Unit Profile Correction added on 11-03-17
- Under Schedule, Events and Submissions, for Week 5:
Currently reads: Compulsory Residential School and Submission of Scientific Report - Option 1: Bundaberg Campus Thursday 7th - Friday 8th April, 2016
Short Answer Questions Due Tuesday (04 Apr 17) 11:45 PM AEST
Change to: Compulsory Residential School and Submission of Scientific Report - Option 1: Bundaberg Campus Thursday 6th - Friday 7th April, 2017
Short Answer Questions Due Tuesday (04 Apr 17) 11:45 PM AEST
- Under Schedule, Events and Submissions, for Week 6:
Currently reads:Compulsory Residential School and Submission of Scientific Report - Option 2: Rockhampton Campus Monday 18th - Tuesday 19th April, 2016
Change to: Compulsory Residential School and Submission of Scientific Report - Option 2: Rockhampton Campus Tuesday18th - Wednesday 19th April, 2017
- Under Schedule, Events and Submissions, for Week 7:
Currently reads: Compulsory Residential School and Submission of Scientific Report - Option 3: Rockhampton Campus Tuesday 26th - Wednesday 27th April, 2016.
Change to: Compulsory Residential School and Submission of Scientific Report - Option 3: Rockhampton Campus Wednesday 26th - Thursday 27th April, 2017
- Under Schedule, Events and Submissions, for Week 9:
Currently reads: Post Laboratory Quiz Due Friday (13 May 16) 11:45 PM AEST
Change to: Post Laboratory Quiz Due Friday (12 May 17) 11:45 PM AEST
Overview
On successful completion of this unit, students will have a sound understanding of the fundamental principles and concepts of physical and chemical sciences, with particular reference to applied health. Students must attend a compulsory residential school or on-campus lab classes in order to achieve the leaning outcomes.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
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 1 - 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 staff
It was difficult to keep track of student registration(or lack of) for residential school choice.
A choice option will be included in the Moodle site in future offerings. This will clearly indicate to both staff and students, the registration for residential school options.
Students were who had not registered for Residential School were reminded through EASICONNECT twice (Weeks 6 and 6) to nominate and sign-up for their Residential School session. This was successful as it also identified students who were repeating the unit and had to have their marks transferred to their previous attempt.
Feedback from staff
More tutorial questions will be developed
Additional tutorial questions will be developed for all units of the course. This will assist in application of principles presented in the course.
Additional tutorial questions were developed and added to Modules 10, 11 and 14 under "Activities".
- Apply the concepts of scientific measurement to the presentation of quantitative data and the writing of reports
- Explain the basic physical principles associated with matter and energy with particular reference to applied health
- Explain the basic chemical principles relating to atoms and molecules, solutions, pH chemical bonding and reactions with particular reference to applied health
- Conduct practical procedures relevant to applied health
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 15% | ||||
| 2 - Practical and Written Assessment - 20% | ||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 15% | ||||
| 4 - Examination - 50% | ||||
| 5 - On-campus Activity - 0% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 15% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Practical and Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 15% | ||||||||||
| 4 - Examination - 50% | ||||||||||
| 5 - On-campus Activity - 0% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
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.
s.chandra@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Matter: the elements and atomic structure
Chapter
Module 1
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Compounds: Molecules and their chemical bonds
Chapter
Module 2
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Understanding chemical reactions
Chapter
Module 3
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Presenting data: numbers, units and graphs
Chapter
Module 4
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Solutions: Composition and concentration
Chapter
Module 5
Events and Submissions/Topic
Compulsory Residential School and Submission of Scientific Report - Option 1: Bundaberg Campus Thursday 7th - Friday 8th April, 2016
Short Answer Questions Due: Week 5 Tuesday (4 Apr 2017) 11:45 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Electrolytes, acids, bases and buffers
Chapter
Module 6
Events and Submissions/Topic
Compulsory Residential School and Submission of Scientific Report - Option 2: Rockhampton Campus Monday 18th - Tuesday 19th April, 2016
Module/Topic
Gases and their behaviour
Chapter
Module 7
Events and Submissions/Topic
Compulsory Residential School and Submission of Scientific Report - Option 3: Rockhampton Campus Tuesday 26th - Wednesday 27th April, 2016.
Module/Topic
Climate and weather
Chapter
Module 8
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
An introduction to organic chemistry
Chapter
Module 9
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
The water cycle and the carbon cycle
Chapter
Modules 10 and 11
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Waves, sight and sound, and nuclear radiation
Chapter
Module 12 and 13
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Geology and erosion
Chapter
Module 14
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Written Assessment
This assessment will aid your comprehension of the concepts presented in Modules 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this course. This assessment requires you to study the material in modules 1 to 4 of Introductory Science and apply the concepts presented to provide short answers to a series of questions. You must provide explanations for each of your answers.
