Supplementary Exam Eligibility

do not improve marks. Presentations pieced together from smaller sheets of paper which are less expensive to print will receive equal consideration in marking so long as they are adequately composed.

Although presentation models are expected to be of a high level of craft, exploratory models through the design process need not be constructed of expensive materials. Where possible, reused materials may be deployed for model-making.

Additionally, students should budget for access to approximately 30GB of data per month from their primary home work environment. Whether this is shared, part of a larger wifi package, or an individual out-of-pocket cost will depend on the students’ living environments. The School encourages students to make use of the Wits campus wifi as much as possible, so that individual costs can be kept to a minimum. However, some uploading and downloading from home, sometimes of very large files, is probably unavoidable.

Laptops

Students are encouraged, but not required, to have their own laptops. The presence of the Citrix remote server allows even older, lower-powered laptops to be used to access the School’s on-campus computing power (as long as there is an internet connection), but many students will find it more convenient to use software loaded directly on their laptop than using it remotely via Citrix.

If looking to purchase a new laptop, the recommended specs are given in the infographic at right.

Student project: M. Thokan