Assessment component	Percentage of overall mark	Details
Assignment	30%	A practice related written assignment of 3,000 words maximum. The assignment question is made available at the start of semester via the online learning centre and may cover any content from the first six modules of the materials
Examination	70%	Corporate Accounting and Corporate Financial Management subjects - one closed book examination of three hours plus 15 minutes reading time. Only calculators will be allowed in the examination room. Please note, this is not a memory test. Tables of formulas will be provided with the examination papers. For each other subject: one open book examination of three hours plus 15 minutes reading time. The examination questions may cover any content of the 12 modules and key readings from the subject materials.

Students must attain an aggregated mark of 50 per cent for their total assessment requirements in order to pass each subject.

The assignment is a compulsory piece of assessment. In order to pass the subject, you must submit a written answer to the assignment, which, in the opinion of the Director, Education and Training, demonstrates a genuine attempt to pass the assignment.

For students enrolling as non-award, assessment is optional. However, if you later wish to complete the Graduate Diploma, assessment is mandatory.

Assignment dates

The dates for submission of assignments for 2012 are:

Semester 1 — Tuesday, 1 May 2012
Semester 2 — Tuesday, 2 October 2012

Examination dates

The examination dates for 2012 are:

Semester 1 — week commencing Monday, 11 June 2012
Semester 2 — week commencing Monday, 12 November 2012

The main examination for all states will be Tuesday of the examination week. Examinations held on this day are primarily held in the evening.

Students sitting more than one examination will have arrangements made to sit the additional examination during the day during the examination week.

Examination venues

Examination venues are located in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.

On request, CSA will make arrangements for students outside these capital cities to sit examinations at a local university or TAFE. These candidates will be required to pay that institution’s examination supervision fee directly.

Results

Semester results will be released approximately five weeks after the examination week and will be accessible via the CSA website.

Students will be notified by email when results are available.

Prizes

Prizes for academic excellence are awarded each semester in most subjects at both a national and state level and are recognised at graduation and awards events held in each state. A list of prize winners is published in CSA's professional journal, Keeping good companies.

The Ian Falconer Rio Tinto Prize

This national award for academic excellence in the sum of $500 is conferred on the student who has graduated with the highest grade average.

It is conferred twice a year, that is, once for each graduating group. CSA appreciates the ongoing support of Rio Tinto as the sponsor of the ‘Ian Falconer Rio Tinto Prize’.

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