Overview
This unit will provide students the opportunity to consolidate and apply all of the accident investigation and analysis theory studied in the Accident Forensics course. Students will write a comprehensive and detailed accident investigation report to the standard of a regulator. Students will also observe and reflect on court procedures during a simulated court.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite: AINV13003 Crash Lab Project 1 and Corequisite: AINV13004 Learning from Failure
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2017
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Residential Schools
This unit has a Compulsory Residential School for distance mode students and the details are:
Click here to see your Residential School Timetable.
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Have Your Say, residential school feedback and personal feedback to the lecturer.
The court procedures lecture and residential school were really interesting, students identified how these will help in their future careers.
Continue with the court procedures lectures and residential school.
Feedback from Have Your Say Survey
Have a reflective component to enable reflection on the progression of the investigation.
Consider the introduction of an appropriate reflective tool to encourage students to reflect on their investigation progress.
Feedback from Have Your Say Survey
Having lectures from the Human Factors Investigation and the Learning from Failure lecturers in this unit enabled students to apply that knowledge directly and expand their investigation lines of enquiry.
Continue with the interactive Tutorials from those linked courses, so that students directly apply the full range of skills from across the degree to the development of this report.
- Prepare a detailed report of a designated accident investigation.
- Critically evaluate the usefulness in Accident Forensics of observed court processes, evidence and outcomes.
- Employ effective communication strategies appropriate to disseminating findings from a major accident.
- Demonstrate reflective skills appropriate to the development of the graduating practitioner.
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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Group Discussion - 0% | ||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 80% | ||||
| 3 - Practical and Written Assessment - 20% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Group Discussion - 0% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 80% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Practical and Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
Additional Textbook Information
There are no set textbooks for this unit. Students are encouraged to use their own research to find materials to support their projects.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
a.hutton@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Module 1 : Introduction and expectations
Module 2 : Investigation Reporting
Topic 1 : What do good reports look like?
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Tutorial 1 : Helping the reader
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Module 2 : Investigation Reporting
Topic 2 : What goes in?
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Tutorial 2 : Road Testing your Report Structure
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Module 2 : Investigation Reporting
Topic 3 : I know what you meant, but did you mean what you said?
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Tutorial 3 : Writing and drafting
Group Discussion 1 Due Monday (24-Jul-17) 09:00 AM AEST
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Module 2 : Investigation Reporting
Topic 4 : Conclusions and Recommendations
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Tutorial 4 : Checking your work
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Tutorial 5 : How reports are used
Group Discussion 2 Due Monday (7-Aug-17) 09:00 AM AEST
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Independent work on your report
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Module 3 : Extending Your Lines of Enquiry
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Tutorial 6 - Roadtest - Incorporating learings from Human Factors Investigation and developing further lines of enquiry
Group Discussion 3 Due Monday *28-Aug-17) 09:00 AM AEST
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No lecture this week, Tutorial only
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Tutorial 7 - Roadtest - Incorporating learnings from Learning from Failure and developing further lines of enquiry
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Module 4 : Court
Topic 1 : Background to Court Procedures
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Module 4 : Court
Topic 2 : Law in relation to Evidence
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Module 4 : Court
Topic 3 : Giving Evidence
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Module 4 : Court
Topic 4 : Other Issues
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Group Discussion 4 Due Monday (2-Oct-17) 09:00 AM AEST
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16 October - Residential School : Demonstration Court (Rockhampton)
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1 Group Discussion
During the term, your Unit Coordinator will post four discussion questions in Moodle, aimed at enabling you to apply your skills to the report and maintain reasonable progress. You are required to respond thoughtfully to each of the four discussion questions. as well as reply constructively to at least one other student's post in each of the four discussion questions.
As per study schedule
Within three weeks
Engagement as a responsible member of the learning community.
Demonstrate reflective skills appropriate to the development of the graduating practitioner, including stating a position, supporting your argument with appropriately supported and referenced evidence.
- Prepare a detailed report of a designated accident investigation.
- Employ effective communication strategies appropriate to disseminating findings from a major accident.
- Demonstrate reflective skills appropriate to the development of the graduating practitioner.
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Written Assessment
Students are to complete the analysis and investigation for their Crash Lab Project 1 accident and prepare a detailed report of the investigation.
The report should demonstrate all the learnings from the Accident Forensics course to date.
The investigation needs to be thorough and must contain at least thirty lines of enquiry. During this term, students are expected to develop additional lines of enquiry, incorporating learnings from other third year units, especially Human Factors Investigation and Learning from Failure. Accordingly additional evidence may be requested for the scenario.
The final report will be assessed on the content, logic and comprehensiveness of:
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Description of the Accident
- Description of the Investigation
- Analysis and testing, including Timeline, PEEPO and Event Tree
- Findings
- Conclusions
- Recommendations
- Attachments (All investigation artefacts, including logs, continuity records photographs, scene maps, witness statements, evidence logs, logic diagrams etc)
Note : The final report should include eliminated lines of enquiry.
The requirements for the investigation and report will be discussed in Week 1. Additional information, support and practice opportunities will be available throughout the term.
Week 11 Monday (25 Sept 2017) 9:00 am AEST
Within three weeks
1. (90%) Content - includes the accuracy, relevance and application of key concepts, analysis, argument, language and grammar used in answering a question or report (see marking criteria for individual requirements).
2. (10%) References - includes the provision of a reference list and the application of the Harvard style for referencing information, data, tables or images sourced for the assignment or report.
- Prepare a detailed report of a designated accident investigation.
- Employ effective communication strategies appropriate to disseminating findings from a major accident.
- Demonstrate reflective skills appropriate to the development of the graduating practitioner.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
3 Practical and Written Assessment
This assessment consists of three parts.
Part A : Demonstration Court and Reflection (20%)
During the compulsory Residential school in Rockhampton, students will observe a Demonstration Court and evaluate court procedures in action. Students must personally observe ALL sessions of the Demonstration Court. Students will discuss their learnings and write a reflection on the effectiveness of the prosecution's case, including the presentation of evidence and use of witness testimony.
Part B : Expert Witness Testimony (Pass/Fail)
During the compulsory Residential school in Rockhampton, students will stand in the "witness box", give evidence on the content of their Accident Report and be cross-examined on their evidence.
Part C : Professionalism (Pass/Fail)
Throughout the residential school, students will be assessed on their ability to apply professional approaches to all activities.
Additional information shall be provided during term.
Exam Week Friday (20 Oct 2017) 11:45 pm AEST
The Part A Reflection is due Fri 20/10/17. All practical components will be assessed during the Residential School.
Within three weeks
As a general rule, assessment criteria for all assessment items include:
1. (90%) Content - includes the accuracy, relevance and application of key concepts, analysis, argument, language and grammar used in answering a question or report (see marking criteria for individual requirements).
2. (10%) References - includes the provision of a reference list and the application of the Harvard style for referencing information, data, tables or images sourced for the assignment or report.
Specific assessment criteria will be provided through Moodle.
- Critically evaluate the usefulness in Accident Forensics of observed court processes, evidence and outcomes.
- Employ effective communication strategies appropriate to disseminating findings from a major accident.
- Demonstrate reflective skills appropriate to the development of the graduating practitioner.
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
