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MATH12225 - Applied Computational Modelling

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit furthers students’ understanding of and ability in mathematical modelling of scientific and engineering problems using MATLAB. It is designed to substantiate students’ mathematical knowledge and techniques gained from completing previous units through utilising existing functions and tools in MATLAB to solve general problems in various disciplines. Students will also learn programming in MATLAB to create and test programs for obtaining useful solutions both analytically and numerically to problems with complex conditions. Coursework leads students to approaching posed problems in a way that demonstrates a clear, logical and systematic procedure of modelling through integrating mathematical and programing knowledge and techniques learnt.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 1
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-requisite: MATH12222 or MATH13218

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 - 2016

Term 2 - 2017 Profile
Bundaberg
Cairns
Distance
Gladstone
Mackay
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2018 Profile
Bundaberg
Cairns
Distance
Gladstone
Mackay
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2019 Profile
Bundaberg
Cairns
Gladstone
Mackay
Online
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2020 Profile
Bundaberg
Cairns
Gladstone
Mackay
Online
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2021 Profile
Bundaberg
Cairns
Gladstone
Mackay
Online
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2022 Profile
Bundaberg
Cairns
Gladstone
Mackay
Online
Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2023 Profile
Bundaberg
Cairns
Gladstone
Mackay
Online
Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2024 Profile
Bundaberg
Cairns
Gladstone
Mackay
Online
Rockhampton

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. Practical and Written Assessment 30%
2. Practical and Written Assessment 30%
3. Practical and Written Assessment 40%

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 2 - 2022 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 67.86% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 39.44% 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: Emails; 'Have Your Say' feedback.
Feedback
Students enjoyed the ability to choose their own project specification in order to specialise more in their chosen field of engineering.
Recommendation
Retain this assessment item and develop further. Consider adapting the follow-up Project B to build on Project A.
Action Taken
Self-chosen Project A was retained as well as the issued Project B.
Source: Emails; 'Have Your Say' feedback.
Feedback
Students felt that the take-home exam was too long.
Recommendation
Consideration will be given to consolidate the work being tested into fewer questions, as the take-home exam questions are word problems based on real-life scenarios (And this can take more time than shorter factual exam questions).
Action Taken
The typical structure of the final take-home test was retained but the last question was shortened to an easier one (15 marks), based on built-in Matlab functions.
Source: Email, Moodle, Student Feedback
Feedback
Students felt that in certain cases, marking was too arbitrary.
Recommendation
Consider allocating project marking to the unit coordinator, and theory (coding) marking to the other marker/s with a better specification of marking criteria.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Email, Moodle, Zoom, Student Feedback
Feedback
Students without previous coding skills experienced a steep / difficult learning curve.
Recommendation
A few weeks of coding is planned to be incorporated into the first year units from 2023. Give further weekly support to students with insufficient coding background.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Email, Moodle, Student Feedback
Feedback
Students found the Theory Assignment and Final Online Test long and challenging.
Recommendation
Consider reducing the content/length of the coding-based assessments. Consider scaffolding sessions to help students build confidence for their assessments.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Student Feedback
Feedback
Some students felt that more useful knowledge and skills could be learned.
Recommendation
Help students to find interesting projects in their field to model in MATLAB (Project A). Consider linking Project B to more authentic engineering problems.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Use existing functions in MATLAB to solve general problems in various disciplines.
  2. Apply programming skills in solving complicated problems in the MATLAB environment.
  3. Utilise existing tools in MATLAB to manipulate and visualize input/output data for supporting interpretation of real applications.
  4. Formulate and implement procedures of mathematical modelling for real situations where analytical solutions exist.
  5. Design and realise procedures of numeric modelling to develop useful solutions to complex applications.
  6. Document the solution to posed problems in a way that demonstrates a clear, logical and systematic procedure of modelling.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 - Practical and Written Assessment
2 - Practical and Written Assessment
3 - Practical and Written Assessment
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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Intermediate Level
Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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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
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Introductory Level
Intermediate Level
Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
3 - Practical and Written Assessment
1 - Practical and Written Assessment
2 - Practical and Written Assessment