AVAT13009 - Meteorology (Air Transport Pilot Licence)

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Meteorology (Air Transport Pilot Licence) will provide you with knowledge of high altitude meteorology applicable to aviation operations. The unit will cover all the aeronautical knowledge requirements of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority Air Transport Pilot Licence (ATLP) meteorology syllabus. You will study the atmosphere, its structure, composition and dynamics. By examining global weather systems and atmospheric circulation, you will determine the effect of seasons on flying conditions. You will study precipitation, cloud formation and other weather conditions. You will learn to interpret synoptic charts, weather radar data and upper-level charts.

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: AVAT12008 Meteorology (Commercial Pilot Licence).

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 1 - 2024

Term 1 - 2024 Profile
Cairns
Online

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. Written Assessment 40%
2. Examination 60%

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

Past Exams

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2022 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 13.33% 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: Student evaluation
Feedback
Learning resources were sufficient, relevant covering all topics.
Recommendation
Agree and more improvements will be made.
Action Taken
Further example ATPL questions were added to the class for the semester.
Source: Students
Feedback
Limited feedback from Written Assessment and End of Semester Exam
Recommendation
Future classes will be provided with a debrief of Written Assessment outcomes, particularly strong and weak points from the Assessments. Exam feedback should be uploaded to Moodle.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Examine atmospheric characteristics and how temperature, pressure and density vary with altitude
  2. Analyse global weather systems and atmospheric circulation conditions for flight
  3. Interpret the weather associated with the motion of air masses and fronts
  4. Interpret synoptic charts, weather radar data and upper-level charts
  5. Analyse global atmospheric motion and how the Hadley, Ferrel and Polar Cells form.

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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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