The assessment of this unit consists of two individual assignments and a final exam. The form and date of the final examination will be announced later in the semester.

Release Dates

Assignment 1: To be released no later than 29 August, 2025.

Assignment 2: To be released no later than 10 October, 2025.

Requirement to Pass this Unit

To pass this unit, you must achieve a total mark equal to or greater than 50%. 

Late Assessment Submission Penalty

From 1 July 2022, Students enrolled in Session based units with written assessments will have the following 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 on the date they are due. 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.  

In this unit, late submissions will be accepted as follows: 

• Assignment 1: YES, Standard Late Penalty applies 
• Assignment 2: YES, Standard Late Penalty applies
• Final exam: NO, unless Special Consideration is granted

Supplementary Exam

In general, if you receive Special Consideration for the final exam, a supplementary exam will be scheduled after the normal exam period, following the release of marks. By making a special consideration application for the final exam you are declaring yourself available for a resit during the supplementary examination period and will not be eligible for a second special consideration approval based on pre-existing commitments. Please ensure you are familiar with the policy prior to submitting an application. Approved applicants will receive an individual notification one week prior to the exam with the exact date and time of their supplementary examination.

Assessment Standards

This unit will be assessed and graded according to the University assessment and grading policies. There is no hurdle assessment in this unit. The final grade is determined by the total mark the student obtains in all the assessment tasks they completed as follows:

• HD (High Distinction): 85-100
• D (Distinction): 75-84
• CR (Credit): 65-74
• P (Pass): 50-64
• F (Fail): 0-49

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 Service Connect.

Classes

Each week has two hours of lectures. There is no workshop/practical class for this unit.

For details of days, times and rooms of the lectures, please consult the Classfinder tool in eStudent (read about using the Classfinder tool for more information).

Required and Recommended Texts

All required and recommended readings will be provided as part of the lecture material.

Unit Web Page

The unit web page will be hosted in iLearn. You will need to log in to iLearn using your Student One ID and password. The unit will make extensive use of discussion boards also hosted in iLearn. Please post questions there, as they will be monitored by the staff on the unit.

Methods of Communication

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

Unit Schedule

Compared with the previous offering in 2024, the assessment structure in this unit has been revised to comply with the 3 assessment policy. The two assignments are retained with the same workload and weights, however, the weekly portfolio task assessment has been replaced with a final exam, worth 40%. 

This is the second time this unit will be offered. As before, we always 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.