MATH12225 - Applied Computational Modelling

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Applied Computational Modelling will further your understanding of and ability in mathematical modelling of scientific and engineering problems. You will use built-in MATLAB functions to solve general problems in various disciplines. You will also learn to program in MATLAB to obtain solutions to complex problems through both analytical and numerical approaches. This unit will teach you to approach problems in a way that demonstrates a clear, logical, and systematic procedure of modelling through integrating mathematical and programming knowledge and techniques. You will also learn how to document problems and findings. Course work leads you to approach posed problems in a way that demonstrates a clear, logical, and systematic procedure of modelling through integrating mathematical and programming 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: MATH11219

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
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

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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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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
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