Requirements to Pass this Unit

To pass this unit you need to:

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

Oral Final Exam

• The final Oral exam will be an individual 20 minute session and cover the entire content of the unit, it will be conducted over Zoom.

Attendance and participation

We strongly encourage all students to actively participate in all learning activities. Regular engagement is crucial for your success in this unit, as 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.

For any late submission of time-sensitive tasks, such as scheduled tests/exams, assignments, performance assessments/presentations, and/or scheduled practical assessments/labs, please apply for Special Consideration: https://connect.mq.edu.au

Assessments where Late Submissions will be accepted:

• Assessment Quantum measurement project and Quantum control project – YES, Standard Late Penalty applies
• Assessment Oral Final Exam - 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 https://connect.mq.edu.au. 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 https://connect.mq.edu.au.

Classes

Lectures/SGTAs  (beginning in Week 1) - there are 4 hours each week delivered online. Class time to be determined by poll to accomodate non-MQ students from Sydney Quantun Academy.

Technology Used and Required

• Zoom - class delivery, classes will be recorded and recordings made available
• Notion - hub for notifications, class notes, recordings, additional material.
• Miro whiteboard - interactive sgta calculations and disscussion
• Python notebooks - using Deepnote / Collab etc. For simulation and projects. 

Methods of Communication

• MQ students: 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.

• non-MQ students: Notion site for unit and email with registered email address. 

Detaile schedule will be published on Notion site so it's available to all students.

Regular assessment tasks have been collected into two submission points for the two projects.

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. Feedback will also be sought from non-MQ students during the unit and used to improve unit delivery.