Class participation (10%): Students will lead the class discussion for 1 class. This will be allocated in Week 2. Students who are unable to make their allocated class must apply for Special Consideration. A failure to lead the class discussion in the allocated class will result in 0/10 for this assessment and may lead to an Absent Fail grade.

This task targets Learning Outcome LO1 by requiring students to demonstrate an understanding of the key concepts and principles of Australian corporate law in applying them correctly to hypothetical problem scenarios discussed in class. The task targets Learning Outcome LO2 by assessing the student's capacity to demonstrate critical thinking about the operation of the Corporations Act and the policies that underpin Australian corporate law in giving advice to a hypothetical client in the class discussion questions. This task also targets Learning Outcome LO3 by requiring students to critically evaluate the development of corporate law principles while taking into account different values and perspectives in answering hypothetical problem questions and contributing to general class discussions.

In-semester test (30%): Students will complete an in-semester take-home test: 2hr + 30 min reading time. The test will be held on 9 September, commencing at 10am, and will conclude at 12:44:59pm (AEST).  The test will consist of one problem question with a word limit of 2,000 words (including discursive footnotes but excluding footnote numbers and citations). The exam will cover material drawn from classes 1-5 (inclusive). 

This task targets Learning Outcome LO1 by requiring students to demonstrate an understanding of the key concepts and principles of Australian corporate law in applying them correctly to a hypothetical problem scenario presented in the exam paper. The task targets Learning Outcome LO2 by assessing the student's capacity to demonstrate critical thinking about the operation of the Corporations Act and the policies that underpin Australian corporate law in giving advice to a hypothetical client in the exam problem question. This task also targets Learning Outcome LO3 by requiring students to critically evaluate the development of corporate law principles while taking into account different values and perspectives in advising multiple parties involved in the hypothetical problem question in the exam paper.

Final exam (60%): Students will undertake an online exam (3hrs + 30 mins reading time) involving two problem questions (both compulsory). The word limit is 3,500 words (including discursive footnotes but excluding footnote numbers and citations). All topics will be examinable. The exam will be conducted during the formal exam period. 

This task targets Learning Outcome LO1 by requiring students to demonstrate an understanding of the key concepts and principles of Australian corporate law in applying them correctly to hypothetical problem scenarios in the exam paper. The task targets Learning Outcome LO2 by assessing the student's capacity to demonstrate critical thinking about the operation of the Corporations Act and the policies that underpin Australian corporate law in giving advice to multiple parties in the exam problem questions. This task also targets Learning Outcome LO3 by requiring students to critically evaluate the development of corporate law principles while taking into account different values and perspectives of multiple parties in answering their hypothetical problem questions in the exam.

IMPORTANT NOTE: A student must make a genuine attempt at all assessment tasks set out in this Unit of Study in order to obtain a Pass mark and grade (or above); otherwise an Absent Fail grade will be recorded as the student’s result for this Unit of Study.