1. All written assessments will be graded against Assessment marking rubrics, which are to be considered by students as marking criteria for the task.  Each written task has a specific marking rubric and students should use these rubrics as benchmarks and a guide for performance in each criteria. Download and use for reference when completing assessments.

2. All written assessments will require students to complete and attach a Self Assessment sheet for that task. These will assist students with their assessment and skills development process. Marks will be deducted if these are not completed and attached.

3. Self assessment sheet and assessment marking rubrics are available for download from ilearn.

4. Miscellaneous:  All written work must conform with the 'Chicago' style of writing set out in Writing and Referencing in this guide. All written work must be formatted to a minimum of 1.5 line space.

5. Scholarly sources (academic journal articles, scholarly books etc) are the expected sources of information.  While useful for basic information and subject orientation, generic websites such as blogs, Wikipedia (and similar), culture-china.com and the like, are not an acceptable primary or secondary reference source in any assessment task. Information sourced from 'websites' must be used sparingly with scholarly judgement and caution with regard to context and appropriateness.

6. A bibliography must be included.

ilearn

Online units can be accessed at: http://ilearn.mq.edu.au

iLearn is an important part of this unit.  Each week's lecture, tutorial and assessment resources will also be accessed via ilearn.

This unit will make use of iLearn for communications. 

Students should set the iLearn emails to be forwarded to their personal email account for convenience. It is the responsibility of students to be aware and up to date with unit news and announcements via iLearn.

Turnitin

Macquarie University subscribes to the 'Turnitin' plagiarism detection system. All students will be required to submit all of their written work through this system. See Assessment Submission for details.

Library Databases

The library databases offer access to thousands of academic journal articles on all relevant subject areas.  Make a point of searching these databases for scholarly articles for sources of information for assignments.  The library enquiry desk is a good point of assistance in the use of these databases.  You can also the ‘Ask a Librarian’ service by phone or live chat. http://www.mq.edu.au/on_campus/library/

Please direct any questions about passwords, access and iLearn to the IT helpdesk http://informatics.mq.edu.au/help/

INTS102 is an introduction to the history of China in the world. INTS102 will broadly cover the transmission of culture, ideas and materials between China and the rest of the world, and the impact of this transmission on both China and the world. Students will learn of the distinctiveness of Chinese socio-political structures and the patterns of historical development developed in isolation from the rest of the world, as well as the development of culture and history as a result of interaction with the outside world.

Topics will include China's role as the focus of socio-political order and culture in North East and South East Asia; Confucianism and its 2500 year old influence and relevance in the modern world. Students will study the basic concepts of Buddhism, which originated in India, and its transmission from India to China and the rest of the world. Students will learn about people who were involved in the transmission of knowledge between China and the West: Xuanzang, who brought the 'true scriptures' of Buddhism from India to China; the medieval and Renaissance travellers from Europe who bought western science and mathematics to China; the flow of Chinese culture and treasures such as silk, porcelain, tea and opium to 'the West' via the Silk Road and China's maritime trade and exploration. Students will study the transmission of modern ideas between China and the world, such as Marxism and capitalism; and the intellectual and social changes between China and the West in the 20th century. In between there will also be a few interludes: the Mummies of the Taklamakan and Mawangdui; the influence of the Chinese on one of Australia’s first acts of Parliament; the influence of 'Australian values' on China's socio-political development in the Republican era.

There is something for everyone in this unit and students will come away with a sense of excitement and discovery in this unit. At the end of this unit, students will know a lot more about China and the world than they ever imagined. This sense of excitement and discover will stay with them as a life long thirst for knowledge.

This is a first year course for students studying the Bachelor of International Studies, the Bachelor of Arts or for other general interest. Students will be exposed to a lot of new knowledge, but are not expected to know everything about everything mentioned in lectures.

Students will also actively participate in tutorial classes and will be expected to prepare for these by taking in all the lecture materials and completing the tutorial readings posted online, prior to attending the tutorial classes.

Students will also be expected to discuss and answer questions based on their interpretation and understanding of the tutorial readings.

