Past Exam Papers

The College library runs an Electronic Exam Papers Service of past exam papers for the last six years. Putting in a course code (such as COMPGC01) will return PDF copies of exam papers held.

These most recent exam papers are the most relevant to your current courses. However older exam papers may still be obtained if required. Restructuring of the basic courses for your degree programme from September 2003 means that there are no archived past papers for these courses before 2004. However exam questions covering some of the material from the current basic courses will be found in past papers with the following course codes:

• COMP0D0A Basic Computer Science I
• COMP0D0B Basic Computer Science II
• COMP0D0C Basic Computer Science III

Assessment regulations

For students entering the programme in or after 2010/11, please see the Faculty Regulations for the award of MSc/Diploma in Computer Science.

Further detailed information about assessment, coursework and examinations is given on the Teaching Matters web page.

Note that, with the exception of "unmarked exercises", coursework is formally part of the assessment of the module. Therefore, failure to make a serious attempt at it renders you liable to be "not complete" for the module. The precise conditions applying to a particular module can normally be found in the syllabus. If this is not the case then the information should be obtained direct from the lecturer concerned.

Late submission of coursework

Deadlines for coursework submission will be applied rigidly. The College rules for late submission of coursework will be applied, as described on the Teaching Matters web page.

Wherever possible, a student should obtain agreement from the lecturer in advance if they have a good reason for submitting work late (i.e. Extenuating Circumstances). Otherwise the penalties detailed on the Teaching Matters web page will be applied.

Special (or Extenuating) Circumstances

Your performance may be adversely affected by ill health or personal problems. This might prevent you from submitting coursework on time, make it difficult or impossible for you to sit an exam, or cause you to miss a large number of lectures. Very minor problems which result in missed coursework deadlines can normally be dealt with informally by the lecturer concerned.

For more serious problems that delay coursework, the following procedure should be followed:

i) In the first instance, tell the lecturer concerned that you have extenuating circumstances and that these will result in the coursework being late. Agree a suitable new deadline with the lecturer.

ii) Tell the Course Director that you have extenuating circumstances for this particular coursework and fill in an extenuating circumstances form. This should be done well before the deadline so that the extenuating circumstances can be checked and it can be assessed that they are sufficiently serious to delay the deadline. (Note that if circumstances are rated as not serious enough to delay the deadline then late penalities may be applied.)

If you do not understand how to complete a piece of coursework, please discuss this with the lecturer or with your tutor before the hand-in date. It might be possible for you to be given extra help, or you may be able to get credit for the attempts you have made even if these are not successful. Whatever happens, do not be tempted to copy other students' work - the penalties for plagiarism can be very severe.

When the examiners consider graduation, they take account of any problems which have affected your performance or prevented you from taking exams. However, this can only be done if such problems are notified in writing and are accompanied by copies of supporting evidence (doctors' certificates or letters for example). Such evidence should be provided to the Program Director as soon as is practical. Be aware that reports of illness which are submitted late tend to lose credibility and look like excuses.