Questions: Subject-related questions whose answer is useful to everyone should be posted to the iLearn discussion board. Please no not send individual emails to the unit convener. Your questions relating to the content delivered by industry professionals will be collated and a response from the industry speakers will be posted in the appropriate thread for everyone to see. 

Late submission for tasks 10% or less – No extensions will be granted. Students who have not submitted the task prior to the deadline will be awarded a mark of 0 for the task, except for cases in which an application for special consideration is made and approved.

Late submission for tasks above 10% - No extensions will be granted. There will be a deduction of 10% of the total available marks made from the total awarded mark for each 24 hour period or part thereof that the submission is late (for example, 25 hours late in submission – 20% penalty). This penalty does not apply for cases in which an application for special considereation is made and approved. No submission will be accepted after solutions have been posted.

Marks in gradebook: It is the responsibility of students to view their marks for each within-session-assessment on iLearn within 20 days of posting. If there are any discrepancies, students must contact the unit convenor immediately. Failure to do so will mean that queries received after the release of final results regarding assessment tasks (not including the final exam mark) will not be addressed.

Assessment criteria for all assessment tasks will be provided on the unit iLearn site.

Classes 

Lecture timings: See timetable https://timetables.mq.edu.au/2020/

The campus map is downloadable from https://www.mq.edu.au/about/contacts-and-maps/maps

Classes in AFIN899 are composed of a three-hour seminar. Unit materials are learnt by attending lectures, interactions with practitioners and through independent learning. 

Students please note that due to confidentiality the lecture recordings will not be available to students so it is highly recommended that you attend class each week. Lecture slides will be distributed either prior or after the class and are at the discretion of the guest lecturer.

Required and Recommended Texts and Materials

There are no required or recommended texts for AFIN899. Notes for each of the topics will be made available via iLearn.

Technology Used and Required

Non-programmable calculators with no text-retrieval functionality are permitted. Calculators that have a full alphabet on the keyboard are not permitted. Graphics calculators are not permitted. Calculators need the following minimum functionality: xy or ^, 1/x and log or ln functions, and a memory. Non-programmable financial calculators are permitted but it is not a requirement to use a financial calculator.

iLearn is an online program available at https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/login/MQ/ through which students will be able to access resources such as lecture notes and ilectures to assist them throughout the semester. The discussion forum environment will be extensively used to allow students to interact with each other.

Unit Web Page

Course material is available on the learning management system at http://ilearn.mq.edu.au

You are strongly encouraged to visit the website regularly and use it as a resource centre to assist with your learning.

If you are unable to access the internet site because you are not aware of or have forgotten your username and password, please contact the IT helpdesk. All information is available at http://informatics.mq.edu.au/help/

With regards to assistance in using iLearn, please visit the following link.

http://www.mq.edu.au/iLearn/student_info/index.htm

You can follow the tabs on the left, i.e., “Getting Started” and “Access iLearn.”

Please remember to logout when you have finished using iLearn. Failure to do so could result in unauthorised access to your iLearn account.

The Unit Schedule will be available on iLearn