FINS5510 Personal Financial Planning and Management - 2018

Subject Code
FINS5510
Study Level
Postgraduate
Commencing Term
Semester 1
Total Units of Credit (UOC)
6
Delivery Mode
On Campus
School
Banking & Finance

1. Course Details

Summary of Course

​This course teaches the financial planning process adopted by professional financial planners to manage finance, investment and other wealth management tasks. The course consists of four sections: First, an introduction of the financial planning industry, financial planning process and regulatory frameworks. Second, the course covers fundamental topics that include communicating with clients, client financial status and goals assessment, budgeting, the taxation and social security systems and home ownership and credit management. Third, the course investigates specific topics required for the construction of a comprehensive financial plan: tax planning; investment strategies and asset allocation implementation of investment strategies with securities and managed funds; risk management and insurance; superannuation; and estate planning. The course finishes with an examination of ethics framework and its application in the provision of financial planning advice.

Teaching Times and Locations

Please note that teaching times and locations are subject to change. Students are strongly advised to refer to the Class Timetable website for the most up-to-date teaching times and locations.

View course timetable

Course Policies & Support

The Business School expects that you are familiar with the contents of this course outline and the UNSW and Business School learning expectations, rules, policies and support services as listed below:

  • Program Learning Goals and Outcomes
  • Academic Integrity and Plagiarism
  • Student Responsibilities and Conduct
  • Special Consideration
  • Protocol for Viewing Final Exam Scripts
  • Student Learning Support Services

View course Policies and Support

Course Aims and Relationship to Other Courses

This course focuses on

1. understanding the nature, usage and regulations of financial products;

2. the financial planning process;

3. professional standards and regulations of providing personal financial advice.

The financial planning application focus and the emphasis on the provision of professional advice to individuals differentiate this course from other investment and portfolio management courses.

This course involves the application of financial market, securities valuation and portfolio management knowledge and skills from FINS5512 and FINS5513 in the context of personal wealth management decisions. It does not focus on portfolio or trading strategies per se. Advanced level coverage of valuation, investment and portfolio strategies can be found in other courses offered by the School of Banking and Finance, e.g. FINS5517, 5541 and 5542.

This course is one of the four required courses in UNSW postgraduate finance programs (FINS5512, 5513, 5510, 5537) for students to claim compliance to ASIC RG146 education requirements for financial product advisers. FINS5512 provides financial market and product training. FINS5513 provides investment valuation and portfolio management training. This course covers essential elements in the provision of financial planning advice. FINS5537 is the capstone course in financial planning that extends and reinforces the training of this course in the provision of professional financial planning advice. Please visit the following webpage for details including the procedure to prove completion of a RG146 compliant education program which your future or prospective employers in the financial service industry may request.

http://www.handbook.unsw.edu.au/faculties/2018/comm/ProfRecognitionPG.html

There is no additional application required at UNSW or ASIC.


Student Learning Outcomes

The Course Learning Outcomes are what you should be able to DO by the end of this course if you participate fully in learning activities and successfully complete the assessment items.

The Learning Outcomes in this course also help you to achieve some of the overall Program Learning Goals and Outcomes for all undergraduate and postgraduate coursework students in the Business School. Program Learning Goals are what we want you to BE or HAVE by the time you successfully complete your degree (e.g. ‘be an effective team player’). You demonstrate this by achieving specific Program Learning Outcomes - what you are able to DO by the end of your degree (e.g. ‘participate collaboratively and responsibly in teams’).

For more information on Program Learning Goals and Outcomes, refer to the course Policies and Support.

The following table shows how your Course Learning Outcomes relate to the overall Program Learning Goals and Outcomes, and indicates where these are assessed (they may also be developed in tutorials and other activities):

Program Learning Goals and Outcomes Course Learning Outcomes Course Assessment Item
This course helps you to achieve the following learning goals for all Business undergraduate/postgraduate coursework students:

On successful completion of the course, you should be able to:

This learning outcome will be assessed in the following items:

1 - Knowledge

Explain the needs and the roles of financial planners and the financial planning process.

Anticipate, discuss, and analyse clients’ potential financial needs.

Set and analyse personal financial goals.

