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It is graded by a person
Unlike a quiz or a computer-marked task, a human tutor reads your answer against a rubric. The same facts can earn very different marks.
For SUSS TMA01 and TMA02 submissions
TMA Assignment Help for SUSS Students Who Work Full Time
Your Tutor-Marked Assignment is graded by a person against a rubric. Most marks are lost on how the answer argues, not on what you know.
- Rubric first, words second. We start from the command verb and the mark allocation.
- An answer you can defend. Every argument walked through with you, so a viva voce holds no surprises.
- Nobody else is told. We do not contact SUSS or your tutor, and files sit under Singapore's PDPA.
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The basics
What Is a Tutor-Marked Assignment at SUSS?
A Tutor-Marked Assignment is written work your course tutor grades during the semester, usually one or two per course, labelled TMA01 and TMA02. The mark feeds your continuous assessment score.
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It is an essay, not a worksheet
Most briefs ask you to appraise, evaluate or propose, in continuous prose with citations. Short answers lose marks.
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It decides whether you sit the paper
Your assignment marks build the continuous assessment side, and that side carries its own minimum of forty.
What a brief says, and what it means
“Appraise how well the approach has been designed and implemented.”
Appraise means judge. The marks sit in whether it worked, on what evidence, and where it fell short.
“Word limit 1,500 words, excluding references.”
Check whether a 10% allowance applies. Some SUSS briefs grant it in writing and others state plainly that there is none.
“Submit one MS Word file by 2355 hours.”
One file, Word, before 11:55pm. Canvas records the time it receives, not the time you clicked.
“Cite at least three academic sources in APA 7th.”
Referencing is a scored section. Briefs commonly put five to ten marks on citation alone.
Why TMA01 is hard
Why Is TMA01 Harder Than the Exam?
Because it lands in the middle of a working semester, with no revision week to protect it. The job, the family and the reading are all still running.
The week is already full before the brief opens
Part-time students at SUSS describe losing most of their weekends for a semester, and three to four evenings for a single submission.
Most of the learning is unsupervised
Students only half-joke that the letters stand for self study. With a handful of seminars, you work out what the module wants on your own.
The rubric does not read like instructions
A rubric that gives eighty marks to content and ten each to language and referencing tells you where the marks are.
Starting again after years away is its own problem
Citation conventions have moved on and academic phrasing feels foreign. That gap is a writing problem, and it closes with feedback.
How much it is worth
How Much Is My TMA Actually Worth?
Between roughly eighteen and thirty per cent of the course mark, set per course rather than by a single university rule. Two-assignment courses run at twenty per cent each.
| Course | Assignments | Weighting as published | Word limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| COM376 Strategic Social Media Management | TMA01 and TMA02 | 20% each, with an exam at 50% | 1,600 maximum each |
| ABS105 Everyday Sociology | TMA01 | 30% of the course mark | About 1,200, excluding references |
| PSY107 Introduction to Psychology 1 | TMA01 and TMA02 | 20% for TMA02 | Stated limit, no 10% allowance |
| BUS105 Statistics | One assignment | 20% of the course mark | Set in the brief |
| MKT365 and MKT366 | One assignment | 18% of the course mark | MKT366: one page, excluding references |
| HRM333 Performance Management | One assignment | 45% of the continuous assessment score | 1,500 for Q1, plus a 10% buffer |
The misread that costs people dearly
HRM333 publishes its figure as forty-five per cent of the continuous assessment component, not of the final grade.
The thirty-second check
Find the sentence that names the percentage. Of the course means your final grade. Of the continuous assessment means you divide by that component's weight.
Your two scores
What Are OCAS and OES on My Results Page?
OCAS is your Overall Continuous Assessment Score. OES is your Overall Examinable Score. SUSS requires forty in each, separately, and the final grade is a weighted average set per course.
Min 40
OCAS · continuous assessment
72
Assignments, quizzes, discussion-board participation. Earned across the semester, so still in your hands today.
Cleared
Min 40
OES · examinable component
34
The exam, an end-of-course report, a presentation or a dissertation. Decided on one occasion.
Below the minimum
A rule to know
How Can You Ace a TMA and Still Fail?
Yes. SUSS applies a multiple-hurdle rule, not a compensatory one. A high continuous assessment score cannot rescue an examinable score below forty.
What that changes about your strategy
- Banking marks early protects the coursework hurdle, but buys nothing on the other.
