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: 

PRACTICAL AND WORKSHOP REPORTS - Standard Late Penalty applies, unless Special Consideration is Granted.  

Requirements to Pass this Unit

To pass this unit you must:

· Attempt the assessments, and

· Achieve a total mark equal to or greater than 50%

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 or sent to the unit convenor via the contact email on iLearn.

COVID Information: For the latest information on the University’s response to COVID-19, please refer to the Coronavirus infection page on the Macquarie website: https://www.mq.edu.au/about/coronavirus-faqs. Remember to check this page regularly in case the information and requirements change during semester. If there are any changes to this unit in relation to COVID, these will be communicated via iLearn.

Week1 Classes: During Week1, we have two 1-hr Letcures as scheduled in the timetable. Additionally, we also have an SGTA in Week1.

Lectures: There are two lectures per week as per the university timetable. Lectures are delivered on-campus and will also be recorded. All lecture material will be made available in iLearn.

Workshop Sessions (Dry-lab): There are four scheduled on-campus workshop sessions in total. Workshop 1 (week 2) will cover lab report writing skills and provide additional help to students on lab reports. There are THREE workshop sessions that have associated reports to be submitted (workshops 2, 3 and 4). These are held online in weeks 3, 7 and 9. Participation for workshop sessions 3, 7 and 9 is a required part of the unit to complete the associated workshop reports. There is One optional workshop to assist help with Prac reports. Case study presentations will be held during the scheduled workshop sessions in Weeks 11 and 12. A short presentation (~ 10 mins) will be given in small groups on the topic of a contemporary macromolecule. Half of the marks are for the group and half the marks are for your individual contribution. If you cannot attend, a Special Consideration request must be submitted if you wish your absence to be considered.

** It is a requirement that students bring their own laptops to workshop sessions held on-campus. Please ensure your laptop is fully charged as powerpoints may not be available for all students. If you require a loan of a laptop, this can be arranged PRIOR to the workshop session by contacting the unit convenor. 

Laboratory Sessions (Wet-lab): 3 hour Laboratory sessions are scheduled according to the timetable. There are two timetabled sessions available.

Practicals 1 - 4 will be held on-campus at Science labs in 14 Sir Christopher Ondaatje Ave (E7B) 347/349/350 Science Lab. In total, there are FOUR lab sessions held in weeks 4, 6, 8 and 10. Attendance at laboratory sessions is COMPULSORY. If you cannot attend, you must submit a Special Consideration request if you wish your absence to be considered. All the FOUR practicals have associated reports to be submitted due after two weeks

** Students must bring their own lab coats to be allowed to enter the labs. It is also recommended that students bring their own safety glasses. However, these will be provided if students to not have their own safety glasses. Other PPE will be provided.

SGTA sessions: There are 6 scheduled on-campus 1hr SGTA sessions in Weeks 1,4,6,8,10 and 13. First SGTA will be about Introducting the unit. Other 5 SGTAs will have short 10-15 min quizzes worth 1% each towards the end of the session.

Textbooks: Reading material and required text will be advised by your lecturer. A list of suggested reading material and text will be made available on iLearn and through the library website https://libguides.mq.edu.au/leganto.

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.

Student feedback from the previous offering of this unit was very positive overall, with students pleased with the clarity around assessment requirements and the level of support from teaching staff. As such, no change to the delivery of the unit is planned, however we will continue to strive to improve the level of support and the level of student engagement.