AINV13006 - Crash Lab Project 2

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit will provide you with the opportunity to consolidate and apply all of the accident investigation and analysis theory studied in the Accident Forensics course. You will write a detailed accident investigation report, embracing the learnings of the entire Accident Forensics curriculum. During the residential school, you will be observing and reflecting on a demonstration court, and you will present evidence from your report and be cross-examined in the simulated court environment.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 3
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
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).

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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. Group Discussion 0%
2. Written Assessment 80%
3. Practical Assessment 20%

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 2 - 2021 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 39.13% 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: General feedback
Feedback
Continue to include the modern technologies and a forensic expert who uses these technologies in their role.
Recommendation
Continue to engage casual lecturers with current operational experience to demonstrate contemporary forensic methods.
Action Taken
Engagement of casual lecturers with current operational experience in contemporary forensic methods has been maintained.
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Prepare a detailed report and present evidence on a designated accident investigation
  2. Critically evaluate the usefulness of observed court processes, evidence and outcomes in Accident Forensics
  3. Employ effective communication strategies appropriate to disseminating findings from a major accident
  4. Demonstrate reflective skills appropriate to the development of the graduating accident investigator.

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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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3 - Practical Assessment • •
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3 - Critical Thinking • •
4 - Information Literacy • • • •
6 - Information Technology Competence • • • •
7 - Cross Cultural Competence • • • •
8 - Ethical practice • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
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