Geotechnical Engineering

Any student who has been impaired by significant exceptional and/or unforeseeable circumstances that have prevented them from completing any major assessment items, or that have impaired their performance such that the results are not representative of their true level of mastery of the course material, may apply for special consideration through the formal university process. The applicability and academic remedy/action associated with the special consideration process is listed for each assessment item below. Please refer to the University Special Consideration Regulations and Special Consideration Policies and Procedures documents for more information on the acceptable grounds for special consideration and the application process. Current University guidelines state that special considerations must be assessed as severe or serious to justify missing a test or exam. Students who do not meet this criterion will be given a score of zero.

Special Consideration for Assignments
An extension will be granted for evidence-supported requests. Extensions will typically be for up to one week, but the duration will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Students seeking an extension must contact the course coordinator as soon as possible with evidence of their situation, and preferably before the due date.

Special Consideration for Mid-term Test
• The marks for students with special consideration assessed moderate or higher will be adjusted based on their performance in the final exam.
• Students who are unable to sit the test due to exceptional and/or unforeseeable circumstances will be offered an equivalent alternative test close to the original test.



Special Consideration for Final Exam

• Students with special consideration assessed moderate or higher will be offered an equivalent alternative exam that will replace their original exam mark. This exam will be held close to the exam period. Dates will be advertised in due course.
• Students who are unable to sit the final exam due to exceptional and/or unforeseeable circumstances will be offered an equivalent alternative test close to the original test. See comment about severity scores.


Note: All communication associated with the arrangement of equivalent alternative tests/exams will be conducted using official UC email accounts. The offer to sit an alternative assessment will come with a list of potential dates/times. Students will have a clearly specified amount of time to respond to the offer to sit the alternative assessment and accept one of the listed dates/times. If the offer is declined or no response is received in the specified time frame, the original assessment mark will be used to compute the course grade.