MINE2610 - 6UOC

Mining Services

Undergraduate Course Outline

COURSE DETAILS Units of Credit 6 UoC Contact hours 5 hours per week Class Tuesday, 2:00 – 4:00

Colombo Theatre A

Workshop Thursday, 10:00 – 12:00 Thursday, 12:00 – 2:00

Web 256/ Field work Web 256/ Field work

Course Coordinator and Lecturer

Dr Craig Roberts email: c.roberts@unsw.edu.au office: CE412 phone: 9385 4464

Lecturer A/Prof Linlin Ge email: l.ge@unsw.edu.au office: CE704 phone: 9385 4177

Lecturer Rod Eckels (external lecturer) email: r.eckels@unsw.edu.au office: off campus

INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE This course is fundamental to all other subsequent GMAT courses and for Surveying or GIS students is recommended to be taken in session 1. It will form the basis for all of the GMAT second year courses which will extend the concepts presented. It is an elective course for Mining and for Civil and Environmental Engineering students and an elective for all students in the Faculty of Engineering. It is an elective for Construction and Building Management students from the Faculty of the Built Environment (FBE). FBE students are reminded that trigonometry will be assumed knowledge.

HANDBOOK DESCRIPTION See link to virtual handbook:

www.handbook.unsw.edu.au/undergraduate/courses/2015/GMAT1110.html

OBJECTIVES The aim of this course is to provide a broad overview of the surveying and geospatial engineering industry. The student is exposed to the fundamentals of basic plane surveying such as levelling, angle measurement, distance measurement, field recording of measurements, coordinate and reference systems, terrain representation, satellite techniques for surveying (GPS/GNSS) and applications of these techniques to solve some real world problems. The theory presented in lectures will be reinforced with field practicals, workshop exercises and quizzes. Geographical information systems (GIS) software is introduced and combined with GPS data captured by the student. Satellite remote sensing techniques and cartography for mapping is also presented.

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List of programme attributes:

• An in-depth engagement with the relevant disciplinary knowledge in its inter-disciplinary context • Capacity for analytical and critical thinking and for creative problem solving • Ability to engage independent and reflective learning • Information literacy • Skills for collaborative and multi-disciplinary work • A respect for ethical practice and social responsibility • Skills for effective communication

TEACHING STRATEGIES Three main aspects of teaching will be offered in this course: lectures, workshops and field practicals (labs).

The lectures introduce the course material and are supported by relevant chapters from the reference book for this course (Uren and Price, 5th Ed). All notes can be accessed from the class website on Moodle. Lectures are also available in podcast form via Echo360 and accessible on the Moodle site. It is highly recommended that the student attend all lectures. I will ask questions in the lectures to stimulate debate, deepen your understanding of the topics and to give you some idea of how to apply the theory to real world situations. I encourage student questions and engagement in my lectures. A lot of reading outside of lectures using reference material (see below) is expected.

Workshops (formerly known as tutorials) will support the lectures. Workshop questions can be accessed from the class website. This course is computational in nature and it is very important that the student practice all of the workshop problems prior to the workshop sessions. Lecturers will assume that all students attending have attempted the problems. The problems are very similar in nature to the sort of questions you could expect in the final exam.

Three field practical exercises have been set to help the student appreciate how to apply basic surveying techniques to real world situations. Previous students have found field practicals to be the most rewarding and enjoyable part of the course and for this reason they are compulsory for all students. A doctor’s certificate or other supporting documentation will be needed in the event that a student misses a field practical.

Private Study • Review lecture material and textbook • Do set problems and assignments • Reflect on workshop problems • Download materials from Moodle • Keep up with email notices and find out

marks via Moodle Lectures • Engage with the discipline material

• See methods that are not in the textbook

• Follow worked examples and demonstrations

• Hear announcements on course changes

Workshops • Be guided by lecturers to solve set problems

• Ask questions Assessments (multiple choice questions/quizzes, mid-session test, hand-in field exercises, examinations )

• Demonstrate your knowledge and skills • Demonstrate higher understanding and

problem solving Field Practicals (labs) • Hands-on work, to achieve practical

field work tasks • Prepare concise reports in the field • Practice working in groups • Attempt, fail, learn, repeat, improve

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EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES By the end of this course students should be able to:

Critically assess the quality of geospatial data. Practice some basic field surveying techniques such as handheld GPS and GIS, levelling, and use of a total

station to acquire raw field observations and draw a contour and detail plan of the Physics Lawn. Develop efficient field work practices such as skill with various surveying instruments, forward planning for

survey tasks, production of clear field notes and redundant field checks to ensure accuracy. Undertake basic survey computations from raw field observations to support a range of surveying and

engineering applications such as levelling and terrain representation, area and volume calculations, traversing and construction set out.

