COM521: Introduction

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Course topics

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Course schedule

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Class discussion

The school strongly encourages in-class discussion, which covers 10% of the final grading. Students are given a discussion forum in all Moodle course pages, and various types of participations will be added to the final mark.

Plz note that only productive discussion activities will be positively marked. If any abusing is found, the student or the group of students will lose all 10% mark.

Final Examination

There will be a take-home final exam with 48 hours, which is usually provided on a friday 2 weeks after the last class.

Refer the sample exam questions for more details.

Grading and evaluation

Final marks will be broken down as below.

80%: Final examination
10%: Problem set submission (not graded - submission w/ reasonable amonnt work is sufficient)
10%: Forum discussion

For business track students, instead of final examination and problem sets, there will be an essay requirement covering 90% of the grading.

Essays are graded based on following criteria.

Critical thinking
Effective use of in-class knowledge
Problem detection and solving in data scientific cases

All essays must not exceed 3,000 words.

Language

All contents must be submitted in English, although the school does not refrain students relying on AI tools for translation.