Requirements to Pass This Unit

To pass this unit, you must

• Achieve a total mark equal to or greater than 50% across all assessments.

Attendance and participation

Regular engagement in all learning activities of the unit is crucial for your success. These activities provide opportunities to deepen your understanding of the material, collaborate with peers, and receive valuable feedback from instructors, to assist in completing the unit assessments. Your active participation not only enhances your own learning experience but also contributes to a vibrant and dynamic learning environment for everyone.

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 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th 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. This grace period will be applied automatically, and no notification to unit staff is necessary. 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

• Assignment - YES, Standard Late Penalty applies
• Skills assessment - YES, Standard Late Penalty applies

Special Consideration

The Special Consideration Policy aims to support students who have been impacted by shortterm circumstances or events that are serious, unavoidable and significantly disruptive, and which may affect their performance in assessment.

Written Assessments/Quizzes/Tests: If you experience circumstances or events that affect your ability to complete the written assessments in this unit on time, please inform the convenor and submit a Special Consideration request through connect.mq.edu.au.

Participation in SGTA classes: Special Consideration is not necessary for SGTA classes. However, if you miss a weekly SGTA class due to a serious, unavoidable and significant disruption, contact your convenor ASAP as you may be able to attend another class that week.

Classes

Lectures (beginning in Week 1): There are two one-hour lectures each week.

SGTA classes (beginning in Week 2): Students should register in and attend one two-hour class per week.

Suggested textbooks

The following textbooks are useful as supplementary resources, for additional questions and explanations. They are available from the Macquarie University library:

• Anton & Rorres, Elementary Linear Algebra, applications version, 11th edition, Wiley 2013. An electronic version is freely available to Macquarie students here.
• Stewart, Calculus: Metric Version, 8th edition, or Stewart, Calculus: Early Transcendentals, 8th edition. An electronic version is freely available to Macquarie students here

Communication

We will communicate with you via your university email or through announcements on iLearn. Queries to convenors can either be placed on the iLearn discussion board or sent to your lecturers from your university email address.

To enable students more time to focus on learning, understanding and reflecting on the content of our unit we have revised the assessment structure as follows. There are now only three assessments: a skills assessment, an assignment and a final exam. Although no marks are associated with attendance or participation, all activities of the unit are critical in order for you to understand content and complete the assessments.