Analyse retirement saving needs.

Create and negotiate a cash flow budget that balance financial resources and financial planning goals.

Explain the operation of the Australian social security system and its relevance for financial planning.

Explain the impact of Australia Tax System on financial planning decisions.

Suggest tax effective strategies and structure to build wealth.

Evaluate the investment value and select finance for residential properties.

  • Online test
  • Strategy, Compliance and Quality Checklist Assignment
  • Final Exam
2 - Critical thinking and problem solving

Anticipate, discuss, and analyse clients’ potential financial needs.

Set and analyse personal financial goals.

Analyse retirement saving needs.

Create and negotiate a cash flow budget that balance financial resources and financial planning goals.

Explain the operation of the Australian social security system and its relevance for financial planning.

Evaluate the investment value and select finance for residential properties.

Recommend appropriate consumer finance products and best practices.

Discuss client risk perceptions, explain investment risks and analyse client risk profiles.

Critically evaluate common asset allocation practices and recommend long term investment strategies given client objectives, risk profile and constraints.

Select and justify investment products and financial securities for the implementation of investment strategies.

Analyse and explain client insurance needs and recommend appropriate insurance products.

Anlyse the effectiveness and limitations of retirement funding structure such as superannuation funds and self-managed superannuation funds.

Analyse strategies to manage retirement spending rate and longevity risk.

Create and analyse the effectiveness of an estate plan.

Construct and analyse a complying personal financial plan.

Identify, explain and apply ethical principles, professional standards and regulation in providing personal financial advice.

They require students to “analyse”, “apply”, “negotiate”, “evaluate”, or “recommend” which applies critical thinking and problem solving.

  • Online test
  • Strategy, Compliance and Quality Checklist Assignment
  • Final Exam
3a - Written communication

Construct written work which is logically and professionally presented.

  • Online test
  • Strategy, Compliance and Quality Checklist Assignment
  • Final Exam
3b - Oral communication

Communicate ideas in a succinct and clear manner.

  • Strategy, Compliance and Quality Checklist Assignment
4 - Teamwork

Work collaboratively to complete a task.

  • Strategy, Compliance and Quality Checklist Assignment
5a - Ethical, social and environmental responsibility

Identify, explain and apply ethical principles, professional standards and regulation in providing personal financial advice

  • Strategy, Compliance and Quality Checklist Assignment
  • Final Exam
5b - Social and cultural awareness
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2. Staff Contact Details

Position Title Name Email Location Phone Consultation Times
Lecturer In ChargeDrKingsley FongBUS344B+61 2 93854932Tue 1-2
LecuturerMrNidal DanounUNSW Business School, Level 3+61 2 9385 6287By appointment. Consultation can also be done over the phone

3. Learning and Teaching Activities

Approach to Learning and Teaching in the Course

​The overall objective of the course is to enable students to acquire the knowledge and skills required to implement the financial planning process personally and professionally. The instructor helps by providing instructions, curating materials and setting assessment tasks. You learn by actively reviewing study materials, making study notes, ask questions, providing feedback, interacting with group members (which also facilitate practice of communication skills essential in profession financial planning), applying the knowledge and skills and reflect on each of these activities. Assessment tasks are designed to support and incentivise these activities.  

There is a substantial amount of readings in this course because offering financial planning advice involves regulations in different domains. There are timeless elements in finance knowledge, ethical principles and the structure of financial planning, but there are also impermanent regulatory structures, thresholds, tax rates, and other institutional and regulatory parameters. The final solution of a specific financial planning problem depends on the interactions between the timeless elements and the impermanent environment parameters.

Financial planning is an emerging field; existing textbooks and reference materials available in the market do not satisfy all the goals of this course. Some materials may appear too broad or at a low level, others may have too dry, too much detail or too deep. You should be pragmatic going through readings and focus on three questions:

1. What …

a. Is the reading/chapter/notes/lecture about?

b. are the timeless knowledge, relationships and insights?

c. are the regulations and parameters relevant for defining, solving the problem and for providing advice?

2. Why …

a. What financial planning problems that this learning could help us to solve?

3. How …

a. Can we recognise the issue or problem if we are presented with a situation?

b. What would be your recommendation when presented with a situation?

