Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit convenor
Kate Rossmanith
Contact via email
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
15cp
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
MAS215
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
We all know what we like, and what we don't like, but writing insightfully about the creative arts requires high levels of expressive skills and knowledge. In this unit students produce album, concert and event reviews and reports, and other forms of writing about the arts. Lectures examine a range of long and short form review and arts writing and criticism, across both print and broadcast media.
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Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Due |
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Research Portfolio | 25% | 22/09/15 |
Final article | 40% | 04/11/15 |
Test | 25% | 07/09/15 |
Writing exercises | 10% | Ongoing |
Due: 22/09/15
Weighting: 25%
Task: Submit a research portfolio plus 600-word research report. Details of this assessment will be made available in Week 1.
Marking criteria:
Submission:
This assignment must be submitted in the boxes in the foyer of W6A by 5pm on Tuesday 22 September 2015.
Late Submission: A late penalty of 10% per day will be applied.
Extensions: Extensions will only be granted by the unit convenor in line with university policy.
Turn It In: This unit does NOT use Turn It In.
Due: 04/11/15
Weighting: 40%
Your task it to write a 2000-word article suitable for publication in a newspaper, magazine, street press, zine, blog, website etc, or suitable to be read on a radio or television arts and culture-type program. This is not a university essay and does not require footnotes and bibliography. Further details of the essay assignment will be distributed in Week 1.
Marking Criteria:
Submission: This assignment must be submitted in the boxes in the foyer of W6A by 5pm on Wednesday 4 November.
Late Submission: A late penalty of 10% per day will be applied.
Extensions: Extensions will only be granted by the unit convenor in line with university policy.
Turn It In: This unit does NOT use Turn It In.
Due: 07/09/15
Weighting: 25%
During the course of the semester you will be required to complete an in-class test (worth 25% of your overall mark). The test will take place during the Week 7 lecture (Monday 7 September at 2pm). Students will answer questions based on the lecture content for the unit, as well as on the readings. The test is designed to assist you in demonstrating your knowledge of the unit content as a whole. You will be given 40 minutes in which to write your responses. You are strongly advised to complete all set readings and attend all lectures.
Failure to sit the in-lecture test will result in a mark of zero (0). If you miss the test 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).
Marking Criteria:
Submission:
In-class test responses will be handwritten and submitted to the lecturer during the lecture.
Due: Ongoing
Weighting: 10%
The weekly writing workshops are the practical core of this course, so it is essential that the writing exercises be done and brought along in suitable form each week. Each week’s exercise (numbering 5 in total) must be typed (double-spaced), and you must bring 8 copies to your tutorial for workshopping. A schedule of weekly exercises will be handed out in Week 1. Write approximately 200 words for each exercise.
Marking Criteria:
Submission: To be handed to your tutor each week during your tutorial. Failure to submit by the end of each tutorial will result in a loss of marks.
Extensions: Extensions can only be granted by the tutor in line with university policy.
Lectures take place on Mondays at 2pm in W5A T2.
Lectures for this unit begin in Week 1. Tutorials commence in Week 2.
Technology used: iLearn
Required unit materials: the readings for this unit will be available on Macquarie University library's e-Resources.
To complete the unit satisfactorily, students must submit all assessment tasks and achieve at least a pass grade for their overall grade for the unit.
Readings: (** is essential; * is recommended)
The unit schedule can be accessed on the unit's iLearn site.
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/
Results shown in iLearn, or released directly by your Unit Convenor, are not confirmed as they are subject to final approval by the University. Once approved, final results will be sent to your student email address and will be made available in eStudent. For more information visit ask.mq.edu.au.
Additional information
MMCCS website
https://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/faculties_and_departments/faculty_of_arts/department_of_media_music_communication_and_cultural_studies/
MMCCS Session Re-mark Application http://www.mq.edu.au/pubstatic/public/download/?id=167914
Information is correct at the time of publication
Macquarie University provides a range of support services for students. For details, visit http://students.mq.edu.au/support/
Learning Skills (mq.edu.au/learningskills) provides academic writing resources and study strategies to improve your marks and take control of your study.
Students with a disability are encouraged to contact the Disability Service who can provide appropriate help with any issues that arise during their studies.
For all student enquiries, visit Student Connect at ask.mq.edu.au
For help with University computer systems and technology, visit http://informatics.mq.edu.au/help/.
When using the University's IT, you must adhere to the Acceptable Use Policy. The policy applies to all who connect to the MQ network including students.
Our graduates will also be capable of creative thinking and of creating knowledge. They will be imaginative and open to experience and capable of innovation at work and in the community. We want them to be engaged in applying their critical, creative thinking.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates will take with them the intellectual development, depth and breadth of knowledge, scholarly understanding, and specific subject content in their chosen fields to make them competent and confident in their subject or profession. They will be able to demonstrate, where relevant, professional technical competence and meet professional standards. They will be able to articulate the structure of knowledge of their discipline, be able to adapt discipline-specific knowledge to novel situations, and be able to contribute from their discipline to inter-disciplinary solutions to problems.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want our graduates to be capable of reasoning, questioning and analysing, and to integrate and synthesise learning and knowledge from a range of sources and environments; to be able to critique constraints, assumptions and limitations; to be able to think independently and systemically in relation to scholarly activity, in the workplace, and in the world. We want them to have a level of scientific and information technology literacy.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates should be capable of researching; of analysing, and interpreting and assessing data and information in various forms; of drawing connections across fields of knowledge; and they should be able to relate their knowledge to complex situations at work or in the world, in order to diagnose and solve problems. We want them to have the confidence to take the initiative in doing so, within an awareness of their own limitations.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want to develop in our students the ability to communicate and convey their views in forms effective with different audiences. We want our graduates to take with them the capability to read, listen, question, gather and evaluate information resources in a variety of formats, assess, write clearly, speak effectively, and to use visual communication and communication technologies as appropriate.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Change from 2014 offering: instead of a separate 'story pitch' assessment task, students will be asked to pitch their story ideas in class as part of tutorials. The in-class test is worth 25% instead of 20%.