IMPORTANT NOTICE TO STUDENTS REGARDING PLACEMENT AND PRACTICUMS

Process needed for students going on placement/practicums.

Where students are undertaking a placement activity in satisfaction of a requirement as part of an approved course of study, prior to being allowed to go on placement, the placement Coordinator will ensure that all of the following requirements have been satisfied.

• The student is enrolled at the University in an approved course of study.

• For insurance purposes, the student is enrolled in the placement subject.

  • Where the placement precedes a teaching period, the student is pre-enrolled.

  • Where the placement is subsequent to a teaching period, the student may undertake the placement on a Result Withheld basis.

• Fees associated with the subject/placement have been paid to the University either in full or in line with an approved payment scheme.

• The placement program is recognised as a course-related activity thereby bringing the activity under Public Liability in-service coverage.

• The student, if working with children, is in possession of a suitability card; or has taken the prescribed steps toward obtaining a suitability card by completion of the relevant application for a working with children check and lodgement with the placement agency for submission to the Commission for Children and Young People.

• The student, if performing a placement as a health care worker, has taken appropriate steps towards compliance with Queensland Health immunisation requirements in accordance with the signed undertaking provided as a condition of enrolment.

CENSUS DATES

A student’s enrolment in a subject is considered to be finalised as at close of business on the last working day on or before the census date.

Students are liable for student contribution amounts, tuition fees or international student fees for subjects in which they are enrolled after the census date for the subject. Withdrawals from subjects must be made, in writing, by the close of business on the last working day on or before the census date.

Government legislation specifies that a student cannot enrol in a subject as a Commonwealth supported student after the census date for the subject.

START DATES AND END DATES

In specific circumstances it is sometimes necessary for the teaching of a subject to start prior to the standard start date of the study period or for the subject to finish after the standard end date of the study period. In instances where this occurs, information on the non-standard start date or end date is provided online via JCU’s subject database on the Courses and Degrees webpage.

Study Periods marked with a plus(+) have non-standard start/end dates. Please refer to the web Handbook for these dates.

SUBJECT CHAINS

Students will notice that some subject titles end in phrases such as “Part 1 of 2” or “Part 3 of 4”. Such subjects form part of a subject chain which is a group of two or more subjects, all of which must be successfully completed in sequence to achieve a passing grade. Before enrolling in the first subject in a subject chain, students should note the following:

• subject codes are numbered sequentially. eg AN4001:12, AN4002:12 (or EA4210:06, EA4220:06, EA4230:06, EA4240:06);

• the subject name indicates where the subject comes in the chain. eg Anthropology Honours Part 1 of 2 and Anthropology Honours Part 2 of 2;

• Part 1 subjects are prerequisites for Part 2 subjects, Part 2 for Part 3 etc;

• the census date and last date for withdrawal without academic penalty for each subject in a chain are those for the study period in which it is offered;

• all subjects in a subject chain are to be completed in sequential study periods;

• students will not be eligible to receive a passing grade until all subjects in the subject chain have been successfully completed;

• upon successful completion of the final subject in a chain, students will receive the same passing grade for all subjects in the chain.

EXAMINATION AND ASSESSMENT

The final assessment for each subject will be due on or before the end date of the study period in which the subject is taught. The last two weeks of Study Periods 1 and 2 are reserved for formal examinations. The week prior to each examination period is reserved for study vacation.

The last two weeks of all other study periods are generally allocated for the completion of assessment.

STUDY PERIODS

All James Cook University subject offerings are assigned to a study period. There are 11 main study periods, numbered from Study Period 1 through to Study Period 11. There are also a number of additional study periods available only to specific teaching locations or disciplines.

Each study period has a designated:

• start date

• end date

• census date

• last date for addition or substitution of subjects without prior approval of subject coordinator

• last date for withdrawal without academic penalty

• date for release of subject results.

Each study period is also allocated to a teaching period. The academic year is divided into two teaching periods. Teaching Period 1 is the first six months of the year and Teaching Period 2 is the second six months of the year. Subjects with a census date prior to 1 July fall within Teaching Period 1 and subjects with a census date on or after 1 July fall within Teaching Period 2.

