Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Kate Gleeson
Kate Gleeson
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
POL207 and (LAWS250 or LAWS260)
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
39cp including (LAWS300 or POL306 or POL302 or POL305 or POL308 or POL392 or LAW491)
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
In this unit students will be mentored to create a major, independent, policy initiative in an area of contemporary political interest. Students will consolidate their prior learning of critical policy theory and processes in the context of theoretical and applied approaches to advocacy and representation in policy. This theoretical instruction will provide students an understanding by which to pursue an area of their personal interest and develop a substantial research project in the form of an original policy proposal, including strategies for advocacy and representation of stakeholders' interests.
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Details of the assessment tasks and due dates are provided on Ilearn. All written assessments are to be submitted electronically via Turnitin.
Macquarie Law School policy on assessment
In the absence of a successful application for "disruption to studies", any assessment task submitted after its deadline will not be graded and will receive a mark of zero.
Word limits will be strictly applied and work above the word limit will not be marked. Footnotes are only to be used for referencing. Substantive material in footnotes will not be marked.
All written assessments in the unit are to be submitted electronically. Plagiarism detection software is used in this unit and the University's Academic Honestly Policy is strictly applied.
Name | Weighting | Due |
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Research Plan | 10% | 9. 00 AM 23 March |
Campaign Strategy | 25% | 9.00 AM 18 May |
In class presentation | 15% | Weeks 6-13 |
Major policy proposal report | 50% | 9.00 AM 25 May |
Due: 9. 00 AM 23 March
Weighting: 10%
Students will prepare a research plan for their major research report, indicating structure and key sources to be used.
Due: 9.00 AM 18 May
Weighting: 25%
Students will develop a written and/or visual campaign strategy for the promotion of their policy proposal.
Due: Weeks 6-13
Weighting: 15%
Students will present a 5 minute presentation lobbying their classmates on the merits of the policy proposal.
Due: 9.00 AM 25 May
Weighting: 50%
Students will research a contemporary area of public policy and provide a written report outlining the current situation and recommendations for reform.
Students are expected to attend a 2 hour seminar per week. There is no required textbook. Weekly readings are available through the unit's Library I Share page, and via the ilearn site.
On Campus sessions for external students will be held on 10 and 11 April.
Student workload, in accordance with university guidelines, is 3 hours per credit point per week (over a 15 week term), and can be estimated as follows:
24 hours - attendance of seminars
48 hours - readings and self-study
78 hours - assessment tasks
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150 hours total
Students will be required to use a computer to interact with online research databases and web-based research tools.
Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central. Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:
Academic Honesty Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html
Assessment Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/policy.html
Grading Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/grading/policy.html
Grade Appeal Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/gradeappeal/policy.html
Grievance Management Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/grievance_management/policy.html
Disruption to Studies Policy http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html The Disruption to Studies Policy is effective from March 3 2014 and replaces the Special Consideration Policy.
In addition, a number of other policies can be found in the Learning and Teaching Category of Policy Central.
Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/student_conduct/
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