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General Information |
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Programme Duration and Academic Dates |
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Terminology |
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Disability Policy |
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Study Tips |
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Timetable and Lecture Locations |
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Assessment |
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Exams |
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Grading Scheme |
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Teaching Philosophy and Methodologies |
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Noticeboards |
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Graduation Details |
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Policy on Unsatisfactory Academic Progress |
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Information on Courses and Online Forums |
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Course Content, Objectives and Expected Outcomes - Course Web Sites |
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Forums |
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Course Handouts |
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Information on Laboratories and Computer Systems |
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Laboratories |
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After Hours Access |
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Help with the Computer Systems |
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Handing in Assignments: Subversion and Automark |
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Programme Duration and Academic Dates |
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The Bachelor of Computer Science and the Bachelor of Computer Science (Software Engineering) are three years of full time study. The Bachelor of Engineering (Software Engineering) is four years of full time study. |
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The Masters of Information Technology is 1.5 years of full time study. The Masters of Computer Science and the Masters of Software Engineering are two years of full time study. |
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Academic Dates |
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Terminology |
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You are enrolled in a programme, for example the Bachelor of Computer Science, or the Masters of Information Technology. You will study individual courses within your programme, for example Computer Science 1A, or Operating Systems. |
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Disability Policy |
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Students with a disability have the same right to study at University as everyone else. Students with disabilities have the right to reasonable adjustment to learning and assessment in order to minimise the impact of their disability or medical condition. The University of Adelaide provides a range of support services for students with a disability. |
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Support Services |
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Study Tips |
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The contact time for each course can vary, depending often on whether practical work is required. However, you should view your program as a full time job and expect to spend around 35-40 hours per week at your studies. Above all, you need to learn to manage and organise your time. It is essential to develop a semester plan outlining assignment deadlines, presentations and tests, as well as a weekly plan, which incorporates continuous revision and reading. The best advice for students is to work steadily throughout the year. |
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Attendance at lectures is highly recommended although it is not compulsory. You will benefit greatly from attending lectures. Further, sometimes information which is necessary for you to complete your studies is only provided in lectures. |
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The Barr Smith Library provides a collection of study resources and writing guides for Computer Science. |
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Barr Smith Library Guide for Computer Science |
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Timetable and Lecture Location |
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You can obtain a personalised timetablefrom Access Adelaide, where you are able to view and amend your University record. |
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Access Adelaide |
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Assessment |
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Assessment is generally by practical assignments and written reports (30%) and examination (70%). Details for each course are provided in each course outline. |
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You will need to make a reasonable attempt at all assignments. Failure to do so may result in your final mark being capped at 44 Fail, under the Minimum Performance Rule. |
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Feedback from assignments will vary in format throughout your programme of study, ranging from detailed individual feedback, in-class postmortems of assignment solutions, online summaries of assignment results to instantaneous automated results. The feedback format for your assignments will vary throughout your programme of study |
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The Minimum Performance Rule |
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Of the 100 marks in your final result, typically there are two components, the exam and the coursework. In a typical course: |
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- a maximum of 70 marks comes from the exam, and
- a maximum of 30 marks comes from the assignments, however
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your final mark for the course will be capped at 44 Fail unless you achieve at least 40% of the available marks for each assessment component. This means that you cannot pass the course, even if you do really well in one of the exam, unless you achieve at least 40% of the marks available for assignments. |
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To pass, you must obtain a passing mark overall and achieve at least 40% of the available marks in all of the course components. |
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Late Penalties |
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We encourage you to submit all assignment work on time, and to plan ahead so that you have enough time to complete your work. Typically, the maximum mark that can be awarded will reduce by 25% for each day or part day late. Assignment work submitted 4 or more days late will receive 0 marks (but you should still hand it up). |
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Extensions |
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You may be granted medical or compassionate extensions for a piece of assessment. You must provide supporting evidence, such as medical certificates or counseling service letters. You should also apply for extensions as soon as you are aware that there might be a problem and you must apply for an extension before the assignment deadline passes! Extension requests should be made to the course coordinator for the course. |
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You will normally only receive an extension equivalent to the number of days covered by your documentation. Don’t expect to get an extra week because you lost a day. |
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Plagiarism |
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Plagiarism, Collusion and related forms of cheating are treated as serious matters within the School of Computer Science, and the wider University community. You must submit your own work (no sharing of code) and clearly identify others' appropriate contributions. Penalties are applied to all parties involved in the plagiarism, regardless of who copied whom. Penalties start at receiving 0 for the assignment, and can include receiving 0 for the course or being expelled from the University. |
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The majority of students who resort to cheating do so because they are running behind time on assignments or are too embarassed to seek help from a staff member. Please start your assignments early and, if you have questions, seek out a lecturer, tutor or prac demonstrator once you realise that you are having difficulty making progress. You will learn much more by doing all of your work yourself and will have better knowledge and higher marks. |
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We strongly advise that you read the University policies on plagiarism and cheating. If you have any questions regarding the policies please see your lecturer. |
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University policies on Plagiarism and Cheating |
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Guide to Assessment for Students unfamiliar with Australian Universities |
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Barr Smith Library Computer Science Writing Guides |