Study Period	Start Date	End Date	Census Date*	Last date for addition or substitution without approval of subject coordinator	Last date for withdrawal without academic penalty	Date for release of subject results
Main Study Periods
1	03 Mar 2008	27 Jun 2008	04 Apr 2008	07 Mar 2008	28 Apr 2008	14 Jul 2008
2	04 Aug 2008	28 Nov 2008	05 Sep 2008	08 Aug 2008	26 Sep 2008	15 Dec 2008
Other Study Periods
3	02 Jan 2008	29 Feb 2008	25 Jan 2008	08 Jan 2008	28 Jan 2008	17 Mar 2008
4	03 Mar 2008	09 May 2008	28 Mar 2008	07 Mar 2008	04 Apr 2008	26 May 2008
5	28 Apr 2008	27 Jun 2008	23 May 2008	02 May 2008	26 May 2008	14 Jul 2008
6	16 Jun 2008	08 Aug 2008	27 Jun 2008	20 Jun 2008	11 Jul 2008	25 Aug 2008
7	30 Jun 2008	08 Aug 2008	11 Jul 2008	04 Jul 2008	18 Jul 2008	25 Aug 2008
8	04 Aug 2008	10 Oct 2008	05 Sep 2008	08 Aug 2008	08 Sep 2008	27 Oct 2008
9	29 Sep 2008	28 Nov 2008	17 Oct 2008	03 Oct 2008	24 Oct 2008	15 Dec 2008
10	01 Dec 2008	16 Jan 2009	12 Dec 2008	05 Dec 2008	19 Dec 2008	02 Feb 2009
11	01 Dec 2008	27 Feb 2009	19 Dec 2008	05 Dec 2008	09 Jan 2009	16 Mar 2009
Australian Trimester Study Periods (mainly used by JCU Brisbane & Kuala Lumpur)
21	24 Mar 2008	04 Jul 2008	18 Apr 2008	28 Mar 2008	09 May 2008	28 Jul 2008
22	21 Jul 2008	31 Oct 2008	15 Aug 2008	25 Jul 2008	05 Sep 2008	24 Nov 2008
23	17 Nov 2008	06 Mar 2009	12 Dec 2008	21 Nov 2008	09 Jan 2009	30 Mar 2009
24	14 Jan 2008	07 Mar 2008	25 Jan 2008	18 Jan 2008	08 Feb 2008	31 Mar 2008
25	12 May 2008	04 Jul 2008	23 May 2008	16 May 2008	06 Jun 2008	28 Jul 2008
26	08 Sep 2008	31 Oct 2008	19 Sep 2008	12 Sep 2008	03 Oct 2008	24 Nov 2008
JCU Singpaore Trimester Study Periods
51	03 Mar 2008	13 Jun 2008	28 Mar 2008	14 Mar 2008	18 Apr 2008	07 Jul 2008
52	30 Jun 2008	10 Oct 2008	25 Jul 2008	11 Jul 2008	15 Aug 2008	03 Nov 2008
53	27 Oct 2008	06 Feb 2009	28 Nov 2008	07 Nov 2008	12 Dec 2008	02 Mar 2009
54	10 Dec 2007	08 Feb 2008	11 Jan 2008	21 Dec 2007	14 Jan 2008	03 Mar 2008
55	14 Apr 2008	13 Jun 2008	09 May 2008	25 Apr 2008	12 May 2008	07 Jul 2008
56	11 Aug 2008	10 Oct 2008	05 Sep 2008	22 Aug 2008	08 Sep 2008	03 Nov 2008
JCU Singpaore Semester Study Periods
58	03 Mar 2008	27 Jun 2008	04 Apr 2008	14 Mar 2008	25 Apr 2008	21 Jul 2008
59	04 Aug 2008	28 Nov 2008	05 Sep 2008	15 Aug 2008	26 Sep 2008	22 Dec 2008
Beijing Trimester Study Periods
61	21 Jan 2008	16 May 2008	15 Feb 2008	25 Jan 2008	14 Mar 2008	09 Jun 2008
62	19 May 2008	19 Sep 2008	13 Jun 2008	23 May 2008	18 Jul 2008	13 Oct 2008
63	22 Sep 2008	16 Jan 2009	17 Oct 2008	26 Sep 2008	14 Nov 2008	09 Feb 2009
SIMA Singapore Study Periods
71	31 Dec 2007	30 Mar 2008	25 Jan 2008	04 Jan 2008	08 Feb 2008	21 Apr 2008
72	04 Feb 2008	27 Apr 2008	07 Mar 2008	08 Feb 2008	14 Mar 2008	19 May 2008
73	03 Mar 2008	01 Jun 2008	28 Mar 2008	07 Mar 2008	11 Apr 2008	23 Jun 2008
74	05 May 2008	03 Aug 2008	23 May 2008	09 May 2008	13 Jun 2008	25 Aug 2008
75	30 Jun 2008	28 Sep 2008	25 Jul 2008	04 Jul 2008	08 Aug 2008	20 Oct 2008
76	01 Sep 2008	30 Nov 2008	19 Sep 2008	05 Sep 2008	10 Oct 2008	22 Dec 2008
77	29 Sep 2008	28 Dec 2008	17 Oct 2008	03 Oct 2008	07 Nov 2008	19 Jan 2009
78	03 Nov 2008	01 Mar 2009	28 Nov 2008	07 Nov 2008	26 Dec 2008	23 Mar 2009
79	01 Dec 2008	01 Feb 2009	19 Dec 2008	05 Dec 2008	26 Dec 2008	23 Feb 2009
Guangzhou Study Periods
81	24 Dec 2007	15 Feb 2008	11 Jan 2008	28 Dec 2007	18 Jan 2008	10 Mar 2008
82	18 Feb 2008	11 Apr 2008	07 Mar 2008	22 Feb 2008	14 Mar 2008	05 May 2008
83	31 Mar 2008	23 May 2008	18 Apr 2008	04 Apr 2008	25 Apr 2008	16 Jun 2008
84	12 May 2008	04 Jul 2008	23 May 2008	16 May 2008	06 Jun 2008	28 Jul 2008
85	23 Jun 2008	15 Aug 2008	11 Jul 2008	27 Jun 2008	18 Jul 2008	08 Sep 2008
86	11 Aug 2008	03 Oct 2008	05 Sep 2008	15 Aug 2008	08 Sep 2008	27 Oct 2008
87	06 Oct 2008	21 Nov 2008	17 Oct 2008	10 Oct 2008	24 Oct 2008	15 Dec 2008
88	10 Nov 2008	26 Dec 2008	28 Nov 2008	14 Nov 2008	01 Dec 2008	19 Jan 2009
Research Periods
1	01 Jan 2008	30 Jun 2008	04 Apr 2008
2	01 Jul 2008	31 Dec 2008	05 Sep 2008
* Census dates do not apply to international students studying through JCU partnership arrangements (such as ITTI, JCU Brisbane and JCUSingapore). The census dates for these students are as established in the offer contract.