INTS102 is a stimulating and at times challenging introduction to Chinese studies, which will pave the way for students to further studies in Chinese modern history, ancient history, Chinese philosophy, literature and film studies. It will also serve as an introduction to the academic skills required at university, such as use of research resources, critical thinking, academic writing.

For lecture times and classrooms please consult the MQ Timetable website: http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au. This website will display up-to-date information on your classes and classroom locations.

Lectures

Lecture 1 Thursday

Tutorials

There is one tutorial class each week which must be attended.  Tutorial materials are to be downloaded from ilearn and must be reviewed before the relevant tutorial class.

Important:   This unit has a final exam.

You are expected to present yourself for examination at the time and place designated in the University Examination Timetable.

The only exception to sitting an examination at the designated time is because of documented illness or unavoidable disruption. In these circumstances you may wish to consider applying for Special Consideration. Information about unavoidable disruption and the special consideration process is available under the Extension and Special Consideration section of this Unit Guide.

You are advised that it is Macquarie University policy not to set early examinations for individuals or groups of students. All students are expected to ensure that they are available until the end of the teaching semester, that is the final day of the official examination period.

Short Term Extensions

Requests for assignment extensions due to unavoidable and unforseen circumstances of less than three days duration (eg short term illness or misadventure) must be made to the tutor before the due date if possible, or immediately after the disruption. Approvals of extensions must be noted on the assignment cover sheet. Note that other assessment commitments will not be considered grounds for an extension.

 Assignments that are handed in later than the due date, where no extension has been granted, or are handed in later than the extension date without being granted further extension or special consideration will be penalised.

 Late submission of the essays will result in a penalty of 5% of the total value of the essay towards unit assessment on the initial day and 2% per subsequent day for a period of four calendar days (including each day of weekends). The essay will not be marked after a period of five calendar days of non-submission.

Serious Illness and Unavoidable Disruption

If your performance has been affected for a period of 3 days or more as a result of serious unavoidable disruption or illness, you are advised to inform the unit convenor and tutor of the problem at the earliest possible opportunity. You must supply documentary evidence of the extended disruption and submit an Application for Special Consideration. (see below).

 No assessment work will be accepted for marking beyond 13 November 2015 unless you have submitted an Application for Special Consideration with adequate and appropriate supporting evidence and have been granted special consideration. Please note that requests for special consideration for long term or serious reasons are not granted automatically, and are reserved for unforeseen and serious circumstances such as prolonged & chronic illness, hospitalisation or bereavement in your immediate family which have affected your performance over the course of the semester; or in cases of unavoidable disruption or misadventure during the formal examination period. If you believe that you qualify for special consideration, please contact the teaching staff as soon as is practically possible and lodge the application.

Disruption of Studies Policy

http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html

Weekly Tutorial Readings

Each week's required tutorial readiings will be accessed via ilearn.  Each week's readings must be read before attending class and students will be expected to demonstrate a knowledge of the reading materials in both the tutorial class and in the final exam.

Library Reserve

The following books are in the library reserve section, to ensure its availability to students.  Students may find them useful in at least one assessment task.

China's response to the West : a documentary survey, 1839-1923 by Ssu-yu Teng and John King Fairbank. Harvard 1954

The Search for Modern China - A Documentary Collection edited by Pei-kai Cheng, Michael Lestz, with Jonathan D. Spence.1st ed. Norton, 1999.

The Pattern of Chinese history : cycles, development, or stagnation? / edited with an introduction by John Meskill

Recommended Reading

The following reads are recommended for furthering your Sinological knowledge.

Conrad Schirokauer. A Brief History of Chinese Civilization. Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich. New edition 2004.

Fairbank and Reischauer. China : Tradition and Transformation . Revised Edition 1989. (A popular alternative to Schirokauer)

.Jonathan Spence. The Search for Modern China . Second edition 1999. (The set text for INTS210: Modern Chinese History).

 Immanuel Hsu, The Rise of Modern China . Third Edition, 1983. (Covers the period from the Qing dynasty and the Opium Wars to China After Mao. An alterative to Spence)

.John Fairbank and Merle Goldman , China , A New History . Harvard, 1998

 Maurice Meisner , Mao's China and After - A History of the Peoples Republic . Collier Macmillan, 1986

 Colin Mackerras, Pradeep Taneja, Graham Young. China since 1978. Longman, 1998. (Detailed coverage of history, politics, agricultural reform, political reform etc during the period 1978-1998.)

 Colin Mackerras , China in Transformation 1900-1949 . Longman, 1998.

 Linda Benson , China Since 1949 . Longman, 2002.

 David Goodman and Gerald Segal (eds.) China in the Nineties: Crisis Management and Beyond. Oxford , 1991

 Alan Lawrance. China Under Communism . Routledge, 1998

 John Gittings, The changing face of China : from Mao to market. Oxford University Press, 2006

 Patricia B. Ebrey, China: A Cultural, Social, and Political History Wadsworth Publishing, 2005

Students will be expected to:

1. Review lecture materials in lectures or ilecture prior to tutorial classes.

2. Review assigned tutorial class readings prior to tutorial classes.

3. Actively participate in tutorial classes by interacting with tutors and fellow students by discussing and answering questions based on the lecture materials and tutorial readings.

4. Complete written assignments on time and to the prescribed standards.

5. Successfully complete a formal examination.

6. Act with a high level of academic honesty http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html

7. Have a functional level of language competence. This is a language-intensive course, which includes heavy reading, considerable writing and classroom interaction. A good grasp of English grammar and syntax is essential. Students for whom English is a second language are strongly advised to ensure that their level of English proficiency is adequate before taking this course. Even for native speakers, academic reading and writing is not always simple or straightforward. Macquarie University provides a range of Academic Student Support Services. Details of these services can be accessed at: http://www.students.mq.edu.au/support/learning_skills/

Writing a Research Paper

An excellent guide from Purdue University. There are many more guides available online.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/658/03/

Student Support

Macquarie University provides a range of Academic Student Support Services. Details of these services can be accessed at: http://www.students.mq.edu.au/support/learning_skills/

Research Assistance

This unit is research intensive and will require you to make the full use of university research resources of the library. Sign up for a 'library tour' in the first few weeks of uni start and discover the multiple sources of print books and journals, newspapers and electronic journal databases available through the library.

Writing Essays and Referencing

Based on 'Writing Essays in History', prepared by Bridget Deane, Department of Modern History June 2007.

 Writing an essay is not just about writing a narrative, biography or chronology of an event, person or period of time: It requires the construction of an argument in answer to the question posed or the problem being investigated. During research for your paper you will find that the evidence may suggest several answers to the question or problem. You will therefore form your own opinion through evaluation and analysis of sources and this will be the basis of the argument put forward in your answer.

 It is because of the emphasis on evaluation and analysis in academic writing, that it is essential to acknowledge sources used in your work through the use of a referencing system. In this unit, footnotes are required, using the Chicago referencing style (see also http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/tutorials/citing/chicago.html for more information)

 All students are expected to conform to this system in this unit guide, unless directed by the supervisor in accordance with the required style of an academic journal or publisher.

 Why reference?

It shows the person marking your work the sources that you have been accessing. It establishes that your argument is one formed by knowledge of a range of authors' opinions - use of this knowledge will make your argument stronger. It allows the reader to quickly identify and verify the sources you have used. Most importantly, it is how you recognise your intellectual debt to others.

 When to footnote

It is essential to footnote when you are making use of someone else's words, information or ideas as evidence for your argument. Failure to acknowledge this in your own work amounts to plagiarism, i.e., presenting another person's work as if it were your own. It is simply not acceptable to plagiarise, and any piece of work found to contain it will be failed automatically. For more information on MacquarieUniversity's policy on Academic Honesty Policy

 Using sources in your essays

If you use another person's ideas or information in your essay then you need to acknowledge this use through referencing. Such material may be included in the following ways:

Direct Quotation Using the author's exact words. They must be placed in quotation marks, with a footnote number at the end of the quotation.

