Unit Synopsis
This unit will enable you to gain the necessary understanding of the basic principles of the major branches of science that will serve as a foundation for entry into relevant courses such as nursing/health, and related areas. You will develop your knowledge of the fundamentals of chemistry, biology and physics and related mathematical concepts. On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to identify how a fundamental knowledge of these sciences is essential for further developing an understanding of their applications in real-world health related contexts.
Details
| Level | Non-award |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | Not Applicable |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
There are no pre-requisites for the 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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No 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 Non-award 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. Online Quiz(zes) | 20% |
| 2. Written Assessment | 25% |
| 3. Written Assessment | 35% |
| 4. Written Assessment | 20% |
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
All University policies are available on the Policy web site, however you may wish to directly view the following policies below.
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of policies are available on the Policy web site .
Term 1 - 2018 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 88.24% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 29.82% 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: Unit evaluation
Mixed reviews on assessment feedback.
Provide more details on assessments and link to feedback sheets.
More assessment feedback was provided.
Source: Unit evaluation
Positive feedback on assessment format.
Continue to provide interesting and relevant assessment tasks.
Assessments were developed with relevant tasks.
Source: Unit evaluation
Mixed feedback on style of podcasts.
Trial new lecture recordings with a student audience to better gauge students understanding and engagement.
Live lecture recordings for chemistry were added.
Source: Staff feedback
Content relevance.
Review content and schedule, and make adjustments as required, to ensure unit provides a good introduction to Science for the mixed cohort of students.
The biology content was expanded over a longer number of weeks to better reflect the requirements of students for undergraduate preparation. Redundant material (study skills) was removed.
Source: Self-evaluation, feedback from other lecturers, student feedback
Feedback on content in biology Topic module
Revise biology Topic module to increase explanatory detail and expand on essential themes.
In Progress
Source: Unit evaluations
Positive feedback for live lectures used for chemistry Topic module
Consider adding a live lecture component to the unit to improve student experience.
In Progress
Source: Unit evaluations, self-evaluation
Feedback on poor quality of recorded tutorials
Record new tutorials and make sure that sound and vision quality is adequate.
In Progress
Source: Unit evaluations, self-evaluations
Feedback on errors in the study guide
Proofread the study guide and correct typographical errors.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Use basic mathematical concepts to solve scientific calculations.
- Apply fundamental chemistry principles and recognise their applications in health contexts.
- Recall and explain fundamental principles of biology.
- Describe fundamental physics principles and their application in health contexts .
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | • | • | • |
| 2 - Written Assessment | • | |||
| 3 - Written Assessment | • | |||
| 4 - Written Assessment | • | |||
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Self Management | • | • | • | |
| 2 - Communication | • | • | • | |
| 3 - Information Literacy | • | • | • | |
| 4 - Information Technology Competence | • | • | • | |
| 5 - Problem Solving | • | • | • | |
| 6 - Critical Thinking | • | • | • | |
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | |