
Fail but student granted summer school
in this subject
4.4.5 Third group
NWD Fail due to late withdrawal
NA Fail no attempt
4.5 Students will, prior to publication of results, be
awarded preliminary grades from amongst the first
group (passing or failing) results or the third group
failing results, if applicable.
4.6 Subjects in which a first group passing grade or a
third group failing grade preliminary results has been
achieved will be published officially without further
alteration (but without the asterisk, if applicable).
4.7 The Engineering Courses Committee will consider
special cases recommended by the Sub Dean, First-
Year Studies.
Where a student recommended as special case has
been initially granted a first group failing grade in
one or more subjects, the Committee must decide:
4.7.1 Whether the student is eligible to be
considered under the provisions of the faculty
passing scheme.
OR
4.7.2 On a subject by subject basis, whether the
student will be granted the opportunity to
undertake Summer School in that subject.
If so, the published result for that subject will
be changed to "SS" indicating that the
student failed the subject but was granted