Paraphrase (indirect quotation) Rewriting someone else's ideas in your own words. The footnote number is placed at the end of the sentence.

Summary (indirect quotation) Reference to an author's ideas or argument. Again, the footnote number is placed at the end of the sentence.

Quotations of more than forty words should be indented using single spacing, without quotation marks:

Other sources that need to be referenced:

Images, figures, tables, graphs, maps and diagrams, frame enlargements from films. Information from lectures - the lecturer's words, notes taken during the lecture, information from slides and overheads.

What does not need to be referenced:

Common knowledge - information that is general and well known, that is, in the public domain. For example, the Second World War ended in 1945. Your own ideas, arguments and visual materials.

If in doubt about whether to reference or not, ask the unit convenor for advice.

Preparing footnotes

Footnotes appear at the bottom of each relevant page of your essay, whereas endnotes are located at the end of the document.

Sometimes because of lack of space at the bottom of a page, Word will move footnotes over to the next page. Do not worry if this happens.

Titles of books, journals, etc, must be written in italics.

Punctuation and the use of capitals are important in footnotes, so pay attention to this in the examples below.

How to create a footnote using Microsoft Word

Go to the Insert menu and select Footnote (or in the 2003 version click Reference). Choose footnote.. Make sure the numbering is continuous and applies to the whole document.

Additional material in footnotes

You are discouraged from the placing of additional material in footnotes, as this indicates lack of editing and an attempt to get round the word limit. An exception is the inclusion of a translation of material included in the main text.

Footnotes

Different sources require different formats when creating footnotes as the examples below will show, but generally you need to include the following information for an initial citation of a source:

Name of author

Title of the source

Name of the city and publisher of the source

Date of publication

Page number(s)

For an initial citation of:

Books

1 Simon Ryan, The Cartographic Eye: How Explorers saw Australia(Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1996), p.45.

Note that publication details are placed in brackets

Books with two authors

2 Christopher Bayly and Tim Harper, Forgotten Armies: The Fall of British Asia, 1941 – 1945 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2005), pp.30-31

Note that multiple pages are indicated with pp.

Books with three or more authors

3 R. Frankham, J.D. Ballou and D.A. Briscoe, Introduction to Conservation Genetics, (Cambridge University Press 2002) p2.

Multivolume work

4 Winston Churchill, A History of the English Speaking Peoples, vol. 2, The New World (London: Cassell, 1956), p.124.

Translation

5 Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies, trans. R. Brown Grant (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1999), p. 48.

Foreign Language Books

Standard conventions must be followed, although foreign language words must be italicised.

5 Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangshui, Chaoxian Zhan. Dui Quanqiuhua Shidai Zhanzheng Yu Zhanfa De Xiangding (Unrestricted Warfare. Thoughts on Warfare and Strategy in the Globalised Era). (Jiefangjun Wenyi Chubanshe (Liberation Army Arts Publishing House), Beijing , 1999). p.34

Note that the publisher's name in Chinese is italicised, but the English translation of it remains un-italicised. Both are correctly observing convention.

Chapter in an edited book

6 Gareth Wiliams, 'Popular Culture and the Historians' in Making History: An Introduction to the History and Practices of a Discipline, ed. Peter Lambert and Phillipp Schofield (Abingdon: Routledge, 2004), p.260.

7 M.N. Pearson, "Pilgrims, Travellers, Tourist: the Meanings of Journeys." Australian Cultural History 10 (1991): p.127.

Journal articles (online access of printed journals)

8 Georg Iggers, "Historiography from a Global Perspective," History and Theory 43, no. 1 (2004) p.149.

Note: you must cite the author, article title and journal title in full, and not just the URL from where you accessed the article.

Electronic Journal articles

Electronic journals and other material sourced from the Internet usually do not have page numbers. Include the appropriate section or paragraph instead. eg Introduction

9. Tom Wilson, "'In the Beginning Was the Word': Social and Economic Factors in Scholarly Electronic Communication", ELVIRA Conference Keynote Paper, 1009, 10 April 1995, http://www.shef.ac.uk/~is/wilson/publications/elvira.html (accessed May 23 1999), Introduction.

