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Companion Animal Medicine & Surgery PtA (VETS90072) // Assessment
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Semester 1
Email: stewart.ryan@unimelb.edu.au
Assessment
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This assessment combines assessment for both VETS90072 Companion Animal Medicine and Surgery Part A and VETS90073 Companion Animal Medicine and Surgery Part B.
The assessment will be based on the following two modules, of which satisfactory completion of each is a hurdle requirement for the successful completion of this subject.
- Dogs, cats and miscellaneous companion animals module worth 60% of total subject assessment
- Horses module worth 40% of total subject assessment
Dogs, cats and miscellaneous companion animals module
- 2-hour written assessment relating to Semester 1 topics covered in the first half of Semester 1 will be held in the second half of Semester 1 (20% of module)
- 2-hour written examination relating to all topics covered in Semester 1 will be held at the end of Semester 1 (20% of module)
- 2-hour written assessment relating to Semester 2 topics covered in the first half of Semester 2 will be held in the second half of Semester 2 (20% of module)
- 3-hour written examination relating to all of the material covered during the year will be held at the end of Semester 2 (40% of module)
Students are required to achieve an aggregate mark of at least 50% across the assessment components of this module.
Horses module
- 2-hour written examination held at the end of Semester 1 (45% of module)
- Practical examination during Semester 2 (10% of module)
- 2-hour written examination at the end of Semester 2 (45% of module)
Students are required to achieve an aggregate mark of at least 50% for the two written examinations, and must satisfactorily complete the practical examination.
Last updated: 3 November 2022