- A badly handled second assignment is how a comfortable course turns into a failed one.
- Work that teaches you the module carries into the examinable component.
- If your course has no exam, every hurdle you have is in your assignments.
The thresholds worth knowing in advance
SUSS publishes two different floors, and the gap decides whether a failed course can be re-sat or must be repeated.
40 OCAS & 40 OES
40 OCAS & 15 OES
Below those floors
Fifteen is the re-sit floor and forty is the pass floor. A very low examinable score is a different problem from a near miss.
What earns marks
What Does the TMA Rubric Actually Reward?
Content carries most of it. SUSS briefs commonly split one hundred marks as eighty for research and content, ten for language and structure, and ten for referencing.
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Research and content
Whether you judged, evaluated or proposed as instructed, supported it with evidence, and reached a position. A descriptive answer sits low in this band.
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Language and structure
Paragraphs that each make one point, signposting a marker can follow, and clean prose. Formatting slips are deducted here.
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Referencing and citation
In-text citations matched to a correctly formatted list, in APA 7th. Mechanical, and the band most often thrown away.
Read your command verb before you plan a single paragraph
Describe or outline
Report accurately. Rare as a main verb, and never the whole answer.
Appraise or evaluate
Reach a judgement on quality or effectiveness, and show the evidence.
Propose or recommend
Commit to a course of action, justify it, and say what it costs.
One SUSS brief states it plainly: answers that merely reproduce information from any source, including generative tools, will be heavily marked down.
Common feedback
How Do I Make My TMA Argue, Not Describe?
Take any paragraph that reports what happened and add two sentences: one naming the cause, and one saying what follows. That is what the content band pays for.
The organisation introduced quarterly reviews in 2024 and set individual targets. Managers received a half-day briefing. Staff completed a year-end feedback survey.
Three true statements, none of which tells the marker what you think.
The organisation introduced quarterly reviews in 2024 but gave managers only a half-day briefing, leaving the system dependent on untrained judgement. The year-end survey recorded low confidence in review fairness, so the problem is manager capability.
Mechanism, evidence, implication, and a conclusion the recommendation can act on.
Four questions to run over every paragraph you have written
- Does it answer the command verb, or only introduce the topic?
- Is there a because, a which suggests, or a therefore in it?
- Is the claim tied to evidence, or is it an opinion in academic clothing?
- If a marker deleted this paragraph, would the answer lose anything?
Easy marks
How Many Marks Does APA 7 Referencing Carry?
SUSS briefs allocate citation its own scored band, commonly five to ten marks out of a hundred. Every in-text citation must appear in the reference list, and vice versa.
The five slips that cost most of this band
- 1A source in the list that is never cited. Markers check both directions.
- 2A citation with no matching entry. The most common single deduction.
- 3Mixed styles in one list. Half APA, half whatever the database copy button produced.
- 4Websites standing in for academic sources. Where a brief asks for journal articles or books, a blog does not count.
- 5A reference that does not exist. Entries that cannot be found are treated far more seriously than a formatting error.
AI rules
When Does SUSS Allow ChatGPT in a TMA?
Yes, with declaration. SUSS permits generative tools provided every AI-assisted element is acknowledged and referenced. The work must still represent your own understanding, and tutors may add stricter rules.
What the declaration has to contain
- 1The name of the tool you used.
- 2How you used it, including the prompts you entered.
- 3The full output the tool returned.
- 4Which part of that output you adapted into your answer.
SUSS warns that these tools produce confident errors and biased framing, and places responsibility for accuracy on you. Library guidance suggests citing AI output as a personal communication.
Where students get into trouble
- Using a tool to generate the argument, then declaring nothing. The undeclared part breaches the rule.
- Accepting invented references. Fabricated sources are treated as a serious matter.
- Uploading library-licensed readings into a tool, which SUSS guidance tells students not to do.
- Handing in generic prose that reproduces the literature without a position.
Our position: we do not disguise machine-written work or help anyone get past a detector. We help you write an answer that is yours.
After you submit
What Does Turnitin Actually Check in My TMA?
Your submission is scanned for plagiarism, collusion and the use of generative tools. SUSS publishes no safe similarity percentage.
You cannot see your own report
Unlike universities that let students self-check, SUSS keeps the report with the marker. You cannot read a number and adjust before the deadline.
A percentage is not a verdict
A high score made of correctly cited quotations is not misconduct. One uncited borrowed paragraph is. Markers read what matched.