Book reviews

9 Colin Seymour-Ure, review of World War II in Cartoons, by Mark Bryant, History Today, 55,no. 9 (September 2005): p.55.

Citing a source read in another source

10 Paul Keating quoted in Richard Connaughton, Japan's War on Mainland Australia 1942-1944 (London: Brassey's, 1994), p.11.

Unpublished manuscript material

11 John David Booth, Papers, 1984-1990, MLMSS7332, State Library of NSW, Sydney

Information from a lecture

12 Jane Smith, "Women Politicians of the Twentieth Century" (Lecture given at MacquarieUniversity, NSW, March 7, 2005).

13 Jane Smith, "Women Politicians of the Twentieth Century" (Lecture slide, MacquarieUniversity, NSW, March 7, 2005).

Theses and dissertations

14 Elizabeth Eggleston, "Emma Peel - Feminist Icon or Swinging 60s Chick?" (BA (Hons) thesis, BournemouthUniversity, 2002), p.12.

Internet sources

References for internet sources must give the author and/or title of the material and the URL (website address) to enable the reader to find the source easily. Provide the date on which you accessed the source online.

15 "Australians at War: First World War 1914-1918," Australian War Memorial, available from

http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/ww1.htm (accessed 12/10/2009)

Audio-visual sources

16 Steven Spielberg, Schindler's List, (Universal Pictures, 1993)

If you are engaged in intensive film analysis it will be of great assistance to the reader of your work if you specify the chapter or minute mark.

Newspapers and magazines

17 M. Lake, "The Howard History of Australia," The Age, 20 August 2005, p.5.

18 Agence France-Presse, "China upholds jail term for top dissident: lawyer", Sydney Morning Herald, 11 February 2010.

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/china-upholds-jail-term-for-top-dissident-lawyer-20100211-ntss.html

Note If you access the newspaper or magazine online you must include the URL address.

For unsigned articles:

18 "History with a Raw Edge," Sydney Morning Herald, November 10, 2003, p.12.

Images, figures, maps, etc

Every image, figure or map used should be provided with a caption naming the source of the illustration and title:

From a book:

Map: The Religious Complexion of Europe in the Period c. 1555-8

Source: Euan Cameron, The European Reformation. New York: OxfordUniversity Press,1991.

For works of art include the name of the artist and title of the work and source:

Herbert Badham, The Swimming Enclosure, 1941. Source: State Library of NSW, Sydney

Note that these sources do not need to be included in your bibliography.

Second and later references

After the first, full reference of a source you can then use an abbreviated version in your footnotes or endnotes:

16 Simon Ryan, The Cartographic Eye; How Explorers saw Australia

(Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1996), p.45.

17 Ryan, p.45.

OR

When referring to a source more than once you may use ibid in your footnotes when the work is the same as the one immediately above it:

16 Simon Ryan, The Cartographic Eye; How Explorers saw Australia

(Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1996), p.45.

17 Ibid.

OR

When referring to a source already cited, you may use Op. Cit. in your footnotes.

16 Simon Ryan, The Cartographic Eye; How Explorers saw Australia

(Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1996), p.45.

17 Ibid.

18 Jones, p2

19 Ryan Op.Cit., p.45

If

There is more than one publication by the same author, use a year to indicate separate publications in second and later references:

16 Simon Ryan, The Cartographic Eye; How Explorers saw Australia

(Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1996), p.45.

17 Ibid.

18 Jones 1990, p2

19 Ryan Op.Cit., p.45

20 Jones 1991, pp41-42

Books with two authors

2 Bayly and Harper, p3

Books with three or more authors

3 Frankham et al, p3-4

Bibliography

At the end of your essay list all the books, articles and other sources in alphabetical order of author's family name. You can divide the bibliography into sections, i.e. primary and secondary sources.

Be aware of naming conventions for Chinese names. The family name is traditionally the first name written eg MAO Zedong, unless it has been reversed in the English language convention, particularly in Western academic publishing eg Zedong MAO.

