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Applications in Animal Health Part A (VETS90060) // Assessment
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Semester 1
Assessment
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This section includes assessment for both VETS90060 Applications in Animal Health Part A and VETS90061 Applications in Animal Health Part B
- Two x online formative quizzes (30 minutes each) in Week 3 of each semester
- Seven intra-semester quizzes (each up to 50 minutes) due in weeks 6 and 10 in Semester 1 and weeks 4,5,8,11 and 12 in Semester 2 each equally weighted (28.4% of total subject assessment)
- One 2-hour end-of-semester examination in Semester 1 and two x 2-hour end-of-semester examinations in Semester 2 each worth 22.2% each (66.6% of total subject assessment)
- Students must produce a 1000-word research report on one property that they visit, demonstrating their understanding of and research as to how the enterprise operates, integrating concepts taught in the subject, due in week 10 of Semester 2 (5% of total subject assessment)
HURDLE REQUIREMENTS
- Students are required to pass the subject on aggregate mark
- It is a hurdle requirement that students pass the online formative quizzes.
- Satisfactory completion of two weeks of industry based placements in Category A (extensive production industries, Category B (intensive production industries) or Category C (educational farms, welfare/small animal shelters and zoos), by the end of VETS90061 Applications in Animal Health Part B. Approved placements may be local, regional, interstate or international.
- Students must complete a brief (one page) written summary of each extramural placement they visit.
- A minimum mark of 40% in the end-of-semester examination component of any subject (and any unit within a subject) is required for a student to be eligible to pass that subject/unit.
Last updated: 3 November 2022