Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Michael Johnson
Contact via michael.johnson@mq.edu.au
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to BAdvSc
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
In this unit students participate in a year-long or semester-long program under the guidance of a mentor from the Department of Computing. The program includes an introduction to a number of computing research areas. Student attend a series of lectures and presentations associated with the various research groups within the department. Students have the opportunity to select areas of interest and work for one to three months with a particular researcher to gain greater insight into the chosen research interests. Readings are provided in each area to assist the student to gain an understanding of key concepts and some appreciation of the major challenges in these areas.
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Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Due |
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Deliverables | 34% | Negotiated individually |
Deliverables | 33% | As negotiated |
Deliverables | 33% | As negotiated |
Due: Negotiated individually
Weighting: 34%
In comp188 students have individual programmes of study which are developed in collaboration between the student, the supervisor, and the unit convenor. In addition, the same group negotiates an appropriate assessment regime, depending upon the nature of the work undertaken.
Typically, we refer to the assessment items as "deliverables" to emphasise that they can take many forms. In fact, the majority of them are reports of some kind, but some projects include software deliverables, design deliverables, essays, draft papers, etc.
The number, nature, timing and weighting of the deliverables, will be negotiated with each student individually, but typically it will include a major piece of writing reporting summatively on the whole comp188 activities and due at the end of the study period. The other deliverables are more varied in nature depending upon students' individual projects.
Due: As negotiated
Weighting: 33%
The deliverables have been artificially separated into three to satisfy the Units system. In fact they will be treated as below:
In comp188 students have individual programmes of study which are developed in collaboration between the student, the supervisor, and the unit convenor. In addition, the same group negotiates an appropriate assessment regime, depending upon the nature of the work undertaken.
Typically, we refer to the assessment items as "deliverables" to emphasise that they can take many forms. In fact, the majority of them are reports of some kind, but some projects include software deliverables, design deliverables, essays, draft papers, etc.
The number, nature, timing and weighting of the deliverables, will be negotiated with each student individually, but typically it will include a major piece of writing reporting summatively on the whole comp188 activities and due at the end of the study period. The other deliverables are more varied in nature depending upon students' individual projects.
Due: As negotiated
Weighting: 33%
The deliverables have been artificially separated into three to satisfy the Units system. In fact they will be treated as below:
In comp188 students have individual programmes of study which are developed in collaboration between the student, the supervisor, and the unit convenor. In addition, the same group negotiates an appropriate assessment regime, depending upon the nature of the work undertaken.
Typically, we refer to the assessment items as "deliverables" to emphasise that they can take many forms. In fact, the majority of them are reports of some kind, but some projects include software deliverables, design deliverables, essays, draft papers, etc.
The number, nature, timing and weighting of the deliverables, will be negotiated with each student individually, but typically it will include a major piece of writing reporting summatively on the whole comp188 activities and due at the end of the study period. The other deliverables are more varied in nature depending upon students' individual projects.
The resources used in comp188 will vary depending upon particular student projects and their corresponding deliverables.
In general students have access to departmental resources, computing time, knowledge bases, and individual advice negotiated as the project proceeds.
This unit is based on individual work by a student in collaboration with the supervising staff member and the unit convenor.
Appropriate schedules of activities will be negotiated individually.
In general students should plan on meeting with their supervising staff members at least weekly, at a time convenient to them both. The bulk of the work for comp188 will happen outside of these meetings, usually with students working individually on learning, skill development, and research, so it is important for students to plan significant concentrated time in their weekly schedule for comp188.
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Academic Honesty Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html
Assessment Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/policy.html
Grading Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/grading/policy.html
Grade Appeal Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/gradeappeal/policy.html
Grievance Management Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/grievance_management/policy.html
Disruption to Studies Policy http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html The Disruption to Studies Policy is effective from March 3 2014 and replaces the Special Consideration Policy.
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