Assessment submission 

Assessments must be submitted via iLearn by 11:55 pm on their due date. 

Universal design applies to all assessments and there are no time-senstive assessments. All assessments are set at the start of the unit enabling ample time for completion

Unit completion

To pass this unit students need to:

• Achieve an overall minimum grade of 50% and have made a serious attempt at all assessments.
• Note that the work undertaken in SGTAs forms the basis of the PACE internship and assessments.

Late Assessment Submission Penalty 

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark of the task) will be applied for each day a written report or presentation 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. The submission time for all uploaded assessments is 11:55 pm. A 1-hour grace period will be 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, please apply for Special Consideration. 

Assessments where Late Submissions will be accepted 

• Work Ready activities - YES, Standard Late Penalty applies
• Radio MQ - YES, Standard Late Penalty applies
• Partnering with Industry - NO, unless Special Consideration is Granted 

Special Consideration

The Special Consideration Policy aims to support students who have been impacted by short-term circumstances or events that are serious, unavoidable and significantly disruptive, and which may affect their performance in assessment. If you experience circumstances or events that affect your ability to complete the assessments in this unit on time, please inform the convenor and submit a Special Consideration request through ask.mq.edu.au.

Methods of Communication

• We will communicate with you via your university email and through announcements on iLearn. 
• Queries to convenors can either be placed on the iLearn discussion board - this is preferable for queries that directly relate to unit content, unit activities, or assessments. Queries can also be sent via email to the unit email bioll3661@mq.edu.au. 
• Email unit convenors directly for more serious matters of an individual nature and that do not directly relate to unit content, unit activities, or assessments. 

Learning and Teaching Model

BIOL3661 is delivered in a flipped classroom mode where students are required to do pre-class tasks which outlined in iLearn for each week in preparation for activities in weekly classes. Completing these tasks before weekly SGTAs will ensure that you get the best from the unit and your group. 

Seminar - (starting week 1)

BIOL3661 has a scheduled online seminar where guest speakers, including PACE partners will cover topics relating to the weekly themes. Some seminars will be pre-recorded and weekly classes will then be discussion sessions with the presenter. Please be mindful that these scientists, postdocs, students and professionals are giving up their time for you and to assist you with the next stages of your career. Please endeavour to attend seminars and respect the time and contributions that the lecturers are providing for you. 

Workshop (online - starting week 1)

The weekly online workshops comprise fortnightly dicussions on employability modules and your career progression and alternate weeks enable groups to meet with industry partner representatives to discuss projects and ask questions. A schedule will be provided in iLearn and a PACE meeting appointment system will be used for effective use of PACE partner and student time. 

Small group teaching activities (face to face starting in week 1)

• In these weekly 2-hour classes students undertake small group activities and work on industry partner activities.
• Some weeks require completion of activities before class, and doing so will ensure optimal outcomes for you in class. 
• The SGTAs are integral to completing the assessments in BIOL3661.

We value student feedback to be able to continually improve the way we offer our units. As such we encourage students to provide constructive feedback via student surveys, to the teaching staff directly, or via the FSE Student Experience & Feedback link in the iLearn page.

This year we removed lectures and added online seminars and a workshops and reworked SGTAs. The workshops will enable more frequent contact with the PACE industry partners. We extended the time to complete employability modules from one week to two, with dedicated discussions added in fortnightly workshops, resulting in removal of work ready employabilty tasks from SGTAs into workshops to enable more time for PACE projects. SGTAs are also now Face to Face to ensure effective group work and completion of PACE activities for industry partners.