AINV12001 - Investigative Methods Practice

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit will provide students with an opportunity to apply the basic tenets of key investigation related issues including safety of investigators onsite, planning and preparing for the conduct of investigations, analysis of accident and related scenes of failure, taking effective photographs as evidence and conducting witness interviewing. There will also be a focus on the law as it applies to the conduct of investigations and related issues such as continuity of evidence.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

AINV11003 Introduction to Investigative Methods

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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2024

There are no availabilities for this unit on or after Term 3 - 2024

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).

Assessment Overview

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.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Online Quiz(zes) 20%
2. Portfolio 30%
3. Written Assessment 50%

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%).

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2020 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 51.61% response rate.

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.

Source: Have Your Say
Feedback
Students appreciated hands-on learning at residential schools, which allowed them to receive immediate feedback on their practice.
Recommendation
Continue to ensure that the residential school is primarily a hands-on practical experience for the students.
Action Taken
Planning of the postponed residential school will implement a focus on hands-on learning.
Source: Have Your Say
Feedback
Students believed it would be beneficial to have a practice session on witness interviewing on day one of the crash lab before undertaking their witness interview for assessment.
Recommendation
Program a face-to-face session on witness interviewing into day 1 of the residential school. This could also include a practical demonstration. This is to build on the lectures given prior to the residential school.
Action Taken
During the programming of the postponed residential school, a session on witness interviewing will be included.
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Plan and prepare for an investigation.
  2. Analyse an accident environment.
  3. Take accident photographs suitable for causation evidence.
  4. Conduct and record witness interviews in an appropriate manner.
  5. Prepare a detailed accident investigation report.
  6. Apply principles of investigation law and continuity of evidence.
  7. Employ effective communication strategies appropriate to investigative methods practice.
  8. Demonstrate reflective skills appropriate to the development of the intermediate practitioner.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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2 - Portfolio • • • • • •
3 - Written Assessment • • • • • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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• Intermediate Level
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Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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2 - Problem Solving • • •
3 - Critical Thinking • • • • • • •
4 - Information Literacy • • • • • • •
5 - Team Work • •
6 - Information Technology Competence • •
8 - Ethical practice • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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