| Assessment |
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Exam Length |
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| Thesis |
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100%
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| Assessment Notes |
| Combination of results from 400 level units taken and the thesis |
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| Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and
Graduate Attributes (GA) |
| LO: 1
GA: 1, 6 |
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| Graduate Attributes (GA) |
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Attribute |
Taught |
Assessed |
Practised |
| 1 |
Knowledge of a Discipline
Knowledge gained by the student in lectures will be applied in collaboration with the lecturer to problems and examples in tutorials. The student will then map this experience onto further problem-solving tasks in assignments, where the identification of central concepts in the discipline, and the student's ability to articulate them, will be assessed.
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| 2 |
Communication Skills
The student will be encouraged to participate actively in discussion during lectures and tutorials. Written communication skills, particularly with regard to construction and presentation of logical expositions and arguments, will be taught and assessed.
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| 3 |
Global Perspectives
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| 4 |
Information Literacy
The student will be guided in the use of online resources, library and internet access to recommended references, particularly in conjunction with assignment tasks.
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| 5 |
Life-Long Learning
The student will discover the breadth of the discipline through this introductory unit and will become aware of its ongoing development as a field of higher degree research.
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| 6 |
Problem Solving
The student will encounter in this unit a field of knowledge that is intensely problem-based, and will acquire skill in connecting ideas within a network of logical relationships. A high emphasis will be placed on the development of analytical and deductive reasoning.
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| 7 |
Social Responsibility
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| 8 |
Team Work
The student will be encouraged to participate in interactive discussion with other students regarding ideas and problems addressed in the unit. Written assignment submissions must be the student's own work, but may be the outcome of group discussion.
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