Special Consideration

Eligibility

A student may apply for special consideration if his/her work has been affected by serious illness or other serious cause. Students availing themselves of Alternative Arrangements for Assessment (AAA) may also apply for special consideration where appropriate.

To Apply

• A standard application form obtainable from faculty offices or downloaded (word) (PDF) must be completed.

Your completed application form must be lodged within two working days after your last exam for the semester or, for other assessment, within two working days after the submission deadline for that piece of work.

Outcomes

Outcomes resulting from a successful request for special consideration may include granting a deferred examination, additional assessment or time, but a mark adjustment shall not be made under any circumstances.

Form Lodgement

For information specific to your Faculty’s requirements and details on where to lodge the application form you must refer to:

Faculty of Business and Economics

Faculty of Science

Faculty of Law

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Faculty of Engineering

Faculty of Arts

Faculty of Information Technology

Faculty of Art and Design

Faculty of Education

Faculty of Pharmacy

Open University

Open Universities Australia students can lodge their completed application forms to -

Open Universities Administration
Off-Campus Learning Centre
Monash University Gippsland Campus
Northways Road
Churchill  VIC  3842
AUSTRALIA.
(Fax: +61 3 9902 6814)

Other

See also Supplementary and deferred examinations

See also Policy relating to students from Non-English speaking backgrounds

Relevant Policy

Monash University Special Consideration Policy.