Carry out some basic operations using Geographical Information System software. Study the basic theory of cartography, GIS and remote sensing techniques. For each hour of contact it is expected that you will put in at least 1.5 hours of private study.

ASSESSMENT DESCRIPTION Field practicals (labs):

Each student will be a member of a group of 4 (or possibly 3) students. Generally the four (or three) students work together. The groups will be formed during the lectures in Week 1 of the course. Students are free to select their partners. (Students that do not attend the first lecture, or cannot find a partner, will be put in a group by the lecturer.) Students are advised to select their partners very carefully. Uncommitted students may cause erroneous field measurements, may not be present on the day, and may drop out of the course during the session. Make sure that you get the address, phone number, mobile phone number, e-mail address, etc of your partner(s) immediately after the formation of the group.

Group submissions are required for the reports on the field exercises (unless otherwise advised) and are given to the prac supervisor upon completion of the exercise in the field or lab. Late submissions will be penalised. It is expected that all work is divided equally amongst group members. Assessment will consider this at the lecturer’s discretion. As field pracs are compulsory, attendance at the start of practicals (ie during the initial briefing) will be recorded. Late arrivals for practicals will be penalised 10% the first time and 20% thereafter or if more than 15 mins late.

Online Assignment/ Quiz

As the workshops will not be assessed, a series of online quizzes will be given to students to test their knowledge at that stage of the curriculum. Go to http://moodle.telt.unsw.edu.au . More instructions will be given in the lectures. Questions will require some calculation and preparation before a nominated solution can be given. Please note that these exercises are not only assessable but can be seen as revision for the final exam. The workshop questions are the same style as the sort of questions you could expect in the final exam.

Mid-session test:

The mid-session test will be multiple choice and test all material up to and including week 8 (but not the traverse lecture material). Prac 1 & 2, Wkp 1, 2, 3 and lectures 1 – 7 are included.

ASSESSMENT

Assessment for the course includes:

• Practical reports (2) 10% Due at completion of prac • Mid-session test 30% On Monday week 7 • Online assignment/ quiz (2) 10% During session

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COURSE PROGRAM

Wk Week start

LEC TUES 2 – 4

Colombo Theatre A

PRAC / W’SHOP Thurs 10 - 12

See below / Web 256

PRAC / W’SHOP Thurs 12 - 2

See below / Web 256

1 2/3 Introduction, Admin & Overview of surveying

(cr)

2 9/3

L1: Levelling (cr)

Prac 1D – Levelling (re, pz, ug1, ug2)

Survey Store EE G16

Wkp 1C – Levelling (re)

Prac 1C – Levelling (re, pz, ug1, ug2)

Physics Lawn

Wkp 1D – Levelling (re)

3 16/3 L2: Orientation/ theodolites (cr)

L3: Distance I (cr)

4 23/3 L4: Distance II (cr)

L5: Coordinates and Calculations (cr)

5 30/3 L6: Intro to GPS (cr)

Prac 2D – GPS/GIS (cr, pz, ug1, ug2) Surveyors Lawn

then CE 201 Wkp 2C – Angles & Dists (cr)

Prac 2C – GPS/GIS (cr, pz, ug1, ug2) Surveyors Lawn

then CE 201 Wkp 2D – Angles & Dists (cr)

Mid-session break

6 13/4 L7: Mine Surveying(cr) QUAD 1001

Wkp 3C: Mine Surveying (cr) Matthews 312

Wkp 3D: Mine Surveying (cr) Matthews 312

7 20/4 Mid Session Test (cr, yz, pz)

