Yes. Supplementary assessment is available to students enrolled in an Honours coursework course. Supplementary assessment is not available in all programs. Refer to your course profile to find more information on supplementary assessments.

If you fail an honours course, your enrolment will be cancelled unless there are extenuating circumstances, and your candidature can be terminated.

As an honour's candidate, under normal circumstances if you fail a course you are not permitted to repeat the failed course or undertake an alternate course as a replacement for the failed course.

Normal circumstances may include:

• you have withdrawn from the course after the final date for withdrawal without failure
• you failed to complete all assessment items for the course
• you have been awarded a fail grade for the course (i.e. 1, 2, 3).

If these are the circumstances under which you failed a coursework course, it is likely that you will no longer be able to complete the 80 credit points required to earn the honours degree. As a result, your enrolment as an honours student will be cancelled, and your candidature will be terminated. In special circumstances, however, the Honours Program Director may recommend to the Deputy Head of School to permit a retake of the failed course or undertake an alternative course as a replacement for the failed course. The Honours Program Director may only make this recommendation if specific conditions are met as stated below:

• you have only failed one course
• you have extenuation circumstances that contributed to the fail grade; and
• you can repeat the failed course, or complete the replacement course, within the three-year time limit.

In this instance, you may be permitted to repeat a failed course, or undertake an alternative course as a replacement for the failed course, but the failed grade will still be included in your academic record, and the calculation of your Grade Point Average.

If your academic performance does not improve, you could eventually be excluded. A student who is excluded is not permitted to attend classes or undertake study in the program from which they were excluded or in any other Griffith program, including non-award programs.

A student may be eligible for exclusion if they have:

• a program GPA of less than 3.5 and previously been assessed as having an academic progress status of Orange at least once in their current program
• failed the same course three times
• failed one or more designated courses.

You can find more information in the Academic Progress Procedure.

If you are excluded, you have the option to take an early exit and request to graduate from an alternate award. Please note that eligibility is subject to you meeting the degree requirements of the alternative award, along with any requirements as outlined under the Graduations Procedure.

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Is there any further avenue for having an exclusion decision reviewed?

Can I recommence study once I have been excluded?

Can I request a review or appeal against exclusion for academic performance?

You can recommence study after two standard trimesters or nine calendar months, whichever is longer. To return to your program following exclusion, you must apply for readmission. Please note that your program director may also impose special conditions for readmission to your program.

Please note that you will not be readmitted to your program if you'll exceed the maximum time for completing your program. The maximum amount of time you have to complete your degree depends on the qualification and the year you were admitted. You can find more information in section 3.11 of the Enrolment Procedure.

You can request to graduate from an alternative award if you wish to take an early exit after being excluded.

Please note that eligibility is subject to you meeting the degree requirements of the alternative award, along with any requirements as outlined under the Graduations Procedure.