Note that a bibliography is required in addition to footnotes. Formats used for bibliographical entries are different from those used for references.

Books

Ryan, Simon. The Cartographic Eye; How Explorers saw Australia. Melbourne: CambridgeUniversity Press, 1996.

Books with two authors

Bayly, Christopher and Harper, Tim. Forgotten Armies: The Fall of British Asia, 1941 - 1945. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of HarvardUniversity Press, 2005.

Three or more authors

Grimshaw, Patricia, MarilynLake, Ann McGrath, and Marian Quartly. Creating a Nation. Ringwood: Penguin Books Australia Ltd., 1996.

Multivolume work

Churchill, Winston. A History of the English Speaking Peoples. Vol. 2, The New World. London: Cassell, 1956.

Translation

de Pizan, Christine. The Book of the City of Ladies. Translated by R. Brown Grant. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1999.

Foreign Language Books

Qiao, Liang and Wang, Xiangshui. Chaoxian Zhan. Dui Quanqiuhua Shidai Zhanzheng Yu Zhanfa De Xiangding (Unrestricted Warfare. Thoughts on Warfare and Strategy in the Globalised Era). Jiefangjun Wenyi Chubanshe (Liberation Army Arts Publishing House), Beijing, 1999.

Note the Chinese family name convention.

Note that for the bibliographical entries for chapters, journal articles and electronic journal articles you need to include the full page range of the text. For footnotes just the page number is cited.

Chapter in an edited book

Williams, Gareth. "Popular Culture and the Historians" in Making History: An Introduction to the History and Practices of a Discipline, edited by Peter Lambert and Phillipp Schofield, Abingdon: Routledge, 2004, pp.257-268.

Journal articles

Pearson, M.N. "Pilgrims, Travellers, Tourist: the Meanings of Journeys." Australian Cultural History 10 (1991): pp.125-134.

Electronic journal articles

Iggers, Georg. "Historiography from a Global Perspective," History and Theory 43, no. 1 (2004)

http://www.blackwell.synergy.com/doi/abs: pp.146-154.

Note: you must cite the author, article title and journal title in full, and not just the URL.

Book reviews

Colin, Seymour-Ure. Review of World War II in Cartoons, by Mark Bryant, History Today, 55, no. 9 (September 2005): pp.55-56.

Source read in another source

Keating, Paul, quoted in Richard Connaughton, Japan's War on Mainland Australia 1942-1944. London: Brassey's, 1994.

Unpublished manuscript material

John David Booth, Papers, 1984-1990, MLMSS7332, State Library of NSW, Sydney

Information from a lecture

Smith, Jane. "Women Politicians of the Twentieth Century." Lecture given at MacquarieUniversity, NSW, March 7, 2005.

Thesis and dissertations

Eggleston, Elizabeth. "Emma Peel - Feminist Icon or Swinging 60s Chick?" BA (Hons) thesis, BournemouthUniversity, 2002.

Internet source

"Australians at War: First World War 1914-1918." Australian War Memorial.

http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/ww1.htm

Audio-visual sources

Spielberg, Steven. Schindler's List. Universal Pictures, 1993

Newspapers and magazines

Lake, Marilyn. "The Howard History of Australia." The Age, August 20, 2005.

Agence France-Presse, "China upholds jail term for top dissident: lawyer", Sydney Morning Herald, 11 February 2010.

For unsigned articles put the name of the newspaper first:

Sydney Morning Herald, "History with a Raw Edge," November 10, 2003.

Further information on referencing and compiling bibliographies

For further information on referencing and compiling bibliographies, including sources not mentioned here, the following books will be useful:

Jules R. Benjamin, A Student's Guide to History, 8th edition, (Boston: Bedford/St. Martins, 2001)

Style Manual for Authors, Editors and Printers (Canberra: AGPS,1994)

The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, (Chicago:University of Chicago Press, 2003) Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide available online at

http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html

You can also access Citation and Style Guides through the Macquarie University Library Website at http://www.library.mq.edu.au/readyref/cites.html