8 27/4 9 4/5 10 11/5 11 18/5

12 25/5

13 1/6

RELEVANT RESOURCES Lecture Material (check the course website):

http://moodle.telt.unsw.edu.au The Powerpoint lecture slides and other documents are available for download as PDF files at the course website. Text and Reference Books Text: Uren, J & Price, WF. "Surveying for Engineers", 5th edition, 2010 (available in bookshop – compulsory to purchase for B Eng(Surveying) students only. Optional for other students) Reference book: - Uren, J & Price, WF. "Surveying for Engineers", 4th edition, 2006 - Schofield, W. "Engineering Surveying", 4th edition, 1993 - Bannister, A., Raymond, S. Baker, R. (1992) Surveying, 6th Edition, Pitman, London. - Kavanagh, B.F. (2003) Surveying: Principles and Applications, 6th Ed, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13- 099582-7

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5.3 Computational Aids Pocket calculators are required during lecturing hours, for workshops, field practicals as well as exams in this course. They have to be hand-held, internally powered and silent. They must be brought to all lectures and practicals. Students may bring their own calculators to the exam but they must be approved calculators. The list of "approved" calculators is the same as that published by the Board of Studies NSW at https://student.unsw.edu.au/exam-approved-calculators-and-computers Students must attain a tamper proof sticker from the Engineering Student Centre to guarantee that their calculator is approved for the final exam.

DATES TO NOTE Refer to MyUNSW for Important Dates available at:

https://student.unsw.edu.au/dates

PLAGIARISM

Beware! An assignment that includes plagiarised material will receive a 0% Fail, and students who plagiarise may fail the course. Students who plagiarise are also liable to disciplinary action, including exclusion from enrolment.

Plagiarism is the use of another person’s work or ideas as if they were your own. When it is necessary or desirable to use other people’s material you should adequately acknowledge whose words or ideas they are and where you found them (giving the complete reference details, including page number(s)). The Learning Centre provides further information on what constitutes Plagiarism at:

https://student.unsw.edu.au/plagiarism

ACADEMIC ADVICE

(Formerly known as Common School Information)

For information about:

• Notes on assessments and plagiarism,

• School policy on Supplementary exams,

• Special Considerations,

• Solutions to Problems,

• Year Managers and Grievance Officer of Teaching and Learning Committee, and

• SurvSOC.

Refer to Academic Advice on the School website available at:

http://www.engineering.unsw.edu.au/civil-engineering/resources/academic-advice

RULES FOR PRACTICAL FIELD CLASSES

If there is light rain field work is on, if rain is heavy then the practical might be postponed. Do not assume a class will be cancelled, attend on time and ask the supervisor. Practical classes take place in a variety of weather. Do not forget umbrellas, water proof jackets, hats, sun cream, sturdy footwear (thongs or sandals are not acceptable and you will be asked to leave and given a mark of zero), warm clothes, etc.

There will be a short briefing session at the start of each practical class. Punctual attendance at the briefing is essential. 10% will be deducted for late attendance. All group members are expected to attend the briefings.

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The practical exercises form an important part of the course. A good deal of time and care has gone into the organisation of these classes to ensure that you get the maximum benefit from the time that you spend and the equipment which is available. Most practicals will be done in groups of students, however the calculations and reports sometimes require individual work unless otherwise directed in the instructions. It is important that each student within a group gets experience in each aspect of each practical.

The location of fieldwork usually takes place on the Physics Lawn. However it will depend on the state of construction on campus. Supervisors will advise you of the site and WHS matters at the briefings. If you have any questions or doubts about a WHS matter discuss it with you supervisor.

Students are required to read the supplied instructions well before the exercise is commenced.

ISSUING OF EQUIPMENT

During the issue of equipment, a large crowd around the survey store causes difficulties for everyone, so one group collects their equipment and the remaining groups should stand well back. A group is responsible for all equipment issued to it.

Students should inspect all equipment and make sure that it is in working order, otherwise you will be held responsible. When returning equipment at the end of the field class, it should be handed back to the Stores Officer, piece by piece, so that it can be checked off. Not until all your equipment has been returned and signed off, does your responsibility end. It is not sufficient to leave the equipment near the store and depart.

