omg. that is crazy. Sorry to hear about that braindead
I would absolutely freak out if that happened to me. Then again, i actually KNEW about the test and arrived ON TIME and DID the test, yet im still gonna fail hahahahaha
bah. anyway...
econ1001 is not offered next term (whoops, next sem i mean. Im still in high school mode lol) but you could always do it in sem 1 next year. Summer school is too expensive for most people anyway.
the tute thing may be an issue....I cant believe u havent been to ANY!! even though its not assessed, i find econ1001 tutes the most useful of all my tutes (the irony is pathetic cos all my other tutes have mks for attendance and participation and other crap).
the only thing u can do now is to START attending the tute and see what you can salvage. If u understood the stufff and managed ot do tute q's without attending then u must be reasonably capable at this right? or u didnt do the tute q's either?
one last thing. is econ1001 even compulsory for you?