Business and Law Student Information
Deakin University
Students should expect to undertake at least 10 hours of study per week for each enrolled unit. More time will be required to achieve outstanding results – this amount of time will vary for each student.
In the Faculty of Business and Law teaching is supported by lectures, tutorials and the online facilities of DSO.
A lecture is an address to a group of students on a particular subject. Lectures are usually one or two hours long, with little or no discussion or interchange between the lecturer and students. Each unit usually has two hours of lectures per week.
A tutorial is a group discussion during which a small number of students (usually no more than 40) and a member of academic staff (the tutor) discuss issues raised in lectures. Attendance and performance in tutorials may be assessed, as well as other work that is submitted to tutors. Each unit usually offers one hour of tutorials per week. You can sign up for tutorials using STAR.
Each unit is administered and taught by a unit team. The unit team is made up of all of the lecturers and tutors of the unit from each campus and is coordinated by a unit chair. The unit team determines the content, assembles the study materials and sets the assessment tasks for the unit.
The unit chair (or campus coordinator) sets the attendance rules for each unit. Make sure you are aware of the expectations applying to each unit. The unit chair (or campus coordinator) also decides how much time is given to lectures and tutorials.
