Assignment submission

• All written assessment tasks must be submitted through the iLearn website. Please upload your assignment to the drop-box. Save your assignment as a pdf or a doc file (a pdf is best; please do not use docx). All assignments must include the following at the start: Student name; Student Number; Assessment Task Title or Question. Any assignment submitted without these will not be marked.
• Assignments will be returned via the ‘Assignments’ or 'Turnitin' tool on iLearn Unit site, and will contain feedback from the marker within them. The convener will aim to return your assignments within 3 weeks.

Examination

• There is no formal examination for this unit.

Marking Rubrics

• To interpret and grade students' work against set criteria and standards, marking rubrics will be used in the unit via Turnitin. These will be supplied on the iLearn site in week 1.

Extensions and penalties

• Extensions can only be granted in exceptional cases and may only be sought in consultation with the unit convener and with support of documentary evidence. If you anticipate any difficulty in meeting assigned due dates then it is important that you contact the course’s convener as early as possible.
• Please avoid asking for extensions as missing deadlines complicates the work of markers and puts you behind. If you have to ask for an extension, request it before the deadline, ‘Getting behind with your work’ or 'I had other deadlines' do not count.
• IMPORTANT PENALTIES TO BE APPLIED:
  • Written assessment tasks submitted after the due date without good reasons will be penalised by a deduction of 2% a day (including weekends) of the mark gained. After five days, a mark of 0% will be assigned.
  • Written assessment tasks submitted that are under or over the word length by more than 10% will be penalised with a 10% deduction. The marker will only read the listed word limit, i.e. if the word limit is 1000 words they will stop reading at 1000 words (plus or minus up to 100 words).
  • Written assessment tasks submitted without proper referencing, i.e. little or no page numbers or no bibliography will receive an automatic fail.

Unit requirements and expectations

This unit is comprised of 2 key elements:

1. lectures, which will take place over 3 hours each week (2 hours of lectures via Echo360 and student discussion using BlackBoard collaborate and online forums);
2. and individual study and participation.

• The topics outlined in this unit are best explored through active participation and experiential learning, so that participating in this unit will be an interesting, challenging and fun experience. Each week will involve several steps such as completion of set readings, listening to lectures using Echo360, submitting your quiz based on the readings and optional participation in forum discussion.
• A student must achieve an overall mark of 50% or above to complete the unit satisfactorily.

Delivery

• This unit has an online presence. Login is via: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/ Students are required to have regular access to a computer and the internet. Mobile devices alone are not sufficient.
  • For technical support go to: http://mq.edu.au/about_us/offices_and_units/informatics/help
  • For student quick guides on the use of iLearn go to: http://mq.edu.au/iLearn/student_info/guides.htm  

Resources

The following textbook is required:

• Robins, G., The Art of Ancient Egypt (London: the British museum press, 2^nd edition, 2008).

These texts are available for purchase at the Co-Op bookstore. To arrange for texts to be sent to you please contact the Co-Op online at the following address http://www.coop-bookshop.com.au.

Recommended texts:

• Baines, J. 2007. Visual and written culture in ancient Egypt. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Baines J. and Malek, J., Cultural Atlas of Ancient Egypt (New York, 2000, rev. edition).
• Davies, W. V. (ed.) 2001. Colour and painting in ancient Egypt. London: British Museum.
• Frood, E., and McDonald, A (eds.) Decorum and Experience: Essays in ancient culture for John Baines (Oxford, 2013).
• Kemp, B.J., Ancient Egypt. Anatomy of a Civilisation (London, New York, 2^nd ed. 2006).
• Lloyd, A. B. (ed.) A Companion to Ancient Egypt. 2 volumes (Chichester,  2010). Full text available from Blackwell Reference Online - 2010 Collection (access through MQ library catalogue)
• Schäfer, H., 1974. Principles of Egyptian Art. Oxford University Press.
• Shaw, I. (ed.), The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt (Oxford, 2003).
• Smith, W.S., The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt (Yale, 1998).
• Trigger, B. G. and Lloyd, A., Kemp, B., O‘Connor, D., Ancient Egypt: A social history (Cambridge, 1983).
• Wendrich, W., (ed.) Egyptian Archaeology (Chichester, Malden, 2010).
• Wengrow, D. The Archaeology of Early Egypt: Social Transformation in North-East Africa, 10,000 to 2650 BC (Cambridge, 2006).
• Wilkinson, R.H. (ed.), Egyptology Today (Cambridge, New York, 2008).

Student led Discussions

As external students you will be required to meet each week to discuss the set readings for the week. The tutorial discussions will be conducted through BlackBoard Collaborate - an online collaboration platform providing web conferencing, mobile collaboration, instant messaging.

It is your responsibility to make sure you pre-configure your computer to use this software prior to the first meeting in Week 1 - Monday 4 August 2014 at 6.30pm

Pre-Configuration: Please make sure your Mac or PC is equipped with a microphone and speakers, so that you can use the audio functionality built into the web conferencing software. Please note that it is extremely important that you get your system set up prior to the start of the event. Information on installing the necessary software and configuring your PC or Mac is available at http://support.blackboardcollaborate.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=8336&task=knowledge&questionID=1473in  (In Step 2 choose the European Configuration option). Please note that this link is only for Set up. once you have completed it, close down the link.  Use the link provided on iLearn to access the room for the Friday meeting.

For information on how to participate in the session please view the video below - the first time will be an informal get to know everyone session and we will also assign the tutorial discussion topics to each of you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuFgfLgMJfg

AHIS281 - Ancient Egyptian Art Weekly schedule