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Questions regarding your Grades |
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If you believe that you have been awarded an incorrect grade, you must see the lecturer in charge of the course in the first instance. If you are unsatisfied with the response of the lecturer, you should make an appointmentto see the Assessment Coordinator, Dr Nick Falkner. |
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Exams |
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The examination timetable and location information are available from the University exam website. |
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All examination results will be posted on Access Adelaide a few hours after the examiners meeting where they are finalised. The administrative staff will not provide information regarding examination results or details of when they will be available. Enquiries regarding when results may become available should be directed to the course forums. |
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Notification of supplementary exam offers will be made via Access Adelaide |
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University of Adelaide Exam Site |
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Faculty of ECMS Supplementary Examination Policy |
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Access Adelaide |
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Course Forums |
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We encourage you to review your marked exam script after the exam period. This will help you understand the exam process, review the material and improve your exam results in later courses. |
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Exam Script Viewing Policy |
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Grading Scheme |
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The grading scheme used for all undergraduate courses in the School is: |
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- High Distinction: 85-100%
- Distinction: 75-84%
- Credit: 65-74%
- Pass: 50-64%
- Conceded Pass: 45-49%
- Fail: 0-44%
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The grading scheme used for all postgraduate courses in the School is: |
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- High Distinction: 85-100%
- Distinction: 75-84%
- Credit: 65-74%
- Pass: 50-64%
- Fail: 0-49%
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Details of the level of achievement expected for each grade are as follows: |
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Teaching Philosophy and Methodologies |
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As students, your learning is your own responsibility. Staff will assist you in your learning and provide the help that you need to achieve your goals. You have to ensure that you seek and use the resources available to facilitate your learning. |
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Most courses utilise a lecture/tutorial/practical format. Lectures provide an opportunity for lecturers to explain concepts to, and lead discussions with, the whole class. Tutorials provide an opportunity to work in small groups and discuss concepts in more depth. Practical sessions enable students to apply their knowledge in solving practical problems. Some practical sessions are supervised, enabling students to test the application of their knowledge in a guided environment. |
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Noticeboards |
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The School's noticeboards are used for important notices. student should regularly consult both the forums and the noticeboards. |
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- The Level 1 and Level 2 noticeboards are outside the Flentje lecture theatre.
- The Level 3 noticeboard is outside the tutorial room 2053.
- The Honours and Masters noticeboard is outside tutorial room 2053.
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Graduation Details |
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Information about graduations can be found at: |
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University of Adelaide Graduations Website |
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Policy on Unsatisfactory Academic Progress |
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University of Adelaide Policy Site on Unsatisfactory Academic Progress |
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Course Content, Objectives and Expected Outcomes - Course Web Sites |
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The School provides a course web site for each course. These web sites are maintained by the lecturers of each course and are intended to provide a central repository for all course materials including electronic copies of all handouts. Each course website details the course content, objectives and expected outcomes. |
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Course Web Sites |
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Forums |
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Each course includes a forum that will be used by the lecturers to notify students of important events. It is also an important tool students can use to ask questions on the material discussed in courses or to clarify issues relating to assignment specification etc. Please ensure messages posted to the forums are well thought out and do not contain any language that may be considered offensive or threatening. In many cases, if you read previous posts to a forum you may find your question has already been asked and answered. |
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When you first view the forum for a course, you will be asked to enrol in that course. This simply means that you are enrolling in the forum and can now view and participate in discussions related to that course. It does not mean that you are enrolling in that course and does not change your University record. |
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Course Forums |
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Course Handouts |
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All handouts provided by lecturers are available on individual course web sites. Handouts are not available from reception. |
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Course Web Sites |
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Laboratories |
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The School of Computer Science provides a range of laboratories for its students. These laboratories are managed by ITS; if you require technical assistance in any of the laboratories you should contact your practical supervisor (for supervised laboratory sessions). Further instructions on how to deal with technical difficulties are posted in each laboratory. |
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The School provides the followng laboratories: |
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- Level 1 students can use the laboratories in rooms 1063 and 1062.
- Level 2 and 3 students can use the laboratory in room 1060 and the 2nd/3rd year laboratory on Level 2 (across from reception).
- Masters of Information Technology students can use the MIT lab in room 1059.
- Honours students can use the laboratories in rooms 2046 and 2044c.
- Masters of Computer Science and Masters of Software Engineering students can use the laboratories in rooms 2046 and 2044c.
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More Information on Laboratories |
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After Hours Access |
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Each laboratory is available 24-hours a day. You may need to use your swipe card to access your laboratory after hours. |
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Help with the Computer Systems |
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You will be expected to use different software applications in your courses. Information about these software packages is available online under information for current students |
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General Information for Students |
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Handing in Assignments: Subversion and Automark |
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In many Computer Science courses you will be requred to use a version-control system, called Subversion (svn), coupled with an automatic marking system. SVN is a package that helps keep track of documents. SVN is especially useful for helping you: |
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- work from home
- rescue old versions of document, and
- work on group projects
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You will not be expected to use SVN in Computer Science 1A. |
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Details about SVN will be given out in lectures, and in instruction pages for practical assignments. However, you are also expected to learn about SVN for yourself. Our local guide for SVN is a good place to start. Our web-based automatic marking system harvests your assignment files from SVN and, in more assignments, gives you instant feedback and allows you to submit assignment attempts multiple times to improve your mark. |
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SVN Instructions |
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Automatic Marking System |
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