Persistent focus on What-Why-How will enable you to maintain clarity through the relatively large volume of information across topics.

To achieve a high grade in this course, it is essential that you

1. work consistently (do not cramp in the last minute),

2. have hands-on experience in the step by step application of the financial planning process, and

3. master the distinctions between the timeless and impermanent elements of course materials.


Learning Activities and Teaching Strategies

​Learning activities and assessments are designed to support an active learning philosophy.  

Lectures and Slides

The instructor produces slides and online lectures to set out the main concepts and framework for each topic. These instructions synthesize materials from textbook and other sources and provide the first attempt to identify the timeless financial planning knowledge and the impermanent environment. You are encouraged to add their won refinements and insights via your blog (see below).

Self-Assessment Exercises

Self-Assessment exercises are integral part of this course. These exercises provide you with an opportunity to apply the materials in lectures and reading materials. They are intended to increase your confidence and competence in technical and critical skills. You should budget for at least two hours per topic for these exercises.

Online Test

The online test consists of multiple choice questions and written problem solving questions. They are designed to evaluate your understanding of the key concepts studied in previous weeks, as well as allowing you to apply the technical knowledge in solving practical problems or in simulated work scenarios.

You will get timely feedbacks on your performance, with which you can evaluate your learning effectiveness periodically throughout the semester. To excel in the tests, you are expected to demonstrate strong knowledge and thorough understanding of the key financial planning concepts covered in lectures. In addition, you need to develop and apply critical analysis and problem solving skills.

Group Project

The project will provide an opportunity for you to work together on a financial planning case. Students are expected to submit 3 items as a group:

1. Strategic Advice (up to 2000 words)

a. The Strategic Advice is the substance of advice given client objectives, resources, constraints and other variables.

2. Compliance Checklist (up to 500 words)

a. The Compliance Checklist lists the regulatory requirements for the plan if the advice were to be written as a professional financial plan for a fee.

3. Quality Checklist (up to 500 words)

a. Quality Checklist lists the criteria that distinguish the quality of a financial plan.

Overall your group submission is one step short of writing out a professional financial plan which would have more formatting and editorial requirements. The emphasis here is the economic substance and quality of advice as well as demonstrating awareness of regulatory compliance requirements.

The case problem solving nature of the group assignment will assist with final exam preparation.

Each group member is expected to contribute substantially to the project, which will enable you to develop team work and oral communication skills.


5. Course Resources

​You will be able to obtain the latest course announcements and course materials via Moodle. Lecture notes will be available for download a day before the lecture in a teaching week.

Prescribed text

• Taylor, S., and R. Juchau, 2018. Financial Planning in Australia 8th Ed, LexisNexis Butterworths.

Reference Materials

• Standard of Practice Handbook (10th Edition), CFA Institute

• Australian Master Financial Planning Guide 2017-18, 20th ed., Wolters Kluwer CCH.

• Clitheroe, P., 2009, Making Money: The Keys to Financial Success, New and Updated, Penguin.

Reference internet sites

• Financial Advice Standard and Ethics Authority

• Financial Planning Association

• Australian Tax Office


6. Course Evaluation & Development

​Each year feedback is sought from students and other stakeholders about the courses offered in the School and continual improvements are made based on this feedback. UNSW's myExperience survey is one of the ways in which student evaluative feedback is gathered.

In addition to UNSW's myExperience survey, you are encouraged to contact Dr. Karehnke at during the term in relation to your experience in the courses and suggestions of potential changes that could further enhance the course. As a result of past student suggestions, tutorial assessment has been modified to allow a higher weighting of the personal financial planning folder to match the effort involved.