Any equipment lost or damaged should be reported to your prac supervisor or store person. In the field, there is less danger of losing items if everything is laid close to an instrument box or in a group where pedestrians can safely bypass it.

INSTRUMENTS

The equipment used in surveying is sometimes delicate and often valuable (> $10,000). Please make sure that you take due care of the equipment and give some thought to the way in which you handle it. The staff member in charge of your class will give detailed instructions about its use. Theodolites and electronic total stations have fragile optical mechanical and electronic components and are delicately adjusted. Shut instrument boxes immediately after removing/replacing the instrument. Do not carry theodolites/total stations (on tripods) over the shoulder. Do not force clamps or any parts to move. Do not over tighten clamps. Please treat instruments with care.

IN THE PUBLIC EYE

It is hoped that students taking part in surveying practicals on the campus will create a favourable impression on passers-by, so behave like professionals. The field classes give you an opportunity to handle interesting equipment and should be a welcome break from lectures. It is hoped you find them enjoyable as well as instructive.

Students should not normally leave the field work location during the practical sessions. However students leaving the field for short periods must ask another student to look after their equipment and must inform the student (and the supervisor, if present) of their time of return. No equipment is to be left unattended in the field at any time.

SUBMISSION OF REPORTS ON PRACTICAL WORK

Time: Reports will generally be submitted at the completion of the exercise. Make sure your supervisor signs your submission. Late submissions will not be marked, unless accompanied by an appropriate reason.

Contents of Reports: Your report should have a front/title page (or at least a clear group number and all members of your group who were present for the practical exercise), then a summary of results page, then the rest of the report including computations and plans. Reports may consist of original field notes or a photocopy of the originals, but not rewritten field notes. The requirements for each practical will be discussed at the briefings before the practicals, if in doubt ask the supervisor. The front cover of all submissions should include: Course No. and Name, Group number and names of students in the group, Title of Exercise. Make it easy to mark!!

Field Notes: All field notes must be recorded on proper field sheets usually available as part of the practical instructions and downloaded from the class website. On the first page of your notes for a particular exercise the following information should be given: Title of Exercise, Date, Names of students present in the group, Instrument serial number and Make of instruments used.

Field notes should be written neatly and not overcrowded. Pens or pencils may be used but pencils are recommended in wet conditions. Use tables where possible and draw neat sketches or diagrams where applicable. You should

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include a locality sketch plan. Overwriting is not permissible in the field sheets and wrong figures or words should be crossed and the true value written above it and initialled by the booker whose name must appear at the top of each page. NEVER EVER USE LIQUID PAPER OR SIMILAR ON FIELD NOTES.

At the end of the exercise original field notes should be presented to a supervisor for signature. PLEASE DO NOT REWRITE FIELD NOTES TO LOOK PRETTY. There is a danger of transcription errors. It is better to see slightly messy ORIGINAL field notes than pretty BUT possibly erroneous field notes with no way of detecting an error.

Computations: Computations must be done individually by every member of the group. The Group No., Name of a student, Date of exercise and Title of exercise should be shown. There is no need to show in the computation sheet all observed quantities as they are in the field notes. Tabular form must be used as much as possible. Formulas used must be shown, and symbols or letters used explained.

I hope you enjoy your first exposure to the world of Surveying and Geospatial Engineering and consider enrolling in other GMAT courses in your Program at UNSW.

Craig Roberts, February 2015

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FACULTY of Engineering

SCHOOL of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications

MINE2610

Mining Services (Electrical Engineering Component)

Session 1, 2015

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Mining Services (Electrical Engineering Component) COURSE INTRODUCTION – Session 1 2015 Course staff (Electrical) Lecturer/Tutor: Dr Ray Eaton, Room 107, E-mail: r.eaton@unsw.edu.au Lab demonstrators: TBC

Consultations: Please contact the course lecturer, Dr Eaton, either by e-mail or face-to-face consultation. A consultation time for MINE2610 with Dr Eaton will be confirmed from Week 8. Dr Eaton will also be available via email. ALL email enquiries should be made from your student email address; otherwise they will not be answered.

Course details

Credits (UOC) Course MINE2610 is 6 UOC course. The expected average workload for the electrical engineering component age is approximately 10-12 hours per week from Week 8-13.

