Foundations of Informatics (INFO20002) // Assessment

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• One three-stage project (40% total), comprising of:

Part 1 – Individual – Solving a practical data manipulation problem (10%) due in week 4, requiring 10-12 hours of work. Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) 1 to 5 are addressed in part 1 of the project.
Part 2 – Groups of 3 students – Design and analysis of data representation (10%) due in week 8, requiring 10-12 hours work per group member. ILOs 1 to 5 are addressed in part 2 of the project.
Part 3 – Groups of 3 students – Developing an application that enables the presentation, visualisation, and analysis of data (20%) due in week 8, requiring 20 to 30 hours work per group member. ILOs 1 to 5 are addressed in part 3 of the project.

• One written 2 hour closed book end of semester examination (60%). ILOs 1 to 6 are addressed in the examination. The examination is a hurdle and must be passed to pass the subject

Hurdle requirement: To pass the subject, students must obtain:

• at least 50% of the marks available for the non-examination based assessment
• at least 50% of the marks available for the examination.