Unit Guide

General Information

Unit convenor and teaching staff	Unit convenor and teaching staff Ayse Bilgin ayse.bilgin@mq.edu.au Frank Valckenborgh frank.valckenborgh@mq.edu.au
Credit points	Credit points 10
Prerequisites	Prerequisites (Admission to BMathSci or BSc or BCom) and (20cp from STAT or MATH units at 3000 level)
Corequisites	Corequisites
Co-badged status	Co-badged status
Unit description	Unit description This PACE unit draws together learning in previous units to prepare students for the workplace through engaging with a partner organisation. Students will work in close collaboration throughout the session with a project sponsor that has provided a problem to be solved or a study to be designed. Students will develop the ability to appreciate the nature of statistical/mathematical problems and discuss the problem solving cycle; listen to a client's statement of a problem and ask appropriate questions for clarification; recognise appropriate statistical/mathematical techniques for use in a variety of problems, and apply these techniques competently; recognise situations in which familiar techniques do not apply and search the literature for appropriate alternative techniques; write reports at an appropriate technical level for a client or a colleague; give a verbal summary of a statistical/mathematical investigation at a level appropriate for the audience; and discuss the ethical aspects and implications of professional statistical/mathematical work.

Important Academic Dates

Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

ULO1: Critically analyse and describe the client's problem and apply principles, models, tool, techniques, technology and processes to provide a solution.
ULO2: Effectively communicate stages and results of the project (in both written and oral form)
ULO3: Recognise and address ethical issues when they arise based on an understanding of professional ethic
ULO4: Improve ability to work co-operatively as a team member

General Assessment Information

The projects that you will be working on are real problems belong to real clients. You need to keep everything confidential. Assessment submissions All assessments should be submitted electronically on iLearn, by the given due date and time.

Late Assessment Submission Penalty

From 1 July 2022, Students enrolled in Session based units with written assessments will have the following university standard late penalty applied. Please see https://students.mq.edu.au/study/assessment-exams/assessments for more information.

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7^th day (including weekends). After the 7^th day, a grade of '0' will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11:55 pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical concern.

For any late submission of time-sensitive tasks, such as scheduled tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, and/or scheduled practical assessments/labs, students need to submit an application for Special Consideration.

Assessments where Late Submissions will be accepted

In this unit, late submissions will accepted as follows:

Participation - NO, unless Special Consideration is Granted
Self-reflection - YES, Standard Late Penalty applies
Project Plan - NO, unless Special Consideration is Granted
Project Report - YES, Standard Late Penalty applies
Project Presentation - NO, unless Special Consideration is Granted

Assessment Tasks

Name	Weighting	Hurdle	Due
Participation	10%	No	Weekly
Self Reflection	10%	No	Weeks 2 & 13
Project Plan	10%	No	Week 4
Project Presentation	20%	No	Weeks 12 & 13
Project Report	50%	No	Week 12

Participation

Assessment Type ¹: Participatory task
Indicative Time on Task ²: 6 hours
Due: Weekly
Weighting: 10%

Contribution to weekly activities such as workshops, client meetings, group meetings and discussions.