Contact Hours: Lectures: Pre-recorded video lectures provided. Lecture time used for tutorial and problem

solving support. No additional face-to-face lectures required. Tutorials: Tues 2pm-4pm RedC M032 (TBC) Week 8-13 Laboratories: Tues 4pm-6pm Rm EE113

Wed 4pm-6pm Rm EE113 Week 9-13

No other contact hours required for the Electrical Engineering part of the course.

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Course Information

Context and aims MINE2610 (Electrical) is an introduction to Electrical Engineering. It gives an overview of the fundamental aspects of electrical engineering. The course provides an introduction to electrical principles and provides basic technical skills to analyse simple practical circuits. In the practical section it provides experience in analysing simple circuits. It is packaged in such a way that students, having taken this course, can recognise, identify and analyse relevant practical, useful circuits and devices afterwards.

Course Objectives: At the end of the course you should be able to: (a) Have an overview of what can be achieved with electrical engineering. (c) Understand elementary concepts of electrical engineering and circuits, and their analysis. (d) Be familiar with basic laboratory equipment, safety and techniques to measure electrical

quantities.

Pre-requisites: There are no pre-requisites for this component of MINE2610.

Assumed knowledge: Working knowledge of basic mathematics including differentiation and integration techniques.

Student learning outcomes After the successful completion of the course, the student will be able to

• Have an understanding of the breadth of Electrical Engineering. • Use Kirchhoff’s laws, circuit theorems and node voltage methodology to solve simple

circuits, • Solve simple 1st order transient circuits. • Apply simple steady state sinusoidal analysis to circuits. • Demonstrate a basic understanding of transformer operation. • Demonstrate a basic understanding of electric machines.

Contribution of course to graduate attributes: § Development of knowledge and a basic understanding in the main areas of electrical

engineering. § Development of analytical and critical thinking (via laboratory work and creative problem

solving). § The ability to engage in independent and reflective learning, which is addressed by the

laboratory exercises. Please refer to http://www.eng.unsw.edu.au/hs/graduate-attributes for more information about graduate attributes.

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Teaching strategies The teaching in this course aims at establishing a good fundamental understanding of the areas covered by using

• Lectures provided as pre-recorded videos. • Tutorials which allow for exercises in problem solving and allow time for students to

resolve problems in understanding of lecture material and • Laboratory sessions which support the formal lecture material and also provide the

student with practical construction, measurement and debugging skills. Course schedule (Week 8-13) Lectures = 3 hrs/week equivalent, Tutorial = 1 hr/week equivalent (from Week 9) Labs = 2 hrs/weeks(from Week 9) Indicative lecture schedule over 6 weeks:

Period Lecture Set No Summary of Lecture Program

Week 8 1 Introduction, Circuit Basics Overview + Lab Safety. Week 8 2 Kirchhoff’s laws, Series & Parallel Week 9 3 Node Equations & Circuit analysis Week 9 4 Power & Energy

Week 10 5 Power factor Week 10 6 Introduction to inductors and capacitors Week 11 7 Introduction to alternating current Week 11 8 Transformers Week 12 9 Electric Machines

Lectures The electrical engineering part of the course will be delivered using pre-recorded video lecture presentations. You will need to watch these video lectures in your own time before the tutorials and labs. Advantages of the video recordings are:

• You will be able to watch them at your own pace. • You can revisit the lecture content as many times as you like. • Things that you might miss in a normal live lecture (e.g. difficult mathematical concepts)

are available on the recording.

Note that not all video recordings will be released at once. Upon downloading and viewing a set of lectures, students will be required to undertake a small quiz on Moodle to gain feedback on their understanding. These quizzes ARE assessable and WILL contribute to your final grade. They are to ensure that students are viewing the lecture recordings. Laboratory Students are required to attend laboratory in from Week 8 to Week 13 as outlined in the Contact hours on Page 3. Laboratory attendance WILL be kept, and student MUST attend at least 80% of labs. Students must view the safety lecture and sign the lab safety declaration form before being allowed to undertake the labs from Week 8. The safety lecture and declaration form can be obtained via Moodle.