7. Course Schedule

Week 1: 26 Feb
Topic

Financial Planning, Process and the Profession

Assessment/Other

Chap 1-3

Week 2: 05 Mar
Topic

Developing a complying financial plan

Assessment/Other

Chap 2,4-5

Week 3: 12 Mar
Topic

Taxation Basics and Strategies

Assessment/Other

Chap 13-14

Week 4: 19 Mar
Topic

Home Ownership and Credit

Assessment/Other

Chap 6, 10

Week 5: 26 Mar
Topic

Mid Term Exam

Group Project Teamwork Plan Submission

Mid Semester Break: 02 Apr
Week 6: 09 Apr
Topic

Asset Allocation

Assessment/Other

Chap 7, 8, 9

Week 7: 16 Apr
Topic

Managed Funds

Assessment/Other

Chap 11

Week 8: 23 Apr
Topic

Social Security and Superannuation

Assessment/Other

Chap 12, 18

Week 9: 30 Apr
Topic

Superannuation and Retirement

Assessment/Other

Chap 17

Week 10: 07 May
Topic

Insurance

Assessment/Other

Chap 15, 16

Week 11: 14 May
Topic

Estate Planning

Assessment/Other

Chap 19

Week 12: 21 May
Topic

Ethics, Reflection and Review

Assessment/Other

Chap 2, 20

8. Policies

Information about UNSW Business School protocols, University policies, student responsibilities and education quality and support.

Program Learning Goals and Outcomes

The Business School Program Learning Goals reflect what we want all students to BE or HAVE by the time they successfully complete their degree, regardless of their individual majors or specialisations. For example, we want all our graduates to HAVE a high level of business knowledge and a sound awareness of ethical, social, cultural and environmental implications of business. As well, we want all our graduates to BE effective problem-solvers, communicators and team participants.

You can demonstrate your achievement of these goals by the specific outcomes you achieve by the end of your degree (i.e. Program Learning Outcomes—henceforth PLOs). These PLOs articulate what you need to know and be able to do as a result of engaging in learning. They embody the knowledge, skills and capabilities that are identified, mapped, taught, practised and assessed within each Business School program.

All UNSW programs and courses are designed to assess the attainment of program and/or course level learning outcomes, as outlined in the UNSW Assessment Design Procedure. It is therefore important that you become familiar with the Business School PLOs, as they constitute the framework which informs and shapes the course components and assessments of the courses within your program of study.

Program Learning Outcomes

  • Undergraduate
  • Postgraduate Coursework
Knowledge You should be able to identify and apply disciplinary knowledge to business situations in a local and global environment.
Critical thinking and problem solving You should be able to identify and research issues in business situations, analyse the issues, and propose appropriate and well-justified solutions.
Written communication You should be able to prepare written documents that are clear, concise and coherent, using appropriate style and presentation for the intended audience, purpose and context.
Oral communication You should be able to prepare and deliver oral presentations that are clear, focussed, well-structured, and delivered in a professional manner.
Teamwork You should be able to participate collaboratively and responsibly in teams, and reflect on your own teamwork, and on the team’s processes and ability to achieve outcomes.
Ethical, social and environmental responsibility
  1. You should be able to identify and assess ethical, environmental and/or sustainability considerations in business decision-making and practice.
  2. You should be able to identify social and cultural implications of business.
Workplace skills (Co-op programs only) You should be able to conduct yourself in a professional manner in the work environment, communicate effectively in diverse workplace situations and be able to apply discipline knowledge and understanding to real business problems with initiative and self-direction.
Related PLO Documents View the Undergraduate Honours PLOs (pdf)
Knowledge You should be able to identify and apply current knowledge of disciplinary or interdisciplinary theory and professional practice to business in local and global environments.
Critical thinking and problem solving You should be able to identify, research and analyse complex issues and problems in business and/or management, and propose appropriate and well-justified solutions.
Written communication You should be able to produce written documents that communicate complex disciplinary ideas and information effectively for the intended audience and purpose.
Oral communication You should be able to produce oral presentations that communicate complex disciplinary ideas and information effectively for the intended audience and purpose.
Teamwork You should be able to participate collaboratively and responsibly in teams, and reflect on your own teamwork, and on the team’s processes and ability to achieve outcomes.
Ethical, social and environmental responsibility
  1. You should be able to identify and assess ethical, environmental and/or sustainability considerations in business decision-making and practice.
  2. You should be able to identify social and cultural implications of business.
Related PLO Documents View the Master of Philosophy PLOs (pdf)
 View the Doctor of Philosophy PLOs (pdf)

UNSW Graduate Capabilities

The Business School PLOs also incorporate UNSW graduate capabilities, a set of generic abilities and skills that all students are expected to achieve by graduation. These capabilities articulate the University’s institutional values, as well as future employer expectations.

