Course Coordinator:Nicole Reinke (nreinke@usc.edu.au) School:School of Health - Biomedicine
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Blended learning | Most of your course is on campus but you may be able to do some components of this course online. |
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teaching sessions and campuses where this course is usually offered.
This course develops professional and research skills required for a successful career in biomedical science. You will analyse and evaluate scientific research articles, boosting your problem-solving and critical-thinking skills. You will enhance your communication and interpersonal skills by engaging in different methods of scientific communication, discussing ethical considerations in scientific research and providing self and peer assessment. To improve your employability, you will learn to address selection criteria, an essential skill for successful job applications.
Activity | Hours | Beginning Week | Frequency |
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Learning materials – Asynchronous, self-directed online learning modules. | 2hrs | Week 1 | 13 times |
Tutorial/Workshop 1 – On-campus, synchronous interactive workshops | 3hrs | Week 1 | 13 times |
300 Level (Graduate)
12 units
Course Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this course, you should be able to... | Graduate Qualities Completing these tasks successfully will contribute to you becoming... | |
1 | Analyse and evaluate scientific data and scientific literature | Creative and critical thinker |
2 | Communicate science to diverse audiences using written and oral methods. | Empowered |
3 | Generate constructive feedback for self and peer assessment | Creative and critical thinker |
4 | Display organisational and planning skills for effective autonomous and collaborative learning in group work tasks | Empowered |
5 | Develop skills to enhance career planning and employability | Empowered |
6 | Reflect on ethical issues in scientific research. | Ethical |
Refer to the UniSC Glossary of terms for definitions of “pre-requisites, co-requisites and anti-requisites”.
Students must have completed a minimum of 144 units of study and be enrolled in SC355, SC357, SC385, SC302 or SC301.
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Standard Grading (GRD)
High Distinction (HD), Distinction (DN), Credit (CR), Pass (PS), Fail (FL). |
Early feedback will be provided in class from peers and the course coordinator in the week 1, 2, 3 and 4 workshops regarding chosen topics and approaches to all assessment tasks. Formative assessment activities for assessments 1, 2 and 3 will be completed in class. An optional draft assessment can be submitted for feedback for assessment task 3.
Delivery mode | Task No. | Assessment Product | Individual or Group | Weighting % | What is the duration / length? | When should I submit? | Where should I submit it? |
All | 1 | Activity Participation | Individual | 25% | Students will write responses to five selection criteria from one job advertisement. |
Week 5 | Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check |
All | 2 | Activity Participation | Group | 35% | 15 min presentation + 5 min Q+A |
Week 8 | In Class |
All | 3 | Literature Review (or component) | Individual | 40% | The structure and formatting of the article will adhere to the requirements of the Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC). |
Week 13 | Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check |
All - Assessment Task 1:Employability Task | |||||||
Goal: | The goal of this written piece is to provide you the opportunity to reflect on your current skill set by addressing selection criteria for a job that interests you. This is an essential component of successful job applications. |
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Format: | Individual submission of a report. You will search for and identify a job vacancy that you are interested in and would consider applying for after graduation. From the selection criteria or required attributes of the job vacancy selected, you will identify five criteria to address. If you can not currently address the criteria, you should outline strategies to improve your capacity to address the criteria. Further details will be provided on the course Canvas site. |
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Generic Skills: | Communication, Organisation, Information literacy |
All - Assessment Task 2:Presentation of an Original Research Journal Article | |||||||||||||||||||
Goal: | This group presentation aims to assess your ability to critically analyse a scientific journal article and communicate your analyses to a general audience. You will develop skills in group work, reflection, communication and critical literature analysis. |
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Format: | Delivery of a 15 min group oral presentation followed by a 5 min question time. Presentations will be assessed by academics (90% of final mark) and by your peers (10% of final mark). Further details will be provided on the course Canvas site. |
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Generic Skills: | Communication, Collaboration, Problem solving, Organisation |
All - Assessment Task 3:Writing a Literature Review | |||||||||||||
Goal: | This written article aims to assess your ability to analyse, present and communicate scientific data in an essential format for scientific research. You will develop skills in data analysis, communication and critical literature analysis. |
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Product: | Literature Review (or component) | ||||||||||||
Format: | Individual submission of a scientific review article. The topic of the article is driven by your scientific interests and will be confirmed with the course coordinator. The structure and formatting of the article will adhere to the requirements of the Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC). Feedback will be provided on an optional, but highly encouraged, draft submission of your article. Further details will be provided on the course Canvas site. SUBMIT: Draft submission week 11, Final submission week 13 |
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Generic Skills: | Communication, Problem solving, Organisation |
A 12-unit course will have total of 150 learning hours which will include directed study hours (including online if required), self-directed learning and completion of assessable tasks. Student workload is calculated at 12.5 learning hours per one unit.
Please note: Course information, including specific information of recommended readings, learning activities, resources, weekly readings, etc. are available on the course Canvas site– Please log in as soon as possible.
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Academic integrity is the ethical standard of university participation. It ensures that students graduate as a result of proving they are competent in their discipline. This is integral in maintaining the value of academic qualifications. Each industry has expectations and standards of the skills and knowledge within that discipline and these are reflected in assessment.
Academic integrity means that you do not engage in any activity that is considered to be academic fraud; including plagiarism, collusion or outsourcing any part of any assessment item to any other person. You are expected to be honest and ethical by completing all work yourself and indicating in your work which ideas and information were developed by you and which were taken from others. You cannot provide your assessment work to others. You are also expected to provide evidence of wide and critical reading, usually by using appropriate academic references.
In order to minimise incidents of academic fraud, this course may require that some of its assessment tasks, when submitted to Canvas, are electronically checked through Turnitin. This software allows for text comparisons to be made between your submitted assessment item and all other work to which Turnitin has access.
Eligibility for Supplementary Assessment Your eligibility for supplementary assessment in a course is dependent of the following conditions applying: The final mark is in the percentage range 47% to 49.4% The course is graded using the Standard Grading scale You have not failed an assessment task in the course due to academic misconduct
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