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Tutorials Students are required to attend tutorials from Week 8 to Week 13 as specified in the Contact hours on Page 3. Tutorials are not in place as another form of lecture. It is important that you come to tutorials prepared. The tutorials will be run in the designated lecture time and will be used as problem solving sessions after the viewing of lecture material. Note that no marks are awarded directly for any part of the tutorial program in this course. However, they should still be treated as an important aspect of the course, not to be taken lightly. There are two components of the tutorial program:

1. Sets of problems are provided to give the student personal practice in solution and understanding. These problems will be related to recent lecture material with an emphasis on the basic concepts.

2. Demonstrations of important problem solving techniques by tutors.

Assessment (Electrical Engineering component only) You are expected to view all lectures and attend all tutorials, labs and quizzes, in order to maximize learning. It is a UNSW requirement that you attend at least 80% of your classes. It is important to prepare your tutorial questions in advance of attending the tutorial classes. You must prepare well for your laboratory classes, and will be tested on this preparation at the beginning of each lab exercise. In addition to the lecture notes, you should read relevant sections of the recommended text. Reading additional texts would further enhance your learning experience. Group learning is also encouraged.

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Activity Assessment (As % of EE part)

Laboratory Practical Experiments 10% On-line Fortnightly Quizzes Held at the end of Week 9, 11, 13 worth 15% total.

15%

Final written examination 75% TOTAL 100%

As shown in the table above, there are three components to the overall assessment, namely:

1) Laboratory assessment: after completing each experiment, your work will be assessed by the laboratory demonstrator. You have to attend at least 80% of the labs AND attain a pass assessment in labs.

Students must hand in a signed safety form before starting the practical laboratory component. If a student attends laboratory sessions without having submitted a signed safety form the marks for those labs will be zero.

A satisfactory performance in the laboratory component is a necessary requirement to pass this course. This means that even if you score 100% on the final written examination and on the quizzes, you will not pass the course if your laboratory assessment is not satisfactory. In Summary to pass the laboratory component and therefore the course you MUST do all of the following:

• Hand in a signed Safety Form.

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• You must attend all of the lab classes including. • Obtain a pass mark average for the laboratory experiments.

2) Quizzes: the lecture videos will be split up into approximately 3 “sets”, each being

associated with a small online quiz. Quizzes must be taken at the end of Weeks 9, 11, and 13, and will be available for 2-3 days only. Students must obtain a minimum mark of 70% to be able to gain access to the next set of lecture videos. Note: Negative Marks

• The quizzes will attract negative marks for incorrect answers or guessed answers.

There is no limit to how many times each quiz may be attempted to achieve the 70% minimum. However the mark which contributes to the final grade will be taken as the maximum of the first and second attempt only.

3) Final examination: the final exam will be a closed book 2 hour exam. In principle, the

examination may cover any aspect of the course that has been presented in lectures, tutorials and/or laboratories. You MUST pass the final exam to pass the subject.

Note: For all class assessment tasks ie Laboratory and quizzes, if the student is unable to attend for medical or other serious reasons (e.g. a death in the family) the student must apply for special consideration. If the assessment task is greater than 20% then this must be done at Student Central, otherwise via the course convener. ALL relevant documentation (e.g. medical certificates) must be presented within 3 days of the assessment. If this is not done within the required time period then no consideration will be given. In the case of missing a quiz for one of the reasons above, the assessment will most likely be carried over to the final exam ie the final exam will become a higher % of the assessment. Please note that application for special consideration does not guarantee that it will be granted! Note: For repeat students who have a laboratory exemption, the laboratory exam mark from the previous years WILL NOT be counted again, but the final examination will be worth a higher % of their final mark. A laboratory exemption is only available on application before the end of Week 7 (forms available from School of EE&T Office), and is only available to students who had a satisfactory laboratory assessment. All other students who have previously failed this course are expected to attend at their scheduled laboratory times and to repeat all aspects of the laboratory. How to fail this course The following points may be read in a light-hearted manner if you are certain that they never apply to you. However, it is a sad fact of life that there are too many students who get caught out by their attitude to study only to find that a failure in this course has severely affected their progress in the degree program. Read carefully. Be aware of any such bad habits and take appropriate action while there is still time.

