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Academic Year 2014/15
Attendance Requirements
End of Module Assessment & Continuous
Assessment
Self-Discipline & Learning Attitude
Lectures
•You should attend the lectures
punctually and participate fully in
the learning process.
Tutorials
• Smaller classes or group sizes.
• Examples, exercises and problemsolving.
• In-class assignments/tests.
Laboratory/Workshop
• Focus on laboratory work and
workshop practice.
• Hands-on approach, problem-solving
& vocational training.
• For you to learn good practical, tradespecific and professional skills.
Attendance Requirements
• General Academic Regulations (GAR):
Absence of 4 consecutive weeks without a
valid reason can lead to de-registration.
• 70% or above of Attendance for each module;
otherwise not allowed to undertake End-ofModule Assessment; and not awarded a
Module Mark/Grade
• Practical Training and Laboratory sessions
are compulsory
Lab Attendance Requirements
• Late arrival for Laboratory would result
in losing marks of Lab report
• For late arrivals of over half of the
Laboratory session, zero mark of Lab
report is registered.
• If student misses the Laboratory, there
will be no make-up sessions unless
proper reason supported with valid
evidence
Absent from Class or Examination
• Inform program leader in advance with
evidence, eg, doctor certificate
• In case of emergency situation, you
should inform program leaders no later
than one week with evidence.
Assessment
• Second attempt (supplementary examination)
is normally not allowed if student fails or
absent in Examination. Under rare situation
such as the factor beyond a student’s control,
the reassessment is allowed; the actual
mark obtained in the reassessment of the
component concerned will be used in the
calculation of the module mark/grade.
• The supporting document must be provided
within one week after examination
Assessment
• Student has to pass the examination to
pass the module concerned.
• Normally no second attempt is allowed
if student fails or absent from an
individual component in Continuous
Assessment (CA) and/or End-ofmodule Assessment (Exam).
End-of-Module Assessment (EA) &
Continuous Assessment (CA)
Marks
CA
Pass
Requirement
>= 20%
End-of-Module
Assessment
>=40%
Overall
>=40%
Practical Training Assessment
• Fail, Pass or Pass with Merit (M)
• M can be awarded if module grade
achieves grade “A” or module marks
above 70%
Withdrawal from a program
• A student whose Cumulative Grade
Point Average is below 1.0 recorded by
the end of Academic Year will be
withdrawn.
• Student should finish the HD study
within the Maximum Registration
Period; otherwise he will be withdrawn.
Module Selection
• For modules with pre-requisite requirement,
student must satisfy the requirements in the
relevant syllabus before taking the modules
concerned.
• Registration for elective modules is subject
to availability of places and meeting the prerequisite requirements, if any
• If student fails in a elective module, he has
the freedom to take other elective module.
Study Load
• In each semester, student should not
normally take more than 90 total credit
values.
• However, if student gets a CGPA
above 3.3, he can void the rule.
Class Discipline
• Student is not allowed to affect or distract
the attention of others during a lecture, class
teaching, tutoring session or laboratory work;
otherwise he might be asked to leave the
class.
• For example, playing computer games,
eating, listening to music are not allowed.
• Student should always behave in polite to
teachers and classmates.
Communication
• Student should check student email
account at least once per day.
• Student should check
https://myportal.vtc.edu.hk at least
once per day, especially for time table
update.
• Student should check department web
site http://tyneng.vtc.edu.hk regularly,
especially for Practical training
schedule and grouping
Penalty for Late Submission
of Course Work
• 10% of the mark will be deducted per day
for submission after the due date.
• Late course work will not be accepted
later than one week after the due date.
The mark for that course work subcomponent will be 0.
Exemption Policy
• DSE and A-level students cannot
apply for exemption from any
vocational modules of HDAME.
General Academic Regulations
(GAR)
• Students are strongly advised to
read the GAR and become familiar
with them, particularly on exams,
assessment details, due dates etc.)
• The GAR for your courses are saved
on http://tyneng.vtc.edu.hk
IVE TY and ENG
Student Handbooks
• Students are also strongly advised to
read carefully both IVE TY and ENG
Student Handbooks and to familiarize
themselves with the information given.
Self-Discipline &
Learning Attitude
All IVE students are required to
develop good self-discipline and
learning attitude which are very
important for your own personal and
career development.
Communication
in the Department
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In case you have questions about
your study, you may contact:
Module Lecturer
Year Tutor
Program Leader
Head of Department
General Office Staff
Communication
in the Department
• Program Leader:
Ir TANG Sek Man, Jimmy
– 24368616
– tangjimm@vtc.edu.hk
• Year One Tutor:
Mr. CHAN Chi Hoi
– 24368769
– cchpsc@vtc.edu.hk
Introduction to the HDAME
Programme
– Practical Training Group, Schedule
– Practical Training clothing, log book
– Class A, B, C, D
– Time-table