COIT13148 - Special Topic A (Computing)

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit is to allow for, either the presentation of a course of lectures at a third year degree level in a specialist area of computing, or a supervised reading course in a specialist area of computing again at a third year level. A supervised reading course would enable students to study a special area of computing not already available. Availability of this unit is subject to Faculty approval. All students interested in enrolling in the unit should contact the unit coordinator before enrolling.

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 There are no pre-requisites for the 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).

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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2024

There are no availabilities for this unit on or after Term 1 - 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. Written Assessment 100%

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 3 - 2020 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 4.9 (on a 5 point Likert scale), based on a 90% 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: Students and staff
Feedback
Continue to offer special topic units
Recommendation
Special topic units provide an opportunity for our best students to extend and challenge themselves. It is recommended that these units/unit codes be retained for ad hoc use and that more academic staff are encouraged to offer special topics.
Action Taken
We have continued to offer special topics
Source: Students and staff
Feedback
Continue to offer special topic units
Recommendation
Special topic units provide an opportunity for our best students to extend and challenge themselves. It is recommended that these units/unit codes be retained for ad hoc use and that more academic staff are encouraged to offer special topics.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. gain a theoretical and practical understanding of a specialist area of computing
  2. organise and successfully complete their own computing tasks
  3. prepare a technical report and communicate their technical skills in appropriate and efficient manner.

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