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The MBC information booklet - RMIT University

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14.54 Student Services<br />

See “<strong>The</strong> Hub” on page 86.<br />

14.55 Study Methods—Ten Commandments<br />

14.55.1 I have not<br />

studied in<br />

Australia, is<br />

the system<br />

different?<br />

14.56 Summer courses<br />

14.56.1 Are there any<br />

summer<br />

courses?<br />

14.56.2 What are the<br />

summer fees?<br />

Chapter 14: Frequently asked questions<br />

1. Attend all lectures and tutorials.<br />

2. Do not let a week go by without having revised what you have studied so that you<br />

have totally cleared up any doubts or misunderstandings. Cramming is<br />

counterproductive. You should contact any/all staff and schedule a formal<br />

appointment to explain your problem. Staff should have a timetable of their<br />

availability. If you have continuing trouble seeing a staff member, inform the Program<br />

Leader. <strong>The</strong>re is no extra charge for arranging to see your lecturer/tutor or lab<br />

demonstrator.<br />

3. Do not be a loner. You need to network and introduce yourself to other class mates<br />

and colleagues. When you have a question and don’t understand something it is<br />

great to discuss it with fellow students first.<br />

4. Do not get too much help from your class mates. Often this ends up with some of you<br />

failing because your work looks too similar. In addition, often one person understands<br />

the material better than another.<br />

5. Never ever rely on past papers as a study technique. <strong>The</strong> exam you will get may be<br />

totally different from previous papers. Past papers are useful to assess how well you<br />

have studied after you have done the revision.<br />

6. Never assume that a topic will not be covered in the exam because the lecturer<br />

hasn’t asked a question on this topic in the last few years, or because the lecturer<br />

only spent 30 minutes on it at the very last lecture. Everything is examinable unless<br />

you are explicitly told that it is not examinable by the lecturer. Attending revision<br />

lectures is critical because you may learn about such useful <strong>information</strong>.<br />

7. If anything happens to you, or is about to happen to you, and this may affect your<br />

performance, it is very important that you inform someone immediately. You can<br />

inform your lecturer, tutor, program advisor, or the Teaching and Learning Advisors<br />

(see page 102) where relevant; it doesn’t matter, but never ever stay silent about an<br />

issue. Sometimes you think the issue will go away; it is still better to inform someone<br />

even though the issue may end up not affecting you. All correspondence will be<br />

treated strictly in confidence.<br />

8. Do not avoid programming as part of a course, even in group work. You will find that<br />

programming almost always adds another dimension to your understanding of the<br />

topic area.<br />

9. Read questions in an exam very carefully. Some people have a habit of seeing key<br />

words and concepts mentioned in a question and simply regurgitating all that they<br />

know about those concepts. This however often does not answer the question. You<br />

may end up with zero for the question. Make sure you read the question carefully and<br />

understand it before answering precisely and to the point.<br />

10. Never spend too much time on one question. Marks are usually allocated according<br />

to the number of minutes it should take to do the question. Plan very carefully.<br />

Yes. You should see http://www.cs.rmit.edu.au/timetables/summer/2006/.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y are the same as normal semester courses. If you withdraw from a course before the<br />

withdrawal deadline, there is no penalty, otherwise, you forfeit the fee.<br />

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