Advancing Pacific Educational Success

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:
It is essential that academic integrity is maintained in this course, including working independently on all assessed work, unless the written assessment instructions explicitly allow cooperation. Please refer to the links below regarding plagiarism, etc, to ensure you clearly understand about academic integrity and the University's policies regarding academic misconduct.

USE OF AI TOOLS (such as CHATGPT) for assessed work:
Students are not prohibited from using AI tools for this course. However, you are not allowed to submit text generated using an AI tool for marking. All work submitted must be your own. If you do use an AI tool to help you understand concepts or to check grammar, etc, it is important that you understand the risks involved, including the possibility that the AI tool will produce factual errors, irrelevant information, and incorrect &/or non-existent citations and references. If you do decide to use an AI tool/s for any component of assessed work in this course (even just a small component), you do so at your own risk, and you must fully acknowledge your use of AI by including a paragraph clearly describing which AI tool/s you have used, for which part/s of the assessed work, and how. This is an essential demonstration of academic integrity.

Extensions:
Students are encouraged and expected to plan their work so that deadlines are met. Extensions are not granted automatically. Under special circumstances (e.g. illness, accident, bereavement, tangihanga, or critical personal circumstances) a student may be granted an extension to the due date for an assignment.

The course coordinator concerned must be contacted in writing (normally by e-mail) before the due date of the assignment for which an extension is sought. Applications for extensions must be supported by relevant reasons and students may be asked to provide evidence of special circumstances (e.g. medical certificate).

Extensions will not normally be granted because of pressure of university study, e.g. several pieces of work being due around the same time.

Late work:
Work is considered late if it is handed in after an assignment due date, without an extension having been applied for and granted.

Late work will be accepted for marking up to one week (7 days) after the due date.  Up to 24 hours late, a penalty of 1 grade step will be applied.

For work that is more than 24 hours late and without an extension having been sought and granted, the maximum mark that can be received is a C-.

Lecturers reserve the right not to mark work that is handed in more than a week late and no work will be accepted after assignment have been returned.

Resubmissions: A resubmission is permitted where work for an assignment received a failing (D or E) grade. Work that received a passing grade (C- or higher) cannot be resubmitted.

The highest grade that a resubmitted assignment can be awarded is a C-.

Work that is to be resubmitted will normally be due one week after being returned to the student. One resubmission is allowed for an assignment.

Special consideration of assessment items:
Special consideration of assessment items (aegrotats) is not available for this course and all assignments must be completed. Where circumstances mean that students cannot submit assignment work on time, they should apply for an extension to the assignment due date.

Where an extension may be granted for an assessment, this will be decided by direct application to the course coordinator (in writing, e.g. by email, and in advance of the due date) and an application to the Examinations Office will not be required.
Special consideration for late discontinuation:  Special consideration for late discontinuation of the course is available. Students prevented by extenuating circumstances from completing the course after the final date for withdrawing, may apply for special consideration for late discontinuation of the course. Applications must be submitted to the Examinations Office within five days of the end of the main examination period for the semester.

For more information see Special Consideration Regulations.

Assessments written in Te Reo Māori:
Recognising that Māori is an official language of New Zealand, the University provides for students who may wish to use the Māori language in assessment. See Assessment in Te Reo Māori Policy.

Please note that if you want to submit work that is written in te reo, you need to advise the course coordinator in advance of your intention. This is to allow the University sufficient time to make arrangements for translation and marking. Course coordinators will notify the registry of the need for support for assessment of course work in Māori, and the Office of the AVC Māori works with students to support them with the process and ensure fair and appropriate assessment procedures are in place