Edith Cowan University

Faculty of Business & Law

Orientation: a virtual tourWhat you need to know

About the Faculty of Business & Law

University Council

Vice Chancellor

Deputy & Pro-Vice Chancellors

Business & Law

Health, Engineering

& Science

Education & Arts

Regional & Professional

Studies

Joondalup Campus:Building 2

Mount Lawley Campus:Building 10

Faculty of Business & Law

Which school are you?

School of Business School of Law & Justice

• Accounting• Finance• Economics• Management • Leadership• Human Resource Management• Hospitality and Tourism• Sport, Rec and Event Management• Management of Information Technology & Systems• International Business• Marketing• Sport

• Criminology and Justice• Law• Business Law• Forensics and Planning

Getting ready for your first day

ECU Student Guide 2013

Important pocket guide to essential information, campus maps, student life and Faculty information.

Collect your copy from Student Central or download at:

http://www.ecu.edu.au/new-students/additional-information/student-guide

Planning your course

• It’s important to complete units in a logical order

• Make sure to visit the Student Information Office for help with planning your course

• Joondalup: Building 6

• Mount Lawley: Building 10

Course Planner

SIMO

Download your class timetable from SIMO.

Know your class schedule.

Student email

Your ECU student email account is the preferred

means of communication.

Important information such as admin related issues, fees invoice

availability, exams and cut off dates will be sent

to your ECU email.

It is essential that you check your email

regularly.

Blackboard

Blackboard is an important tool that will allow you to access lecture notes, handouts from tutorials, and other important information.

You can also access the Academic Skills Centre timetable from Blackboard.

Room numbers

Room numbers will be listed on your timetable and usually provide the campus, building number and room number.

For example:

JO.02.145

Campus Building Level Room

Student Central – Building 18

• Cashiers• Parking Permits• Change of address • Deferral information• Enrolment

information

Parking

Parking permits are available from Student Central or Online.

As students, you are required to

park in the RED ZONE only.Daily and weekly parking scratchies are available from the ECU Shop and Food Outlets at $3.00/day or $6.00/week

What will you need?

Building 31

Multimedia

eLab

ECU shop

Building 31: E-lab

E-lab:Provides you

with state of the art computer technology.

Building 31: Shop

ECU Joondalup Shop:

Your local and friendly textbook suppliers.

They also have a great range of fiction books and ECU

merchandise.

Building 31: Multimedia

Multimedia:For all your library card, SmartCard and multimedia

equipment needs.

Key Factors of Success at Uni

Invest time on task Regularly attend Balance their commitments Develop a social network Have a clear reason or goal Engage with the online

environment Have some measure of

academic self confidence

Lecturers & tutors

• A lecturer is someone who presents material in a lecture format, usually to a large class

• A tutor facilitates learning and discussion in a tutorial session, usually with a smaller group of students

• Your lecturer or tutor’s contact details can be found on Blackboard

• If you need to contact them, plan ahead. They are often teaching, and therefore not in the office

FBL Academic Skills Centre

• Academic writing

• Researching

• English Language support

• Presentations

• Exam preparation

• And other academic skills

Contact: fbllearning@ecu.edu.au

Joondalup campusBuilding 2, Room 133

Mount Lawley campusBuilding 10, Room 112

• A range of academic skills resources can be found on the FBL Academic Skills Centre Blackboard page

• Access the workshop timetable, as well as help sheets covering common topics

• There are some help sheets in your pack to get you started

Find us on Blackboard

Other important stuff

Standard Semester 2 important dates

*Please consider these dates prior to booking holidays

Unit Withdrawal Without Financial Penalty

31 August 2013

Unit Withdrawal Without Academic Penalty

7 October 2013

Exam Period 11 - 22 November 2013

Deferred Exams 9 - 13 December 2013

Student Information Office JO Building 6ML Building 10

• Course advice

• Course planners

• VIP (Virtual Information Pack)

• Enrolment issues

• Re-enrolments

• Resume a course if you defer

• Time requirements

• Major selection forms

• Boards of Examiners

• Supplementary exams

• Any concerns you have about UniLife

Join us on Facebook!

• Find help and support• Keep up-to-date with news• RSVP to Faculty events• Find friends in the Faculty• Get the latest job opportunities

‘Like’ us: www.facebook.com/businessandlaw.ecu

Other Opportunities

• Business Icon

• Deloitte Dream Team

• Peer Mentoring program (Law students)

• Prison visits (Criminology students)

• Field trips (Planning students)

• Careers Fair (connecting students with employers and professional associations)

Student Associations

• ECU Enactus

• Edith Cowan Student Law Society

• Student Guild

Student Competitions

• Mooting competitions for Law students• Law Society of WA legal writing competition

STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMStudy one or two semesters at an overseas partner institution; units get credited toward ECU degree

SHORT PROGRAMSSpend 3-4 weeks on a short-term program overseas; receive credit for 1 ECU unit

STUDY TOURSTravel as a group with other ECU students and an ECU lecturer; receive credit for 1 unit

*Funding may be available for study overseas

Student Mobility OfficeTel: 6304 2427

Email: student.exchange@ecu.edu.au Web: http://www.ecu.edu.au/international/study-overseas

STUDY OVERSEAS

OS&H and Risk Management

Occupational Safety and Health (OS&H) and Risk Management

The University places the highest priority on creating and providing a safe and healthy working environment for all students.

A dedicated Occupational Safety and Health (OS&H)Office has responsibility for the University’s health and safety policies. It also provides guidance on hazardidentification, ergonomics and other risk-related issues.

OS&H and Risk Management

You must take reasonable care for your own safety and health on campus and avoid harming the safety and health of others. This includes: 

  Following safety and health instructions;

  Using personal protective clothing and equipment when required;  Taking good care of equipment;

  Reporting hazards as soon as possible;

  Reporting work related accidents, injuries or harm to health; and being familiar with emergency and evacuation procedures and complying with the instructions given by emergency response personnel such as emergency wardens and first aiders.

Accidents and injuries need to be reported to a university staff member or contact Campus Security on 6304 3333 (3333 from internal phones) as soon as possible.

ECU is a SMOKE FREE campus.

Perth Train Shutdown

In order to facilitate works for the Perth City Link Project, Transperth has another planned train shutdown which will impact all train lines.

Journey times will take longer during this period, so plan ahead.

31 July – 4 August

Specialist Support Services – 7 minute Video

Student Central

Equity Diversity & Disability Service

Career Service

Counselling Service

Student Health Service

Have your say

• Week 4 unit evaluations

• UTEI

• Mid-course experience questionnaire

• Course experience questionnaire

Breakout sessions

• Forensics – JO.02.128 Prof Anne Wallace

• Bachelor of Laws – J0.02.132 Rupert Johnson

• Management & Human Resources – JO.02.138 Jenny Devine

• Marketing – JO.02.137 Dr Greg Willson

• Planning – JO.02.126 Dr Edward Andrew

• Accounting – JO.02.146 Dr Zubiadah Ismail

• Finance – JO.02.127 Roy Pearce

• International Business – JO.02.141 Dr Stephen Grainger

• Sport, Rec & Event Mgmt – JO.25.205 David Russell

• Tourism & Hosp Mgmt – Degrees Restaurant Bldg 9 Dr Dale Sanders

• Criminology & Policing – JO.02.142 Dr Natalie Gately