Doubt is resolved by viva voce
Where a marker suspects work is not entirely a student's own, SUSS may call an oral examination to verify authorship.
Upload mistakes
When Exactly Is My TMA Due on Canvas?
The cut-off is 2355 hours, written as 11:55pm, and the time that counts is the one Canvas records. Upload a single Word file through the Turnitin link from a computer.
The checks worth making at the file, not at the deadline
- One file, in Word format. A PDF is generally not accepted, and a second file can be ignored.
- Cover page with the course code, assignment title and your PI number.
- File named in the pattern your instructions give, using underscores rather than spaces.
- No NRIC, home address or mobile number anywhere in the document.
- Right course folder. The wrong one means a formal appeal, with a fee.
Two mechanics that work in your favour
You can usually resubmit before the cut-off. Where a brief allows it, upload a rough version early and replace it later.
A long platform outage can extend the window. SUSS allows for technical failures lasting more than six hours, not for a slow evening.
Late penalties
How Many Marks Do I Lose for a Late TMA?
SUSS allows twelve hours after the cut-off with no penalty, then deducts ten marks for every twenty-four hours. No tutor can waive it.
No deduction
−10 marks
−20 marks
−30 marks
−40 marks
−50 marks
Zero awarded
What the scheme covers. Assignments, group work, case studies and end-of-course assessments. Quizzes, computer-marked tasks, discussion boards and laboratory reports sit outside it.
Why a careful 70 beats a rushed 60. Another day of work costs ten marks, and the careful version still wins.
Word limits
What Happens If My TMA Word Limit Runs Over?
It varies by course, and the brief decides. Some SUSS briefs grant a ten per cent allowance in writing, others state explicitly that there is none. Published limits range from one page to three thousand words.
Find the exact wording
Look for the phrase next to the number: excluding references, including references, or no allowance. One SUSS brief required references inside the count for the first assignment and no citations at all for the second.
Write to the limit, not past it
A tight answer scores better than a padded one on an eighty-mark content band. The surplus is usually description.
Cut from the middle, not the end
The conclusion is where your judgement lives, and judgement is what the rubric pays for. Trim the background instead.
Four ways we help
Which Kind of TMA Help Do I Need?
Pick the point you are actually at: nothing yet, a draft to mark against your rubric, settled content needing language and references, or a full model answer.
Guidance from zero
We read the brief with you, translate the command verbs, and leave you with an outline you can write from tonight.
Written from scratch
A full model answer built on your brief and rubric, with real sources, walked through with you afterwards.
Draft review and changes
Marked against your own rubric band by band, with comments where marks are being left on the table.
Editing and referencing only
Language, flow, formatting and APA 7th, trimmed to the word limit. We leave your argument alone.
Modules we cover
Which SUSS Modules Set a Tutor-Marked Assignment?
Assignments are the default continuous assessment across SUSS, so coverage follows the schools. Below are the courses we are asked about most often.
School of Business
BUS100
BUS105
BUS308
MKT202
MKT365
MKT366
HRM318
HRM333
BPM213
ECO202
Statistics and quantitative courses need workings and interpretation. Management courses need judgement. We match the writer to the brief.
Humanities and Behavioural Sciences
PSY107
PSY108
PSY205
PSY305
PSY352
ABS105
SOC203
SOC205
COM376
ELG355
These courses lean hardest on APA 7th and on evidence-led argument. That is where a correct answer and a well-argued one part company.
Social Work and Human Development
SWK106
SWK107
COU104
HBC263
NCO111
Reflective and applied writing, where the brief wants your practice reasoning rather than a summary of the reading.
Science, Technology and interdisciplinary
ANL201
ANL252
ANL310
ICT133
ICT330
CMM217
SST102
SCO107
GSP160
Code, output and analysis have to agree, and the marks usually sit in the interpretation.
Your expert
Who Coaches Me Through My TMA?