UNSW Graduate CapabilitiesBusiness School PLOs
Scholars capable of independent and collaborative enquiry, rigorous in their analysis, critique and reflection, and able to innovate by applying their knowledge and skills to the solution of novel as well as routine problems.
  • Critical thinking and problem solving
  • Knowledge
  • Oral communication
  • Research capability
  • Teamwork
  • Workplace skills
  • Written communication
Entrepreneurial leaders capable of initiating and embracing innovation and change, as well as engaging and enabling others to contribute to change
  • Critical thinking and problem solving
  • Knowledge
  • Oral communication
  • Workplace skills
  • Written communication
Professionals capable of ethical, self- directed practice and independent lifelong learning
  • Ethical, social and environmental responsibility
  • Workplace skills
Global citizens who are culturally adept and capable of respecting diversity and acting in a socially just and responsible way.
  • Ethical, social and environmental responsibility
  • Oral communication
  • Written communication

The Business School strongly advises you to choose a range of courses that assist your development against these PLOs and graduate capabilities, and to keep a record of your achievements as part of your portfolio. You could use these records for work or further study. For support with selecting your courses contact the UNSW Business School Student Centre.

Academic Integrity and Plagiarism

Academic Integrity is honest and responsible scholarship. This form of ethical scholarship is highly valued at UNSW. Terms like Academic Integrity, misconduct, referencing, conventions, plagiarism, academic practices, citations and evidence based learning are all considered basic concepts that successful university students understand. Learning how to communicate original ideas, refer sources, work independently, and report results accurately and honestly are skills that you will be able to carry beyond your studies.

The definition of academic misconduct is broad. It covers practices such as cheating, copying and using another person’s work without appropriate acknowledgement. Incidents of academic misconduct may have serious consequences for students.

Plagiarism

UNSW regards plagiarism as a form of academic misconduct. UNSW has very strict rules regarding plagiarism. Plagiarism at UNSW is using the words or ideas of others and passing them off as your own. All Schools in the Business School have a Student Ethics Officer who will investigate incidents of plagiarism and may result in a student’s name being placed on the Plagiarism and Student Misconduct Registers.

Below are examples of plagiarism including self-plagiarism:

Copying: Using the same or very similar words to the original text or idea without acknowledging the source or using quotation marks. This includes copying materials, ideas or concepts from a book, article, report or other written document, presentation, composition, artwork, design, drawing, circuitry, computer program or software, website, internet, other electronic resource, or another person's assignment, without appropriate acknowledgement of authorship.

Inappropriate Paraphrasing: Changing a few words and phrases while mostly retaining the original structure and/or progression of ideas of the original, and information without acknowledgement. This also applies in presentations where someone paraphrases another’s ideas or words without credit and to piecing together quotes and paraphrases into a new whole, without appropriate referencing.

Collusion: Presenting work as independent work when it has been produced in whole or part in collusion with other people. Collusion includes:

  • Students providing their work to another student before the due date, or for the purpose of them plagiarising at any time
  • Paying another person to perform an academic task and passing it off as your own
  • Stealing or acquiring another person’s academic work and copying it
  • Offering to complete another person’s work or seeking payment for completing academic work

Collusion should not be confused with academic collaboration (i.e., shared contribution towards a group task).

Inappropriate Citation: Citing sources which have not been read, without acknowledging the 'secondary' source from which knowledge of them has been obtained.

Self-Plagiarism: ‘Self-plagiarism’ occurs where an author republishes their own previously written work and presents it as new findings without referencing the earlier work, either in its entirety or partially. Self-plagiarism is also referred to as 'recycling', 'duplication', or 'multiple submissions of research findings' without disclosure. In the student context, self-plagiarism includes re-using parts of, or all of, a body of work that has already been submitted for assessment without proper citation.

To see if you understand plagiarism, do this short quiz: https://student.unsw.edu.au/plagiarism-quiz

Cheating

The University also regards cheating as a form of academic misconduct. Cheating is knowingly submitting the work of others as their own and includes contract cheating (work produced by an external agent or third party that is submitted under the pretences of being a student’s original piece of work). Cheating is not acceptable at UNSW.

