BUSN19021 - Project

Showing: 2026 HE Term 1
General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit will provide you with the opportunity to complete a supervised project at an advanced level that relates to your discipline area. You will typically enrol in this unit in the later stages of your course of study, and will only be permitted to enrol in this unit with prior agreement from a discipline supervisor and the unit co-ordinator.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 3
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites Prerequisite: Enrolment in this unit requires approval of the Dean of School, Business and Law

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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026

Term 2 - 2026 Profile
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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).

Assessment Overview

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. Written Assessment 20%
3. Written Assessment 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%).

Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

Past Exams

Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2020 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 75.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 61.54% 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 evaluation
Feedback:
 Improve approval process to enrol

Recommendation:
 A unit update proposal has been approved related to this process and course advisors will be informed of enrolment requirements.

Action Taken:
 The enrollment process is a focus area in the new unit BUSN13004 Professional practice that replaces BUSN19021 Project. The approval process for the students wishing to enroll in the project option of BUSN13004 will no longer involve a minimum pre-requisite GPA.
Source: Student feedback
Feedback:
 The good aspects of the student unit delivery and learning experience should be continued. However, the enrollment process should be improved in the new unit BUSN13004 Professional practice and experience.

Recommendation:
 The enrollment process is a focus area in the new unit BUSN13004 Professional practice and experience which replaces this unit BUSN19021 Project as of term 1 2021. The approval process for the students wishing to enroll in the project option of BUSN13004 will no longer involve a minimum pre-requisite GPA.

Action Taken:
 In Progress
Unit Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate the ability to select a topic suitable for major project work
  2. Justify the project topic based on secondary information searches and preliminary primary research
  3. Formulate project schedules from initial problem definition through to the presentation of final information
  4. Draft and complete proposal, progress and final reports for the project
  5. Develop practical skills of project management through the implementation of a 'real world' project of your choice.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5
1 - Written Assessment • • •
2 - Written Assessment • •
3 - Written Assessment • • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5
1 - Communication • • • • •
2 - Problem Solving • • • •
3 - Critical Thinking • • • • •
4 - Information Literacy • • • • •
6 - Information Technology Competence • • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10
1 - Written Assessment • • • •
2 - Written Assessment • • •
3 - Written Assessment • • • •