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Master’s in Business Administration, Nanyang Technological University
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Specialist in: Strategic management, operations, marketing
Experience: 6 years corporate, 4 years academic
245 completed · 98% success
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Benjamin Cheong
MSc in Marketing Analytics, NTU
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Specialist in: Consumer behaviour, digital strategy
Experience: 7 years in marketing, 5 years academic
214 completed · 97% success
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Jeremy Toh
BSc in Business Analytics, PSB Academy
4.8/5
Specialist in: Dashboards, data reports, SPSS
Experience: 4 years analytics, 3 years writing
145 completed · 95% success
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Yi Xuan Chua
MSc in Educational Psychology, NUS
5.0/5
Specialist in: Learning theory, developmental needs
Experience: 8 years in education, 5 years writing
248 completed · 99% success
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Nicole Yeo
BA in Social Work, SUSS
5.0/5
Specialist in: Ethics, interventions, client studies
Experience: 5 years social sector, 4 years writing
210 completed · 99% success
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Cheryl Goh
BA in Psychology, Singapore University of Social Sciences
4.9/5
Specialist in: Cognitive development, intervention design
Experience: 7 years practice, 4 years academic
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Clear pricing
What Will Help With My TMA Cost?
You pay for the part you actually need. Explaining a brief costs less than writing an answer.
| Per 250 words | 10+ days | 3–5 days | 24 hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brief unpacked, plan written | S$8 | S$10 | S$15 |
| TMA written from scratchmost students start here | S$22 | S$30 | S$42 |
| Draft reviewed before you submit | S$10 | S$13 | S$19 |
| Editing and referencing only | S$7 | S$9 | S$13 |
- Your quote is confirmed in writing before anything is charged.
- One price, quoted once. We do not inflate a price and discount it back.
- TMA01 and TMA02 booked together are quoted together.
- Inside the late window the 24-hour rate applies, so tell us the real cut-off.
Indicative rates in Singapore dollars, to show how the work is priced. Your own brief, length and deadline decide the quote, and you see it in writing first. Nothing is charged until you confirm the scope, and revisions and refunds follow our terms of work.
Why Does a Planned TMA Submission Score Higher?
Send the brief and your module code. We reply with what the rubric is really asking and a fixed quote.
FAQs
What Do Students Ask Before Booking TMA Help?
Straight answers on weightings, deadlines, the AI rules, referencing, privacy and price. More in our full FAQ.
What is a TMA at SUSS?
A Tutor-Marked Assignment is written work graded by your course tutor during the semester, labelled TMA01 and TMA02. You submit one Word file through Turnitin on Canvas.
How much is a TMA worth at SUSS?
Published SUSS briefs range from about eighteen to thirty per cent of the course mark. Some state the figure as a share of your continuous assessment score instead.
What do OCAS and OES mean?
OCAS is your Overall Continuous Assessment Score, from assignments, quizzes and participation. OES is your Overall Examinable Score. Your grade is a weighted average, set per course.
Can I score well on my assignments and still fail the course?
Yes. SUSS applies a multiple-hurdle rule rather than a compensatory one, so you need forty in the continuous assessment component and forty in the examinable component separately.
What time is the TMA cut-off at SUSS?
2355 hours, written as 11:55pm. The time that counts is the one Canvas records. The Canvas mobile app is not supported, so use a computer.
How many marks are deducted for a late TMA?
SUSS allows a twelve-hour grace period with no penalty, then deducts ten marks for each twenty-four hours. Once deductions exceed fifty marks the submission is assigned zero.
Does SUSS allow ChatGPT in a TMA?
Yes, with declaration. SUSS permits generative tools provided the use is acknowledged and referenced, and asks you to state the tool, the prompts, the output and what you adapted.
Does SUSS check for AI use?
Yes. Submissions are scanned through Turnitin for plagiarism, collusion and the use of generative tools. Where a marker has doubts, SUSS may call a viva voce to verify authorship.
What Turnitin similarity score is safe at SUSS?
SUSS does not publish one, so any specific percentage you see quoted is somebody's guess. The report is released only to markers, so you cannot check your own.
What referencing style do SUSS TMAs use?
APA 7th edition across the briefs we see. It is usually a scored band, commonly worth five to ten marks, so match every citation to a reference entry.
Is there a ten per cent word count allowance?
It depends on your brief. Some SUSS briefs grant a ten per cent buffer in writing and others state explicitly that there is no allowance.
Can I re-sit if I fail the course?
SUSS sets two different floors. Re-sit eligibility generally requires a continuous assessment score of at least forty with an examinable score of at least fifteen.
Is getting SUSS TMA help cheating?
Guidance, teaching, draft feedback and editing are the same kinds of support a tutor or writing centre gives, and they are the bulk of what we do. Uploading to Canvas stays with you.
How much does TMA help cost?
It depends on the module, the word count, how much is already done and how soon you need it. You get a fixed quote in writing.
Last reviewed 5 October 2026 by the SUSS Assignment Help TMA team.