Your response to this assessment should be made in electronic format, as a single Word document, and should be submitted through the assessment link in Moodle, by uploading your file following the on-screen instructions. Note; that all submissions are processed through the similarity detection software (called Turnitin). You must ensure that all of the work is your own, in line with University requirements.
Week 5 Tuesday (4 Apr 2017) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 7 Friday (28 Apr 2017)
Marks will be awarded for each question as indicated on the assessment item. Explanations for each of your answers must be provided. If questions require calculations all working must be shown.
- Apply the concepts of scientific measurement to the presentation of quantitative data and the writing of reports
- Explain the basic physical principles associated with matter and energy with particular reference to applied health
- Explain the basic chemical principles relating to atoms and molecules, solutions, pH chemical bonding and reactions with particular reference to applied health
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
2 Practical and Written Assessment
Residential School and submission of scientific report
You are required to attend and participate in all laboratory classes at one (1) of three (3) Residential Schools offered during the term for this course. You must nominate which residential school you will attend via the student allocator/timetabling system.
This assessment is designed to develop laboratory skills, in addition to observational, data collection, communication and written skills. A laboratory workbook should be completed as the laboratory procedures are undertaken.
Part A of this assessment requires you to complete a scienitific report of a nominated experiment during the allocated class time. The report is to be submitted before completion of the final day of Residential School.
Part B of this assessment requires you to complete a short online quiz based on laboratory exercises and workbook entries.
The scientific report must be submitted on final day of Residential School. The post laboratory quiz must be completed by end of week 9 (Friday May 13 11:45 AEST)
All marks for this assessment will be finalised and reports returned to students before the end of week 12. Please note that reports cannot be returned to students until after the final residential school option.
This assessment item has a total weighting of 20% comprised of
Attendance and Participation (pass/fail)
A pass/fail grade will be awarded for attendance and participation at the residential school/laboratory sessions.
Part A. Completion and submission of a scientific report (15%).
The scientific report must be written using the guidelines provided in the Laboratory information, workbook and report guidelines document.
The report should demonstrate:
- effective communiciation skills and adherence to report guidelines provided
- accurate recording of experimental data
- evidence of critical thinking and problem solving skills with application to data interpretation and calculations
- appreciation of significant figures and demonstrated competency in chemical calculations
- correct presentation of structures, diagrams, equations and nomenclature
- drawing and labelling of graphs and the ability to interpolate and extrapolate off graphs
- accuracy of results
- ability to discuss chemical principles and experimental results.
Part B. Completion of post laboratory quiz (5%)
- The post laboratory quiz will consist of multiple choice or short answer questions. All questions are of equal weighting. One mark will be awarded for each correct response. Incorrect responses will not incur penalty.
- Apply the concepts of scientific measurement to the presentation of quantitative data and the writing of reports
- Explain the basic physical principles associated with matter and energy with particular reference to applied health
- Explain the basic chemical principles relating to atoms and molecules, solutions, pH chemical bonding and reactions with particular reference to applied health
- Conduct practical procedures relevant to applied health
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
3 Written Assessment
This assessment will aid your comprehension of the concepts presented in Modules 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of this course. This assessment requires you to study the material in modules 5 to 9 of Introductory Science and apply the concepts presented to answer a series of multiple choice questions.
This assessment is in the form of an online quiz which is comprised of 30 multiple-choice questions.
(Total of 30 questions - each question worth 1 mark).
Week 11 Friday (26 May 2017) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 12 Friday (2 June 2017)
All questions are of equal weighting. One mark awarded for each correct response. Incorrect responses incur no penalty.
- Explain the basic physical principles associated with matter and energy with particular reference to applied health
- Explain the basic chemical principles relating to atoms and molecules, solutions, pH chemical bonding and reactions with particular reference to applied health
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
4 On-campus Activity
This assessment requires your attendance at the compulsory two day residential school for this course. You must select to attend one only of the three available Residential schools offered on either Bundaberg (1 option) or Rockhampton (2 options) Campuses. Your selection can be made through the student allocator / timetable system on MyCQU.
Available residential school options: April 7 & 8 (Bundaberg); April 18 & 19 (Rockhampton); April 26 & 27 (Rockhampton)
A Pass/Fail grade will be recorded for this assessment following attendance at the Residential School.
You are required to attend and participate in all laboratory exercises scheduled for a 2 day residential school. Sessions commence at 8.30 am and conclude with the completion of the practical exercises scheduled for each day (approximately 5 pm).
- Apply the concepts of scientific measurement to the presentation of quantitative data and the writing of reports
- Explain the basic physical principles associated with matter and energy with particular reference to applied health
- Explain the basic chemical principles relating to atoms and molecules, solutions, pH chemical bonding and reactions with particular reference to applied health
- Conduct practical procedures relevant to applied health
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Team Work
Examination
Dictionary - non-electronic, concise, direct translation only (dictionary must not contain any notes or comments).
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?
