Monash University - Faculty of Arts

Arts Special Consideration Information

If you are experiencing difficulties in completing assessment tasks, such as assignments or attending examinations, due to unforeseen circumstances, you may be eligible for special consideration.

You must formally apply for special consideration and must include evidence supporting your application.

It is also important that you contact your lecturer or tutor and tell them about your difficulties before you submit your application to the relevant faculty.

Find out more about special consideration here:

• Outcomes of Special Consideration
• Are you Eligible to Apply?
• Supporting Documentation Required
• How to Apply for Special Consideration
• Notification from Monash Arts

 

Outcomes of Special Consideration

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Special Consideration can provide for:

• an extension or revised submission date for an assessment task (over 3 days)
• supplementary or additional assessment
• revised date for a class test
• deferred examination

It cannot result in any adjustments to your marks.

If you need an extension of 2 days or less for an assessment task, see Extension to Assessment Deadlines.

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Who is Eligible to Apply?

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To be eligible for Special Consideration you must be experiencing serious illness or other serious circumstances such as:

• acute illness – hospital admission, serious injury, severe asthma, severe anxiety or depression. This does not include minor illness such as a mild cold.
• loss or bereavement – death of a close family member, family relationship breakdown.
• hardship/trauma – victim of crime, sudden loss of income or employment, severe disruption to domestic arrangements.

Special Consideration also applies to:

• those students demonstrating relevant obligations to military or jury service or service to emergency services such as the Country Fire Authority, and
• elite athletes registered with Monash Sport's athlete support program participating in a key event

If you don’t believe any of these categories apply to you but you need extra time to complete and submit an assessment task, see Extension to Assessment Deadline.

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Supporting Documentation Required

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You will need to gather evidence to support your application for special consideration. Your application must include documentary evidence such as:

• medical certificate, letter from a medical professional
• letter from a social worker, lawyer, psychologist
• death notice or certificate
• statutory declarations from students or relevant people
• notification from the Defence Reservist’s Military Unit
• notification from the Juries Commissioner’s Office
• notification from emergency service organisations such as the Country Fire Authority
• notification from Monash Sport’s elite athlete support program

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How to Apply for Special Consideration

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Monash University uses two special consideration applications. Different procedures apply to assessment tasks due during semester (in-semester) and tasks due at the end of semester.

Make sure you complete the correct application and submit it to the relevant faculty by reading the instructions below. Music students, see Performance Exams (technical or recital).

In-semester Assessment Tasks

This special consideration application is for assessment tasks that are during the semester.

Download Application:	(DOC) (PDF)
Submit Application:	To the faculty that teaches the unit.
Deadline:	No later than 2 university working days after the due date of the affected assessment task.

Submit your application and supporting documents to the faculty responsible for teaching the relevant unit. They will decide the outcome of your application. See Contact Arts Student Services.

If the unit is taught by another Monash faculty, please refer to their faculty-specific procedures, see Monash Faculties.

End of Semester Assessment Tasks

This special consideration application is for end of semester assessment tasks, such as an exam or a final assignment.

Download Application:	(DOC) (PDF)
Submit Application:	To the faculty that manages your course.
Deadline:	No later than 2 university working days after your last scheduled exam.

Decisions about Special Consideration for end of semester assessment are made by the faculty responsible for managing your course. Arts students should submit applications and supporting evidence to the Arts Faculty Office on their home campus. See Contact Arts Student Services.

Please note, if you have already completed your end of semester exam you will not be eligible for special consideration.

Notification from Monash Arts

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Applications Assessed by the Faculty of Arts

In-semester Applications	If the unit is taught by Arts.
End of Semester Applications	If you are in a course managed by Arts.

The Faculty of Arts will decide if you are eligible for Special Consideration and contact the unit coordinator to make alternative arrangements.

You will be notified by email about what alternative arrangements have been made for you, or if your application is rejected.

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