If you need to revise or clarify any terms associated with academic integrity you should explore the 'Working with Academic Integrity' self-paced lessons available at: https://student.unsw.edu.au/aim.

For UNSW policies, penalties, and information to help you avoid plagiarism see: https://student.unsw.edu.au/plagiarism as well as the guidelines in the online ELISE tutorials for all new UNSW students: http://subjectguides.library.unsw.edu.au/elise. For information on student conduct see: https://student.unsw.edu.au/conduct.

For information on how to acknowledge your sources and reference correctly, see: https://student.unsw.edu.au/referencing. If you are unsure what referencing style to use in this course, you should ask the lecturer in charge.

Student Responsibilities and Conduct

Students are expected to be familiar with and adhere to university policies in relation to class attendance and general conduct and behaviour, including maintaining a safe, respectful environment; and to understand their obligations in relation to workload, assessment and keeping informed.

Information and policies on these topics can be found on the 'Managing your Program' website

Workload

It is expected that you will spend at least nine to ten hours per week studying for a course except for Summer Term courses which have a minimum weekly workload of eighteen to twenty hours. This time should be made up of reading, research, working on exercises and problems, online activities and attending classes. In periods where you need to complete assignments or prepare for examinations, the workload may be greater. Over-commitment has been a cause of failure for many students. You should take the required workload into account when planning how to balance study with employment and other activities.

We strongly encourage you to connect with your Moodle course websites in the first week of semester. Local and international research indicates that students who engage early and often with their course website are more likely to pass their course.

View more information on expected workload

Attendance

Your regular and punctual attendance at lectures and seminars or in online learning activities is expected in this course. The Business School reserves the right to refuse final assessment to those students who attend less than 80% of scheduled classes where attendance and participation is required as part of the learning process (e.g., tutorials, flipped classroom sessions, seminars, labs, etc.).

View more information on attendance

General Conduct and Behaviour

You are expected to conduct yourself with consideration and respect for the needs of your fellow students and teaching staff. Conduct which unduly disrupts or interferes with a class, such as ringing or talking on mobile phones, is not acceptable and students may be asked to leave the class.

View more information on student conduct

Health and Safety

UNSW Policy requires each person to work safely and responsibly, in order to avoid personal injury and to protect the safety of others.

View more information on Health and Safety

Keeping Informed

You should take note of all announcements made in lectures, tutorials or on the course web site. From time to time, the University will send important announcements to your university e-mail address without providing you with a paper copy. You will be deemed to have received this information. It is also your responsibility to keep the University informed of all changes to your contact details.

Special Consideration

You must submit all assignments and attend all examinations scheduled for your course. You can apply for special consideration when illness or other circumstances beyond your control, interfere with your performance in a specific assessment task or tasks. Special Consideration is primarily intended to provide you with an extra opportunity to demonstrate the level of performance of which you are capable.

General information on special consideration for undergraduate and postgraduate courses can be found in the Assessment Implementation Procedure and the Current Students page.

Please note the following:

  1. Applications will not be accepted by teaching staff. The lecturer-in-charge will be automatically notified when you lodge an online application for special consideration
  2. Decisions and recommendations are only made by lecturers-in-charge (or by the Faculty Panel in the case of final exam special considerations), not by tutors
  3. Applying for special consideration does not automatically mean that you will be granted a supplementary exam or other concession
  4. Special consideration requests do not allow lecturers-in-charge to award students additional marks

Business School Protocol on requests for Special Consideration

The lecturer-in-charge will need to be satisfied on each of the following before supporting a request for special consideration:

  1. Does the medical certificate contain all relevant information? For a medical certificate to be accepted, the degree of illness and its impact on the student must be stated by the medical practitioner (severe, moderate, mild). A certificate without this will not be valid. Students should also note that only medical certificates issued after physically visiting a registered medical practitioner will be accepted. Medical certificates submitted for Special Consideration should always be requested from a registered medical practitioner that you have seen at a medical practice. Certificates obtained online or via social media may be fraudulent and if relied upon could result in a breach of the UNSW Student Code.
  2. Has the student performed satisfactorily in the other assessment items? To understand what Satisfactory Performance means in this course, please refer to the 'Formal Requirements' section in Part A of your Course Outline

Special Consideration and the Final Exam in undergraduate and postgraduate courses

Applications for special consideration in relation to the final exam are considered by a Business School Faculty panel to which lecturers-in-charge provide their recommendations for each request. If the Faculty panel grants a special consideration request, this will entitle the student to sit a supplementary examination. No other form of consideration will be granted. The following procedures will apply:

  1. Supplementary exams will be scheduled centrally and will be held approximately two weeks after the formal examination period.

