Late Submission and Extension of Work - School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry

Late submission and extensions

Essays and assignments not submitted on or before the due date are subject to penalty. Late work is penalised at the rate of two marks (out of 100) per day. For the purposes of this policy, ‘day’ refers only to working days (ie week days). So, an assignment due on Thursday 4 September and handed in on Tuesday 9 September will count as 3 days late. For the purposes of this policy, “two marks” means two full points off the awarded mark, not two percent of the awarded mark. So, an assignment due on Thursday 4 September and handed in on Tuesday 9 September, and awarded a before-penalty mark of 68%, will be awarded a final, penalised mark of 62%. For assignments marked out of a maximum total other than 100, the penalty will apply pro rata. For example, for assignments marked out of 40, the penalty will be 0.8 marks per day.

Please read the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences policy on late work for full details.

Only coordinators, either of individual units or of the junior and/or senior curricula have the authority to grant extensions. Extensions will not be granted for pressures of outside work or competing academic commitments. Requests for extension must be submitted before the due date via the Faculty’s online Assessment Consideration system. Where circumstances of illness or misadventure prevent submission of a request for extension before the due date, students may apply for special consideration via the online Assessment Consideration system. To access this system please go to

http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/current_students/online_application.shtml

Late essays or assignments will not be accepted (except where applications for special consideration are lodged) beyond the designated return date for the relevant written work. In cases where documented misadventure or serious illness prevents students from submitting work before the designated return date an alternative assessment task may be set.