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Units WILS2002 Semester 2 2020 [Block mode]

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WILS2002: Science WIL Extended Experience

Semester 2, 2020 [Block mode] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney

Overview

This unit offers you an exciting opportunity to demonstrate and build your knowledge and science skills by working with an industry partner. During this extended placement you may be involved in a variety of different industry and client-based projects, which will offer you the opportunity to apply science skills and theories from your course. This will provide you with firsthand experience of how these skills and theories can support the solving of scientific problems in a practical and commercial context, identifying opportunities, developing strategies and designing processes, procedures and management practices in order to help an organisation realise its competitive potential. Assessment in the unit is structured around a reflective journal kept during the placement with a summary submitted at the end, alongside a final presentation which allows you to demonstrate your ability to apply and synthesise concepts in a professional setting.

Unit details and rules

Unit code	WILS2002
Academic unit	Science Faculty
Credit points	6
Prohibitions ?	WILS2001
Prerequisites ?	Credit average across a minimum of 96 credit points of undergraduate study
Corequisites ?	None
Assumed knowledge ?	None
Available to study abroad and exchange students	No

Teaching staff

Coordinator	John O'Byrne, john.obyrne@sydney.edu.au

Type	Description	Weight	Due	Length
Presentation	Post-placement seminar presentation presentation to a non-specialist audience	0%	Formal exam period Due date: 27 Nov 2020 at 23:59 Closing date: 27 Nov 2020	20 minutes
Outcomes assessed:
Assignment	Progress review Brief set of on-line questions	0%	Formal exam period Due date: 27 Nov 2020 at 23:59 Closing date: 27 Nov 2020	15 minutes
Outcomes assessed:
Assignment	PDF of post-placement seminar presentation	0%	Formal exam period Due date: 27 Nov 2020 at 23:59 Closing date: 27 Nov 2020	20 slides
Outcomes assessed:
Assignment	Summary of reflective journal brief post-placement summary of the reflective journal	0%	Formal exam period Due date: 27 Nov 2020 at 23:59 Closing date: 27 Nov 2020	500 words
Outcomes assessed:
Placement	Attendance at placement	0%	Ongoing	around 200 hours (placement dependent)
Outcomes assessed:

Assessment summary

There are 4 elements of assessment, but they centre around 2 things - a reflective journal and a final presentation.

You should start keeping a reﬂective journal to encourage you to develop your understanding of the experience as it occurs. Using this reflective journal, you will need to complete:

a brief mid-placement review consisting of 6 on-line questions, asking you to take a moment to check how your knowledge and skills are progressing,
a brief post-placement summary of the reﬂective journal

Finally,

you will also present a brief post-placement seminar presentation to a non-specialist audience.
A pdf of the slides from the presentation.

Assessment criteria

A final result for the unit will be returned as a grade only - SR = satisfied requirements, or FR = failed requirements. These assessment requirements should be completed by the end of Stuvac in the current semester.

For more information see sydney.edu.au/students/guide-to-grades.

For more information see guide to grades.

Late submission

In accordance with University policy, these penalties apply when written work is submitted after 11:59pm on the due date:

Deduction of 5% of the maximum mark for each calendar day after the due date.
After ten calendar days late, a mark of zero will be awarded.

Academic integrity

The Current Student website provides information on academic integrity and the resources available to all students. The University expects students and staff to act ethically and honestly and will treat all allegations of academic integrity breaches seriously.

We use similarity detection software to detect potential instances of plagiarism or other forms of academic integrity breach. If such matches indicate evidence of plagiarism or other forms of academic integrity breaches, your teacher is required to report your work for further investigation.

You may only use artificial intelligence and writing assistance tools in assessment tasks if you are permitted to by your unit coordinator, and if you do use them, you must also acknowledge this in your work, either in a footnote or an acknowledgement section.

Studiosity is permitted for postgraduate units unless otherwise indicated by the unit coordinator. The use of this service must be acknowledged in your submission.

Learning support

Simple extensions

If you encounter a problem submitting your work on time, you may be able to apply for an extension of five calendar days through a simple extension.  The application process will be different depending on the type of assessment and extensions cannot be granted for some assessment types like exams.

Special consideration

If exceptional circumstances mean you can’t complete an assessment, you need consideration for a longer period of time, or if you have essential commitments which impact your performance in an assessment, you may be eligible for special consideration or special arrangements.