    Supplementary exams for Semester 1, 2018 will be held during the period 14 - 21 July, 2018. Students wishing to sit a supplementary exam will need to be available during this period.

    The date for all Business School supplementary exams for Summer Term 2017/2018 is Wednesday, 21 February, 2018. If a student lodges a special consideration for the final exam, they are stating they will be available on this date. Supplementary exams will not be held at any other time.

  2. Where a student is granted a supplementary examination as a result of a request for special consideration, the student’s original exam (if completed) will be ignored and only the mark achieved in the supplementary examination will count towards the final grade. Absence from a supplementary exam without prior notification does not entitle the student to have the original exam paper marked, and may result in a zero mark for the final exam.

The Supplementary Exam Protocol for Business School students is available at: http://www.business.unsw.edu.au/suppexamprotocol

For special consideration for assessments other than the final exam refer to the ‘Assessment Section’ in your course outline.

Protocol for Viewing Final Exam Scripts

The UNSW Business School has set a protocol under which students may view their final exam script. Please check the protocol here.

Given individual schools within the Faculty may set up a local process for viewing final exam scripts, it is important that you check with your School whether they have any additional information on this process. Please note that this information might also be included in your course outline.


Student Support and Resources

The University and the Business School provide a wide range of support services and resources for students, including:

Business School EQS Consultation Program
The Consultation Program offers academic writing, literacy and numeracy consultations, study skills, exam preparation for Business students. Services include workshops, online resources, individual and group consultations.
Level 1, Room 1035, Quadrangle Building.
BUS.EQS.Consultations@unsw.edu.au
02 9385 4508

Business School Student Centre
The Business School Student Centre provides advice and direction on all aspects of admission, enrolment and graduation.
Level 1, Room 1028 in the Quadrangle Building
02 9385 3189

UNSW Learning Centre
The UNSW Learning Centre provides academic skills support services, including workshops and resources, for all UNSW students. See their website for details.
Lower Ground Floor, North Wing Chancellery Building.
learningcentre@unsw.edu.au
02 9385 2060

Educational Support Service
Educational Support Advisors work with all students to promote the development of skills needed to succeed at university, whilst also providing personal support throughout the process. Check their website to request an appointment or to register in the Academic Success Program.
John Goodsell Building, Ground Floor.
advisors@unsw.edu.au
02 9385 4734

Library services and facilities for students
The UNSW Library offers a range of collections, services and facilities both on-campus and online.
Main Library, F21.
02 9385 2650

Moodle eLearning Support
Moodle is the University’s learning management system. You should ensure that you log into Moodle regularly.
externalteltsupport@unsw.edu.au
02 9385 3331

UNSW IT
UNSW IT provides support and services for students such as password access, email services, wireless services and technical support.
UNSW Library Annexe (Ground floor).
itservicecentre@unsw.edu.au
02 9385 1333

Disability Support Services
UNSW Disability Support Services provides assistance to students who are trying to manage the demands of university as well as a health condition, learning disability or who have personal circumstances that are having an impact on their studies. Disability Advisers can arrange to put in place services and educational adjustments to make things more manageable so that students are able to complete their course requirements. To receive educational adjustments for disability support, students must first register with Disability Services.
Ground Floor, John Goodsell Building.
disabilities@unsw.edu.au
02 9385 4734

UNSW Counselling and Psychological Services
Provides support and services if you need help with your personal life, getting your academic life back on track or just want to know how to stay safe, including free, confidential counselling.
Level 2, East Wing, Quadrangle Building.
counselling@unsw.edu.au
02 9385 5418


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