1) Plan my time badly. There is plenty of time before the next test, exam or deadline for a report.

2) Don't bother to view lectures; a print-out of the slides is just as good.

3) There is no need for me to prepare for the next laboratory as I can always use the first half of the laboratory period for that purpose.

4) There is no need to actually involve myself in the lab, my partner can do most of the work.

(Remember the lab test is done individually not as a group!)

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5) There is no need to try any of the set problems at the moment as I shall easily understand

the solutions when I download them later in the Session. Better still, my friend may already have done the download and print!

6) I may forget to turn up, or better still, I shall turn up at the wrong place and/or time, for a

test or examination.

7) There is no need to plan my time in other courses; I can always catch up by skipping this course for a couple of weeks.

Academic honesty and plagiarism

What is Plagiarism? Plagiarism is the presentation of the thoughts or work of another as one’s own.* Examples include: • direct duplication of the thoughts or work of another, including by copying material, ideas or

concepts from a book, article, report or other written document (whether published or unpublished), composition, artwork, design, drawing, circuitry, computer program or software, web site, Internet, other electronic resource, or another person’s assignment without appropriate acknowledgement;

• paraphrasing another person’s work with very minor changes keeping the meaning, form and/or progression of ideas of the original;

• piecing together sections of the work of others into a new whole; • presenting an assessment item as independent work when it has been produced in whole or

part in collusion with other people, for example, another student or a tutor; and • claiming credit for a proportion a work contributed to a group assessment item that is greater

than that actually contributed.† For the purposes of this policy, submitting an assessment item that has already been submitted for academic credit elsewhere may be considered plagiarism. Knowingly permitting your work to be copied by another student may also be considered to be plagiarism. Note that an assessment item produced in oral, not written, form, or involving live presentation, may similarly contain plagiarised material. The inclusion of the thoughts or work of another with attribution appropriate to the academic discipline does not amount to plagiarism. Resources on plagiarism and academic integrity can be can be located via:

https://student.unsw.edu.au/plagiarism

The Learning Centre also provides substantial educational written materials, workshops, and tutorials to aid students, for example, in: • correct referencing practices; • paraphrasing, summarising, essay writing, and time management; • appropriate use of, and attribution for, a range of materials including text, images, formulae

and concepts. Students are also reminded that careful time management is an important part of study and one of the identified causes of plagiarism is poor time management. Students should allow sufficient time for research, drafting, and the proper referencing of sources in preparing all assessment items. * Based on that proposed to the University of Newcastle by the St James Ethics Centre. Used with kind permission from the University of Newcastle † Adapted with kind permission from the University of Melbourne.

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Resources for students

Course web site The course web site is Moodle. You will need your student z-pass to log on. It is important that you check Moodle several times per week. It serves as the class notice board where all important messages about this particular course are posted. In addition, students can download lecture notes, lab notes, tutorial handouts and other course-related materials. Also, links to some useful web sites are provided. As the course progresses, students’ marks from assessments such as labs and the quizzes are available for personal viewing on this website.

Recommended Text(s): “Electrical Engineering Principles and Applications” Allan R Hambley, Prentis Hall. Further Text(s) and Reference(s): The reference books provide further reading in electrical engineering as well as a detailed treatment of circuit theory and digital circuits.

1) Alexander & Sadiku, Fundamentals of Electric Circuits, McGraw Hill.

2) L.S. Bobrow, Elementary Linear Circuit Analysis, Oxford, 1987 [P621.3192/106].

3) R.L. Boylestad, Introductory Circuit Analysis, 9th Edition, Prentice-Hall, 2000 [PQ621.3815/198].

4) J.R. Cogdell, Foundations of Electrical Engineering, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall, 1990

[P621.3/198].

Course improvement

This course is continually under review and constructive student feedback is always valued. Periodically student evaluative feedback on the course is gathered, using among other means, UNSW's Course and Teaching Evaluation and Improvement (CATEI) Process. Student feedback is taken seriously, and continual improvements are made to the course based in part on such feedback.

Administrative Matters It is important that students familiarise themselves with all the School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications policy and procedures. These are available on the School website: http://www.egineering.unsw.edu.au/electrical-engineering