SUBJECT PREFIXES

All subject codes begin with a two-letter prefix signifying the subject area. The subject areas and prefixes are shown below under the faculty to which they belong:

FACULTY OF ARTS, EDUCTION AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Anthropology	(AN)
Archaeology	(AR)
Cinema	(CN)
Chinese	(CI)
Communications	(CU)
Criminology	(CY)
Education	(ED) (HM)
English	(EL) (LC)
French	(FR)
German	(GR)
History	(HI)
Humanities	(HU)
Indigenous Studies	(IA)
Italian	(IT)
Japanese	(JA)
Journalism	(JN)
Political Science	(PL)
Psychology	(PY)
Social Sciences	(SS)
Sociology	(SY)
Welfare Studies	(WS)
Women’s Studies	(WC)

FACULTY OF LAW, BUSINESS AND THE CREATIVE ARTS

Accounting and Finance	(CO)
Business	(BU) (BX)
Communication Design	(GA)
Creative Arts	(CV)
Economics	(EC)
Law	(LA)
Law/Business	(LB)
Music	(MU)
New Media Arts	(NM)
Photography	(PT)
Theatre	(TH)
Tourism	(TO)
Visual Arts	(VA)

FACULTY OF MEDICINE, HEALTH AND MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Anatomy and Histology	(AT)
Biochemistry	(BC)
Biomedical Science	(BM)
Chemistry	(CH)
Genetics and Genomics	(GG)
Health Science	(HS)
Medicine	(MD)
Medical Laboratory Science	(ML)
Microbiology	(MI)
Nursing Science	(NS)
Occupational Therapy	(OT)
Pharmacy	(PC)
Physiology and Pharmacology	(PP)
Physiotherapy	(PS)
Public Health and Tropical Medicine	(TM)
Rehabilitation Science	(RH)
Speech Pathology	(SL)
Sport and Exercise Science	(SP)
Veterinary Science	(TV)

FACULTY OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Aquaculture	(AQ)
Astronomy	(AS)
Biological Sciences	(BS)
Botany	(BT)
Botany/Zoology	(BZ)
Chemical Engineering	(CL)
Civil and Environmental Engineering	(CS)
Computer Systems Engineering	(CC)
Computer Science	(CP)
Earth Science	(EA)
Earth/Environmental Science	(ET)
Electrical Engineering	(EE)
Engineering	(EG)
Environmental Science	(EV)
Geography	(EV)
Information Technology	(CP)
Marine Biology	(MB)
Mathematics and Statistics	(MA)
Mechanical Engineering	(ME)
Physics	(PH)
Science – general	(SC)
Tropical Agriculture	(AG)
Zoology	(ZL)