• Lessons: 
  Weekly activities required to complete prior to the beginning of the tutorial class. Lectures and Tutorials are both included as part of the Lessons. Tutorial participation required to answer questions from tutor during tutorial as a part of the formative assessment.
   
• Problem sets: 
  Several programming problems to be completed individually throughout the semester. May require submission of code, tests, reports, oral presentations. Format and submission details of problem sets to be provided on release.​
   
• Final examination:
  The final exam covers all aspects of the course. Demonstrate knowledge in procedural programming. Reading and tracing through short programs. Writing short programs. Writing test cases and debugging with existing test cases. The final exam consists of a computer examination 34%, and an oral examination 66%.
  
  The computer examination is an open book examination that will require at most 4 hours to complete. This will be made available in the first 2 days of the examinations week.
  
  The oral examination will be administered in examinations week and will require working internet connection, video conferencing software (supported by University). The contents will examine the submitted open book examination.

Detailed information for each assessment can be found on the course website: edstem.org​

Special consideration
Lessons - Approved special consideration will be granted an extension to complete the Lesson and additionally be examined in an oral quiz online, based on the Lesson contents, that will contribute to the Lesson grade for that week. 
Problem sets - Approved special consideration will be granted an extension to complete the problem set and additionally be examined in an oral quiz online, based on the problem set contents, that will contribute to the grade for that problem set. 
Final examination – a replacement examination will be arranged, however the format may vary and further development may be required.

Conditions for pass in this course:
- At least 40% in the assessment grade
- At least 50% in the oral examination
- At least 50% in the computer examination
- At least 50% total

It is a policy of the School of Computer Science that in order to pass this unit, a student must achieve at least 40% in the formative assessment and 40% in the final exam. A student must also achieve an overall final mark of 50 or more. Any student not meeting these requirements may be given a maximum final mark of no more than 45 regardless of their average. 

Additionally for this course, any student not meeting the oral examination barrier of 50% will have their computer examination mark no more than the oral examination mark. Students may be asked for further development of their assessments if they fail to attend at least 80% of their tutorials.