Special consideration applications will not be affected by a simple extension application.

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Weekly schedule

WK	Topic	Learning activity	Learning outcomes
Ongoing	Multiple week placement with the structure determined by the industry partner. Approximate number of hours is a minimum.	Project (200 hr)

Attendance and class requirements

You are required to attend the placement site or work remotely, as ageed with your placement supervisor, for the period of the project.

Study commitment

Typically, there is a minimum expectation of 1.5-2 hours of student effort per week per credit point for units of study offered over a full semester. For a 6 credit point unit, this equates to roughly 120-150 hours of student effort in total.

Required readings

There are no specific prescribed readings for this unit.

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes are what students know, understand and are able to do on completion of a unit of study. They are aligned with the University's graduate qualities and are assessed as part of the curriculum.

Outcomes
Graduate qualities

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

LO1. apply scientific concepts and knowledge, possibly from a range of disciplines, to develop models and solve qualitative and quantitative problems for a company, using appropriate mathematical and computing techniques as necessary
LO2. find and analyse information and data necessary for a task and judge its reliability and significance
LO3. understand and apply the principles of scientific measurement necessary to gather data necessary for a task
LO4. organise and communicate scientific and technical information appropriately through day-to-day interactions and oral and written reporting
LO5. engage in team and group work in pursuing the objectives of a host company
LO6. demonstrate a sense of responsibility, independence, cultural competence and ethical behaviour as a practising scientist in a work environment.

Graduate qualities

The graduate qualities are the qualities and skills that all University of Sydney graduates must demonstrate on successful completion of an award course. As a future Sydney graduate, the set of qualities have been designed to equip you for the contemporary world.

GQ1	Depth of disciplinary expertise Deep disciplinary expertise is the ability to integrate and rigorously apply knowledge, understanding and skills of a recognised discipline defined by scholarly activity, as well as familiarity with evolving practice of the discipline.
GQ2	Critical thinking and problem solving Critical thinking and problem solving are the questioning of ideas, evidence and assumptions in order to propose and evaluate hypotheses or alternative arguments before formulating a conclusion or a solution to an identified problem.
GQ3	Oral and written communication Effective communication, in both oral and written form, is the clear exchange of meaning in a manner that is appropriate to audience and context.
GQ4	Information and digital literacy Information and digital literacy is the ability to locate, interpret, evaluate, manage, adapt, integrate, create and convey information using appropriate resources, tools and strategies.
GQ5	Inventiveness Generating novel ideas and solutions.
GQ6	Cultural competence Cultural Competence is the ability to actively, ethically, respectfully, and successfully engage across and between cultures. In the Australian context, this includes and celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, knowledge systems, and a mature understanding of contemporary issues.
GQ7	Interdisciplinary effectiveness Interdisciplinary effectiveness is the integration and synthesis of multiple viewpoints and practices, working effectively across disciplinary boundaries.
GQ8	Integrated professional, ethical, and personal identity An integrated professional, ethical and personal identity is understanding the interaction between one’s personal and professional selves in an ethical context.
GQ9	Influence Engaging others in a process, idea or vision.

Outcome map

Learning outcomes	Graduate qualities
Learning outcomes

Responding to student feedback

This section outlines changes made to this unit following staff and student reviews.

No significant changes have been made since this unit was last offered.

Additional information

Any questions about your day-to-day work should be directed to your placement supervisor, but for other questions you are welcome to contact the unit coordinator if necessary.

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Additional costs

There are no additional costs for this unit.

Work, health and safety

We are governed by the Work Health and Safety Act 2011, Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 and Codes of Practice. Penalties for non-compliance have increased. Everyone has a responsibility for health and safety at work. The University’s Work Health and Safety policy explains the responsibilities and expectations of workers and others, and the procedures for managing WHS risks associated with University activities.

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Teaching staff

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Assessment summary

Assessment criteria

Late submission

Academic integrity

Learning support

Learning support

Simple extensions

Special consideration

Using AI responsibly

Weekly schedule

Weekly schedule

Attendance and class requirements

Study commitment

Required readings

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes

Graduate qualities

Outcome map

Responding to student feedback

Responding to student feedback

Additional information

Additional information

Additional costs

Work, health and safety

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