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Please note that this Unit Profile is still in progress. The content below is subject to change.Overview
Students are provided with the opportunity to become a 'real world' investigator during this foundation unit. Through engagement with peers, lecturing staff and the socio-technical world around them, students will develop base skills in investigation ethics and philosophy, evidence-based practice in investigation forensics, and begin to understand the nature of accidents and disasters, and latent pathogens in socio-technical systems.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
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).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2026
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).
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.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
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.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
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.
Feedback from SUTE Unit Comments
The unit was well delivered and generally challenged students' preexisting notions of the topic.
It is recommended to keep the delivery style of the unit and continue to challenge students' notions of the topic throughout the unit.
Feedback from SUTE Unit Comments
Students reported the unit was an incredibly enriching experience and enjoyed the well-structured and comprehensive material covered.
It is recommended to keep the content and structure of the unit for the next offering.
Feedback from SUTE Unit Comments
Students liked the real-world scenarios and the hands-on approach to the assignments which gave them direct relevance and a practical utility to the unit.
It is recommended to keep using real world scenarios and the practical application of knowledge in the assessment tasks.
Feedback from Unit Evaluation Data
The student feedback for Useful Learning Materials and Clear Unit Requirements need improvement being at 75% for the last two years.
It is recommended to review how Useful Learning Materials and Clear Unit Requirements can be enhanced for the next offering in order to improve the student evaluation data.
- Recognise that events can be analysed and interpreted in different contexts (e.g. disciplinary, socio-technical, cultural).
- Construct an argument based on classic logical form.
- Explain the principles of evidence-based practice.
- Describe the role of investigation in socio-technical contexts.
- Discuss the ethical implications of observed events.
- Recognise basic accident pathogen.
- Conduct a basic analysis of accident causation.
- Employ effective communication strategies appropriate to real world investigations.
- Demonstrate reflective skills appropriate to the development of the beginning practitioner.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| 1 - Group Discussion - 10% | |||||||||
| 2 - Portfolio - 30% | |||||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 30% | |||||||||
| 4 - Written Assessment - 30% | |||||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| 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 | |||||||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||||||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Group Discussion - 10% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Portfolio - 30% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
| 4 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||