Summary Moving from two 12 in 13 week semesters to three 10 week terms 8 week summer semester goes to a five week summer term hence 3 This is not meant to affect the content taught even though we are teaching fewer weeks we are meant to teach the same amount of content ID: 812725
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UNSW3+: What is going on?
Slide2Summary
Moving from two 12 (in 13) week semesters to three 10 week terms
8 week summer semester goes to a five week summer term (hence 3+)This is not meant to affect the content taught, even though we are teaching fewer weeks we are meant to teach the same amount of content.Students study eight courses each year, they chose three in two terms and two in one term.Teaching and Research academics are required to teach two terms each year, education focused academics are required to teach five terms every two years.Less time (four weeks including stuvac and exams) between terms for marking etc.School holidays do not align with university holidaysThis will change absolutely everything about the academic year for everybody!
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Slide3First year course offerings
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Course CodeNameTermsPHYS1111/1149Fundamentals of Physics1, 3PHYS1121Physics 1A
1,
2, 3
PHYS1131
Higher Physics 1A
1, 2, 3
PHYS1141
(Special) Higher Physics
1A
1
PHYS1211
Energy and Environmental Physics
2
PHYS1221
Physics 1B
1, 3
PHYS1231
Higher Physics
1B
1, 3
PHYS1241
(Special)
Higher Physics 1B
2
PHYS1110
Everyday Physics
1,
2, 3
PHYS1160
Astronomy
1, 2, 3
Slide4Second year course offerings
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Course CodeNameTermsPHYS2111Quantum Physics1PHYS2113
Classical Mechanics
and Special relativity
2
PHYS2114
Electromagnetism
2
PHYS2801Atmospheric Science1MATH2069*Mathematics 2A3MATH2089Numerical methods and Statistics1, 2
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Students do
this in T3 of year 1.
It is a pre-requisite for Electromagnetism.
Slide5Third year course offerings
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Course CodeNameTermsPHYS3111Quantum Mechanics2PHYS3112Experimental
and
Computational Physics
1
PHYS3113
Thermal Physics and Statistical Mechanics
1
PHYS3114Electrodynamics3PHYS3115Particle Physics and the Early Universe3
PHYS3116
Astrophysics
3
PHYS3117
Physics Laboratory
3
PHYS3118
Solid State Physics
2
Slide6Other course offerings
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Course CodeNameTermsGENS4008Nuclear arms, Peace and Global Governance2GENS4014Brave new world: Science fiction, science fact and the future
3
PHYS9110
Everyday Physics for teachers
Summer, 3
PHYS9120
Mechanics for teachers
1PHYS9130Electromagnetism for teachers2
PHYS9140
Modern
and Thermal physics for teachers
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Honours
course
work A runs in 1
Honours
coursework B runs in 2
Honours
r
esearch
projects run in 1, 2 and 3
Slide7How this can look to students
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Slide8Dates
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Slide9A note about lecturing allocations
As currently happens all teaching will be allocated by the teaching committee. As part of the process you can request particular courses or a particular term off
but we can not guarantee your request can be accommodated.Note term 2 has the highest lecturing load.8
Slide10School holidays and ARC deadlines
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T1: 18
th
Feb
–
1
st
May
T2:
3rd
June
–
12
th
August
T3:
16 Sep
–
25 Nov
DPs for
2019 close on 21
st
February 2018
We will not have the common break week anymore!
Slide11Science - Physics
Option 1
4 x 1hr
Lec
(9 weeks)
1x2hr Workshop
1x2hr Lab
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Class structure by week
Total hours
Description
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Slide12Science - Physics
Class structure by week
Option 2
Option 3
Total hours
Description
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54
4 x 1hr
Lec
.
1 x 1hr
tute
.
3 x 3hr labs per term
4 x 1hr
Lec
.
1 x 1hr
tute
.
2 x 4hr labs per term
PHYS2111, 2113, 2114
PHYS3111, 3114
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Slide13Option 4
3 x 1hr
Lec. (8 wks) 1 x 4hr labs per week Class structure by week
Total hours
Description
64
Option 5
1 x 4hr labs per week
40
Science - Physics
Class structure by week
Total hours
Description
PHYS3112
PHYS3117
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Slide14Option 6
Science - Physics
2 x 2hr Lec. 1 x1hr Tutorial
2 x 4hr labs per term
Class structure by week
Total hours
Description
58
Option 7
4 x 1hr
Lec
(9 weeks)
1x1hr
Tute
(9 weeks)
45
Class structure by week
Total hours
Description
PHYS3113
PHYS3115, PHYS3116
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Slide15Option 8
4x 1hr
Lec. 4 x 4hr labs per termClass structure by week
Total hours
Description
52
Science - Physics
Class structure by week
Total hours
Description
PHYS3118
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Slide16Non
School and Faculty Review
The “to-be” assessments process will ensure students receive results a week prior to the start of Term 2
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Exams
T2 Teaching
Non teaching period
T1
Study Period
Marking (Assessments and Exams)
Release of results (5pm)
3 days for first
submission deadline post-exams
(
from 5 days
)
2 days
school and faculty review period (from 5 days)
Friday before next teaching period starts
Academic Advising
3 days of supplementary
exams across schools and
faculties
Supplementary Exams
10 days prior last day to add courses (from 13)
Special consideration approval
2019 Term 1
Last day to add courses
“To Be” Process
You have less than three weeks to finalize results
Exam papers will be due in
week 2!!!
