Professional Documents
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CONTENTS
WELCOME ........................................................................................................................................................ 2
CONTACT DETAILS .........................................................................................................................................
Unit chair ..................................................................................................................................................
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ASSESSMENT ................................................................................................................................................... 9
STUDY SUPPORT ........................................................................................................................................... 11
RESOURCES ................................................................................................................................................... 11
OTHER INFORMATION ................................................................................................................................ 12
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CONTACT DETAILS
Unit chair
Chris Lim
Other staff
Name: Dr Jim Rookes
Role: Campus coordinator and Lecturer
Campus: Waurn Ponds
Room: ka5.156
Email: james.rookes@deakin.edu.au
Phone: +61 3 5227 1394
You will be notified of any other teaching staff and his/her contact details at the start of the teaching period.
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Towards the end of the teaching period you may be emailed a link to the unit evaluation survey (
http://www.deakin.edu.au/evaluate/). I encourage you to participate, as constructive feedback from students
will assist us to make improvements to this unit where necessary.
Unit title
Essential Skills in Bioscience
Contact hours
1 x 2 hour class per week, 8 x 1 hour seminar per trimester.
Study commitment
As well as the face-to-face contact hours (1 x 2 hour class per week and 8 x 1 hour seminars per trimester),
students should commit 5-7 hours extra per week on online problem-based exercises and on their learning and
assessment activities for this unit. These extended activities could include reading the prescribed and
recommended texts and working through the questions at the end of the chapters.
Unit prerequisite(s)
Nil
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Unit incompatible(s)
SLE113, SLE141
DESCRIPTION OF UNIT
This unit is the first of a sequence of professional practice units designed specifically for students in the first
year of biosciences. The unit will focus on development of generic skills and will draw upon and extend the
scientific content of other core first year units and utilise this context for skill-building exercises. These
exercises will include data analysis and presentation, library research methods, scientific writing and
referencing, mathematics and statistics.
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Trimester 1 teaching period begins
Intra-trimester break
Teaching period ends
Study period
Examinations begin
Examinations end
Inter-trimester break
Results released
UNIT TIMELINES
Week
Week
Topic
number commencing
Related assessment
9 March
Introduction to unit
16 March
23 March
Data Handling
30 March
13 April
TBD
20 April
7*
28 April
Careers in Bioscience;
Discussion of Assignment 2
Assignment 2 due
Friday 22 May 2015
4 May
Group Presentations
Group Presentations
11 May
10
18 May
Basic Pharmacological
Concepts
11
25 May
Revision
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Assignment 1 due
Thursday 2 April 2015
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ULO1
Demonstrate an awareness of the disciplines and career paths within the field
of Biological Sciences and Biomedical Sciences
GLO1
GLO2
GLO4
GLO5
GLO1
GLO3
GLO4
GLO5
GLO1
GLO4
GLO5
GLO1
GLO2
GLO4
GLO5
GLO2
GLO7
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UNIT ASSESSMENT
Overview
Mid-trimester test 20%, three assignments (3 x 10%) 30%, examination 50%.
Summative assessment
Assessment primarily used to measure the level of a student's success in achieving learning outcomes, which
contributes to a student's final grade and/or mark for a unit of study.
All unit learning outcomes are assessed via summative assessment.
Weight
(% total mark for unit)
20%
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Weight
(% total mark for unit)
10%
Weight
(% total mark for unit)
10%
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Weight
(% total mark for unit)
10%
Weight
(% total mark for unit)
50%
The examination contributes 50% of the total unit score. Students will not
be given their exam mark.
Note
Full details of assessment tasks will normally be published in CloudDeakin by the week before the beginning of
trimester.
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Your assignments should be submitted using the online assignment submission Assignment Folder on
CloudDeakin.
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STUDY SUPPORT
Deakin University provides a range of support services to help you be successful in your studies.
Workshops and seminars
During the trimester, Language and Learning Advisers offer a comprehensive range of workshops and
seminars that provide you with an opportunity to enhance your academic skills.
www.deakin.edu.au/students/study-support/ask-us/study-skills-workshops
Peer learning
Deakin has a number of free peer support programs to assist you with your studies.
www.deakin.edu.au/students/study-support/peer-learning
Academic skills resources
www.deakin.edu.au/students/study-support/academic-resources
Disability Resource Centre
The Disability Resource Centre provides access to services and supports that assist students with disabilities
or health conditions short- or long-term to make the most of their study.
www.deakin.edu.au/disability
Health, safety and wellbeing
Deakin offers a range of services to help students and staff stay health and safe physically, mentally and
spiritually.
www.deakin.edu.au/campus-life/services-and-facilities/health-and-wellbeing
RESOURCES
Deakin University Library
www.deakin.edu.au/library/
Library Resource Guides (subject-based guides to academic journals, databases, e-reading and websites)
www.deakin.edu.au/library/help/library-resource-guides.php
Library help services
www.deakin.edu.au/library/help/
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OTHER INFORMATION
2015 Handbook
The Handbook provides general information about studying at Deakin, key dates and a search facility for
courses and units
www.deakin.edu.au/students/university-handbook/2015
StudentConnect
Your personal gateway to your student record, including information about enrolment, fees, timetables, results
studentconnect.deakin.edu.au
Policies and procedures
theguide.deakin.edu.au
Customer service
enquire@deakin.edu.au or go to Deakin Central
Student complaints
www.deakin.edu.au/current-students/services/complaints/index.php
Unit Guides
deakin.edu.au/current-students/unitguides/
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