SGES Policies
1. General
The School of geography and Environmental Science adheres to the Arts Faculty policies, regulations and procedures which can be found at: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/current/policy/
2. Late submission of work and return of work to students.
The School of Geography and Environmental Science follows the Arts Faculty policy regarding the late submission of work and the return of work to students.
Late submission of work
For all assignments of 1,000 words or more handed in after the due date and without an agreed extension, a penalty of 2% per day will be applied for the first fourteen calendar days. No assignment can be accepted more than fourteen calendar days after its due date without an application for special consideration, and no extension of more than fourteen days can be given unless it forms part of special consideration. Staff are under no obligation to provide written comments or corrections to assignments that are handed in late and without extension.
Return of work to students
Return of work will be the responsibility of the lecturer concerned (not distributed through the General Office) and is done during class time, or normal consultation hours.
Work will be returned within three weeks of submission date, or prior to the subject examination (whichever is the sooner).
Work remaining unclaimed six months after the conclusion of the subject will be discarded.
2. Staff consultation hours
Your GES lecturers commit themselves to two hours per week in which they are available for consultation. Outside of these times the availability of staff is not guaranteed.
Consultation times vary between staff and also change each semester due to variations in teaching and field commitments. The consultation times for each staff member are made clear to students in unit outlines at the beginning of semester, and on printed notices on the staff members’ doors. These times are valid only for the current semester.
3. Disabled student access
G.E.S. subjects are taught in a range of lecture theatres and laboratories which have varying levels of access for disabled students.
Monash University’s Disability Liaison Office is the first point of contact for information on disability support services and facilities. The staff of the Disability Liaison Office can provide descriptions of the physical environment of the campus, including accessibility within buildings. Provided here is an informal outline of access to rooms used primarily by the School.
Tutorial and practical sessions are held normally either in the basement labs (eg B10) of the Menzies building (no. 11 on the Clayton campus map),“Soils Lab” (S111) in the Physics building (no. 27), S119 on the first floor of the School of Geography and Environmental Science, or in the Manton rooms next to the foyer of the Menzies Building.
The basement laboratories have elevator access from the Menzies building foyer level. The Manton Rooms are readily accessible at ground level from the Menzies building foyer.
The Soils Lab has limited access by a service lift to the first floor in the Physics building. S119 within the School of Geography is not accessible by lifts or ramps. If you have difficulty in accessing either of these locations please talk to your lecturer about alternative arrangements. In some cases it may be a simple matter of relocating tutorials and practicals to accessible locations.
You are encouraged to talk to your lecturers and tutors about your needs - we are generally pretty approachable and we will endeavour where possible to help you.
4. Plagiarism
Your lecturers in GES often include information in unit outlines about how to avoid plagiarism. Please read these notes carefully as plagiarism is a serious offence leading to formal disciplinary proceedings, but can also be easily avoided.
5. Availability of lecture notes, slides and audio
Aside from units offered by SGES in flexible delivery mode, individual lecturers (in SGES) have full discretion as to whether they decide to make notes, slides or audio available to you online. Their decision about the availability of these materials, as well as the timing of such availability, will be made clear in the first class. The School encourages students to attend classes and to develop the important skill of note taking.