Slide17Post-Release Activities
Several enablers
and key considerations
will ensure the execution of the
proposed process
Supp. Exams
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Assessment and Exam Marking
Release of results
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Exams
T2 Teaching
Non teaching period
T1
Study Period
Rw
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Marking
Review
Post
-Release Activities
Enablers
Reduced volume of assessment to be marked (~28% of central exams moving from 3hrs to 2hrs)
Better visibility of “best practice
” marking methods:
Effective use of multiple choice assessment
Coordinated marking workload
Marking pits
E-exams
Review
any opportunities to minimise processing time (ie Moodle into SIMS)
Introduction of university-wide guidelines for school and faculty review
Aligning pre-release activities to “results-reliant” tasks, such as special consideration approval and grade distribution analysis
Availability of central exams team to run supplementary exams
Freeing up advisory resources for the critical advice period
Utilise remote interviews more often to reduce scheduling issues ie phone/Skype
Triage “at risk” students for advisory during the period prior to the course change deadline
Key considerations
Marking
is already considered to be “tight” in the current model
Balancing assessment and exam design for easy marking vs learning outcomes
More structured review and moderation process university-wide
, which will involve a cultural change
Short period for academic/student advisory
Supp. Exams would be ran during teaching period
Supp. Exams results would be released after deadline to add courses
“To Be” Process
Slide18Non
School and Faculty Review
The same process
will
be replicated in each other major term, to ensure consistency throughout the year
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Exams
T3 Teaching
Non teaching period
T2
Study Period
Marking (Assessments and Exams)
Release of results (5pm)
3 days for first
submission deadline post-exams
(
from 5 days
)
2 days
school and faculty review period (from 5 days)
Friday before next teaching period starts
Academic Advising
3 days of supplementary
exams across schools and
faculties
Supplementary Exams
10 days prior last day to add courses (from 13)
Special consideration approval
2019 Term 2
Last day to add courses
“To Be” Process
Slide19Non
School and Faculty Review
In Term 3
, the process will be consistent but release of results will be in January to avoid shutdown
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Exams
Summer Teaching
Non teaching period
T1
Study Period
Marking (Assessments and Exams)
Release of results (9am)*
3 days for first
submission deadline post-exams
(
from 5 days
)
2 days
school and faculty review period (from 5 days)
Academic Advising
Supplementary Exams
2019 Term 3
Christmas
shutdown period
“To Be” Process
Special consideration approval
*This will be reviewed, with the expectation that results will be released pre-Christmas in 2020
Slide20Non
In 2019, the existing summer session
will require a shorter assessments process to avoid overlap with T1
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Exams
T1 (UNSW3+)
Non teaching period
Summer Term (Existing Summer)
Marking (Assessments and Exams)
Release of results (5pm)
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days for first
submission deadline post-exams
(
from 5 days
)
1
day
school and faculty review period (from
3
days)
Academic Advising
Supplementary Exams
2019 Summer Term
Review
Last day to add courses
SC approval
2019 Summer Assessments Process
“To Be” Process
We will not run courses
in Summer 2018/19: Only PHYS9110
Slide21Non
In
2020,
the
UNSW3+
summer session will
involve a smaller cohort and a
shorter assessments
process
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Exams*
T1 (UNSW3+)
NTP
Summer Term (UNSW3+ Summer)
Marking (Ass., Exams)
Release of results (5pm)
1
day for first
submission deadline post-exams
(
from 5 days
)
1
day
school and faculty review period (from
3
days)
Academic Advising
Supplementary Exams
SC approval
2020 Summer Term
Review
Last day to add courses
2020 Summer Assessments Process
“To Be” Process
*It is expected that summer exams will be largely conducted on Day 1 of the allocated period (10/2), which will ensure a 3 day marking period
We will not run courses
in Summer 2018/19: Only PHYS9110
Slide22List Issues that the school will need to address with the introduction of UNSW 3+
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Eg
. Need to find a way for staff to be
able to take leave during school holidays
Professional and technical staff have less time to finalize results or between terms to
repair equipment.
Should we continue to have three lecturers on higher year courses or should
we reduce it to two lectures and a tutor?
Slide23List ways that we can solve the concerns that have been raised
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Eg
. Could we have a slightly formalized “Brownie” point system where people
cover for
each other? This happens unofficially at the moment, is this good
enough?
Can some course materials be put online to save some face-to-face time?
Distribution
of teaching load per higher-year core subject: - Feedback from current students suggests that it may be better to split the teaching (36 lectures + 9 tutorials) into 2 parts rather than the current 3 (although splitting 9 weeks into 2 halves is a bit awkward).
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What do people think about splitting the lecturing between two @ 18 lectures each, and have a third person teach the 9 tutorials? (So, more or less like
what
done in first year.)
Teaching
assistants:
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Short turnaround time may mean we’ll need to hire TAs to help mark higher-year exam papers (and maybe assignments/midsession tests) too.
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Can we use TAs to teach the tutorial classes?
- Should TAs be assigned to people or to courses?