Unit Synopsis
This unit focuses on developing an understanding of how genomes are organised, how they function within the cell, how molecular medical treatments can be developed, ways in which we can manipulate genomes and utilise their components for a range of purposes including medical, agricultural, and commercial.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 2 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Prerequisites BIOL11100 Functional Biology or BIOL11102 Life Science Laboratory or BMSC11003 Introduction to Medical Sciences or BMSC11005 Foundations of Biochemistry 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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School |
Compulsory Residential School View Unit Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from 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.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Written Assessment | 20% |
| 2. Practical Assessment | 20% |
| 3. Online Test | 60% |
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%).
Past Exams
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Term 1 - 2022 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 77.78% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 36% 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: Student feedback - formal unit evaluations
The unit content and laboratory experience were interesting and engaging and enhanced student skills
Continue the updated lecture content and laboratory experience.
Maintained the same lectures (but adjusted the order to scaffold the first assessment).
Source: Student feedback - formal unit evaluations
Assessment return was delayed
The teaching team is committed to enhancing student feedback and return by improved marking rubrics and prioritising assessment return.
All assessments had a rubric and were returned to the students within the required time frame.
Source: Student Unit and Teaching Evaluations Comments
Include more teaching opportunities in the res school. Relate the res school back to the lectures more clearly.
This unit will cease to exist in 2023, but its replacement unit will have an overhaul of the learning material and residential school. More clarity will be provided in the workbook to enable students to relate the practical tasks to the theory.
In Progress
Source: Student Unit and Teaching Evaluations Comments, Self Reflection
Increase weighting of written assessment
This unit will cease to exist in 2023, but its replacement unit will have an overhaul of the assessments, their weightings, value and authenticity.
In Progress
Source: Student Unit and Teaching Evaluations Comments
Lecturer was good, and I enjoyed the tutorials. I learnt more from them than weekly lectures.
This unit will cease to exist in 2023, but its replacement unit will have an overhaul of the learning material, and teaching staff will be allocated to teach to their strengths.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Demonstrate a clear understanding of the structure, organisation, utility and isolation of nucleic acids
- Demonstrate a clear understanding of the principles of gene cloning and sequencing
- Accurately review and evaluate the strategies associated with the transformation of micro-organisms, plants and animals
- Demonstrate safe and efficient laboratory skills in molecular biology
- Demonstrate knowledge on the applications of molecular biology skills to medical molecular biology.
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment | • | ||||
| 2 - Practical Assessment | • | • | • | ||
| 3 - Online Test | • | • | • | • | |
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Communication | • | • | • | • | |
| 2 - Problem Solving | • | • | |||
| 4 - Information Literacy | • | • | • | ||
| 5 - Team Work | • | ||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | • | ||||
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