UNIT REQUIREMENTS AND EXPECTATIONS

     You should spend an average of at least 12 hours per week on this unit. This includes listening to pre-recorded lectures prior to seminar discussions and reading weekly ‘required readings’ detailed in iLearn.

    Internal students are expected to attend all seminar sessions and external students are expected to contribute to on-line discussions.

    Students are required to submit assessment tasks 1 and 4 in order to pass the unit.

REQUIRED READINGS

    The citations for all the required readings for this unit are available to enrolled students through the unit iLearn site and at the Macquarie University Library E-Reserve site.  Electronic copies of required readings may be accessed at the E-Reserve site found at:  http://www.library.mq.edu.au/reserve/

RECOMMENDED READINGS

    Recommended readings will be posted to the unit iLearn site, with additional recommended readings posted as the Session progresses.  If a direct link to the recommended readings is not posted to iLearn, it can be found by using the Macquarie Library’s ‘MultiSearch’ search function, found on the Library’s homepage at:  http://www.mq.edu.au/on_campus/library/

TECHNOLOGIES USED AND REQUIRED

     Personal PC and Internet access are essential for this unit. Basic computer skills and skills in word processing are also a requirement.

    The unit can only be accessed by enrolled students online through:  http://ilearn.mq.edu.au

SUBMITTING ASSESSMENT TASKS

-- All assessment tasks are to be submitted, marked and returned electronically.  This will only happen through the unit iLearn site.

-- Assessment tasks must be submitted either as a PDF or MS word document by the due date.

-- All assessment tasks will be subject to a 'TurnitIn' similarity review as an automatic part of the submission process.

    Assignments need not be submitted with an Assessment Coversheet incorporating a plagiarism declaration. A plagiarism declaration will be displayed on the Turnitin Assignments page under each individual assignment link.  By submitting your paper, you have accepted these terms.

    The granting of extensions of up to one week is at the discretion of the unit convener.  Any requests for extensions must be made in writing before the due date for the submission of the assessment task.  Extensions beyond one week are subject to the university’s Disruptions Policy (http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html#purpose).

LATE SUBMISSION OF ASSESSMENT TASKS

    There is a penalty for the late submission of assessment tasks.  If an assignment is submitted late, it initially will be marked as if it had been submitted on time.  However, 5% of the weighting allocated for the assignment will then be deducted from the mark the student initially achieves in the assessment task for each day it is late. For example if the assessment task's weighting is 20, 1.00 mark per day will be deducted from the initial mark given per day it is late, i.e. a task initially given 15/20 but which is submitted four days late will lose 4 x 1.00 marks.  That means 15/20 - 4 marks = 11/20.  It is this second mark, which will be recorded in Gradebook.

    The same principle applies if a student seeks and is granted an extension and the assessment task is submitted later than the amended submission date.

Module 1:  Course Intro: Themes from History & Technological Enablement

Module 2:   Ancient-to-Modern History - Part I  (Pre-Industrial Revolution)

Module 3:  Ancient-to-Modern History - Part II  (Pre-WW II)

Module 4:  World War II - Part I

Module 5:  World War II - Part II

Module 6:  The Cold War – Part I

Module 7:  The Cold War – Part II

Module 8:  Post-Cold War

Module 9:  9/11 & Post 9/11

Module 10:  Today – Where we are

Module 11:  Future Themes

Module 12:  Environment – Broadening Intelligence

Module 13:  Evolution of Modern Intelligence Architectures