During the course of the semester you will be required to write five (5) tutorial papers. Each paper is worth 10% of your overall mark. A tutorial paper requires you to respond to a question set during a tutorial. The tutorial papers are designed to assist you in demonstrating your knowledge of the unit content as a whole rather than just those materials relevant to your essay topic. You will be given 15 minutes in which to write your response.

The questions for the tutorial papers may be on any topic covered up to and including that week. Questions will require you to draw on content from lectures and set readings. Therefore, you are strongly advised to complete all set readings and attend all lectures (or at least listen to the iLecture recordings). The weeks chosen for tutorial papers will not be announced in advance but at least one quiz will be held before week 5. Unless medical certification (or similar) is provided, tutorial papers must be handed in immediately upon finish in order for marks to be counted.

Books, unit readers, notes, mobile phones, tablets and anything else invented between now and then that contains or can access information relevant to the set questions may not be used.

Failure to sit a tutorial quiz will result in a mark of zero (0) for that quiz. If you miss a quiz due to a medical issue then you will be given the opportunity to sit the test at a later date. In such cases you must supply a medical certificate. Please note that medical certificates issued a significant period after the date of illness may not be accepted as these may be contrary to AMA guidelines for issuing medical certificates (http://ama.com.au/system/files/node/6505/Guidelines+for+Medical+Practitioners+on+Certificates+Certifying+Illness+2011.pdf). Non-medical reasons for missing tutorial quizzes will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis but reasons such as tardiness due to travel arrangements will not be accepted.

Marking Criteria:

- Demonstrated understanding of the question
- Demonstrated knowledge of lecture and reading materials
- Application of materials to set question

Submission

Tutorial quiz responses will be handwritten and submitted to tutors during tutorials.

Students are required to write and submit a 2500 word essay responding to ONE of the following questions:

1. Copyright has been called "an engine of free expression". How accurate is this statement?
2. One of the primary aims of copyright is to ensure society is rich with creative works. Without copyright creators would not create new works. Discuss.
3. The digital age has rendered copyright obsolete. To what extent do you agree with this and why?

Marking criteria:

- Demonstrated understanding of the essay question
- Demonstrated ability to clearly and articulately structure an argument using academic language
- Demonstrated ability to research, interpret and apply academic sources
- Relevance of sources
- Credibility of sources
- Use of sources
- Evidence of independent research
- Demonstrated ability to conduct independent wider research
- Cited works should be referenced using an established system
- Clarity of expression in line with expected academic standards
- Use of relevant examples

Sources must include:

- At least three (3) academic books
- At least four (4) articles from peer-reviewed journals
Failure to comply with the two points above will result in an automatic mark of zero and grade of FAIL for this assignment
- References to non-academic sources such as Wikipedia or news media may attract a 5% penalty per instance at the discretion of the marker if they are found to be inappropriate sources

Clarification Discussions

Students may be called in to discuss their essay with the unit convenor if there are sections of the essay that are unclear or there are any questions concerning the veracity of the essay. In the event that any clarification is required, students will be notified via an email sent to their student email account.

Submission

Essays will be submitted electronically via iLearn. Hardcopy essays will not be accepted or marked. Once submitted an essay cannot be resubmitted. If you have submitted an incorrect version or file, please contact Steve Collins (stephen.collins@mq.edu.au) and ask to have your submission deleted so you can submit the correct version or file. If this occurs after the submission date, the late penalty (see below) will be applied.

Late Submission

A late penalty of 10% per day will be applied.

Extensions

Extensions may only be granted by the unit convenor in line with university policy.

Academic Honesty

All assignments must comply with Macquarie University’s Academic Honesty policy: http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html.

Plagiarism is the unacknowledged use of other people’s work. Plagiarism can occur in a number of different ways. For example:

Directly copying someone else’s work in whole or in part, in large or in small chunks is plagiarism unless you enclose their words in quotation marks AND provide a reference.

Changing words but keeping the sentence structure of someone else’s work is plagiarism because you are using someone else’s ideas and passing them off as your own work by not acknowledging where they originated.

Copying so many words or ideas from someone else that it makes up a significant portion of your submission is plagiarism because you are using someone else’s ideas and passing them off as your own work by not acknowledging where they originated.

Copying from your own previous essays is plagiarism because the University’s submission policy clearly states that you may not submit the same work in part or in whole for more than one assessment in any unit of study (at Macquarie or elsewhere).

Most instances of plagiarism can be avoided by citing your sources. Remember, it’s good to cite your sources because it demonstrates that you have carried out, understood and applied your research to the assessment at hand.

Turn It In

This unit will use Turn It In. Your essay must be submitted to Turn It In in order to be assessed. Originality reports generated by Turn It In are not available to students. Once submitted, an essay cannot be resubmitted. If you submit the wrong version of your essay you should contact Steve Collins (stephen.collins@mq.edu.au) and request it be deleted so you can resubmit. If you request this after the due date, late penalties will be incurred. It is your responsibility to ensure you are submitting the correct version.

Tutorials can be engaging, educational and fun if you get involved, otherwise they can be boring, drawn-out and de-motivational for you, your peers and your tutor. Tutorial discussion is at the heart of your learning experience. MAS214 regards tutorial participation as an obligation on you. Tutorials are not times for your tutor to give the lecture again. Tutorials are your time to discuss questions and issues arising from the weekly topic. The set readings are merely starting points, and you are expected to arrive at tutorials having completed them.

Your tutors are not mind readers – they will not know that you have understood the readings and the relevant issues unless you demonstrate this through participation in tutorial discussion. Similarly, teaching staff will not know that you have not understood the finer points to be gleaned from the Tao of Piracy unless you acknowledge that sometimes we all need a little help.

Marking Criteria:

- Active engagement in class discussion
- Demonstrated knowledge of the relevant topic(s)
- Application of lecture materials and set readings
- Demonstrated individual research of the topic

NOTE: Your participation mark is derived from your engagement in classes across the whole semester. Missing tutorials will reduce the maximum amount of marks in which you can score.