STEM Principles (12128.1)

Required texts

There is no text book for this unit. All readings are available via the reading list on Canvas.

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

All assessment items required to be submitted online must be submitted via the appropriate Canvas drop box. It is the student's responsibility to upload the correct and corresponding draft or assessment item to the right submission section. Assignments must be submitted in a format accessible to the assessor(s), as stated on the relevant canvas site. If the unit convener and/or tutor are unable to access a submission, a standard late penalty of 10% of the total marks possible for the task may be applied per day until the assignment is made accessible.

Special assessment requirements

The following two elements are required to pass the unit:

• Substantial completion of ALL assessments. Failure to submit a geniune attempt at an assessment will result in an incomplete fail (NC).
• 50% aggregate mark across all assessments.

Provision of valid documentation

Please note that the University takes student conduct very seriously. All documentation provided to University staff must be valid and the provision of fraudulent documentation carries with it potentially serious consequences, including suspension and/or exclusion from the University. Note that all allegations of student misconduct will be referred to the Associate Dean for Education (ADE) as a prescribed authority for investigation.

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Learner engagement

This unit contains a significant amount of online material that students are expected to engage with each week.

Students are expected to view all lecture material and complete pre-tutorial activities before attending their scheduled tutorial each week. Failure to engage with this material prior to tutorials may mean you are unable to participate in certain planned activities. Planned tutorial activities will not be modified to accommodate those students who have not completed the necessary pre-tutorial activities.

Students enrolled in the Online Asynchronous offering are expected to complete additional online activities (as indicated on Canvas) in lieu of a face-to-face tutorial.

Indicative workload:

Online lecture and pre-tutorial material: 3 hours/week x 10 weeks = 30 hours
Tutorials (face to face) or online materiel in lieu of tutorials (online asynchronous) 2 hours/week x 10 weeks = 20 hours
Readings: 2 hours/week x 10 weeks = 20 hours
Assessment preparation: 60 hours
Additional study: 20 hours

Participation requirements

As a unit of study offered in Flexible mode, attendance at scheduled sessions is not a mandatory requirement of this unit. Students who enrol in the ‘self-paced study' option (in lieu of tutorials) effectively have no tutorials to attend, and students who are enrolled in on-campus or remote tutorials may wish to re-allocate to ‘self-paced study' as the semester progresses. There is, however, a strong correlation between participation and success in higher education. With this in mind, we encourage and expect students to actively participate in all module activities to enhance their learning opportunities.

Required IT skills

Artificial intelligence services must not to be used for assessment or assessment preparation by students unless explicitly allowed in the assessment instructions for an assessment task published with the assessment task and/or in the unit outline.

That is, an artificial intelligence services may only be used if:

• its use is authorised by the unit convener as part of a specified assessment task, and
• it is used in the way allowed in the assessment instructions and/or unit outline, and
• its use is appropriately referenced, meaning that students must reference the use of AI in their assessment in the same way as they reference other source material.

Work placement, internships or practicums

None

Additional information

This unit involves research-led education and/or work-integrated learning. There are active researchers delivering this unit who are able to engage students in deep and active learning and transmit to students their passion for the research they are carrying out.

• Semester 2, 2024, Online, UC - Canberra, Bruce (222666)
• Semester 2, 2024, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (222645)