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 all major assessment tasks 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 Macquarie University's Library EReserve site.  Electronic copies of required readings may be accessed at the EReserve site.

RECOMMENDED READINGS

Recommended readings will be posted to the unit iLearn site as Session 2 progresses.

While there is no prescribed textbook for this unit students may consider obtaining a copy of Collins, A. (ed) Contemporary Security Studies, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 3rd Edition, 2013 

TECHNOLOGY 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.

This unit has an online presence. Login is via: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/

Students are required to have regular access to a computer and the internet. Mobile devices alone are not sufficient.

For technical support go to: http://mq.edu.au/about_us/offices_and_units/informatics/help

For student quick guides on the use of iLearn go to: http://mq.edu.au/iLearn/student_info/guides.htm

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' review as an automatic part of the submission process.

Assessment tasks must be submitted with a plagiarism declaration. This is achieved automatically as part of the task submission process through grademark 

The granting of extensions of up to one week are at the discretion of the unit convenor.  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 Disruption's Policy. (http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html#purpose). 

 LATE SUBMISSION OF ASSESSMENT TASKS

There is a penalty for the the late submission of assessment tasks.  If an assignment is submitted late it will initially 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 ie a task initially given 15/20 but which is submitted four days late will lose 4 x 1.00 marks.  That means 15/20-4marks=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.

WORD LIMITS FOR ASSESSMENT TASKS

Stated word limits do not include references, bibliography, or title page.

Word limits can generally deviate by 10% either over or under the stated figure.

 If the number of words exceeds the limit by more than 10%, then penalties will apply. These penalties are 5% of the awarded mark for every 100 words over the word limit. If a paper is 300 words over, for instance, it will lose 3 x 5% = 15% of the total mark awarded for the assignment. This percentage is taken off the total mark, i.e. if a paper was graded at a credit (65%) and was 300 words over, it would be reduced by 15 marks to a pass (50%)

REASSESSMENT OF ASSIGNMENTS DURING THE SESSION

Macquarie University operates a Grade Appeal Policy in cases where students feel their work was graded inappropriately (http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/gradeappeal/policy.html). This process involves all assignments submitted for that unit being reassessed. However, in exceptional cases students may request that a single piece of work is reassessed.

Module 1 - Establishing the Framework

Module 2 - The United Nations-an introduction

Module 3 - The United Nations-the legal dimension

Module 4 - Humanitarian Intervention

Module 5 - The United Nations and Intervention

Module 6 - Commanding United Nations Operations

Module 7 - Operating in Conflict Environments-Negotiating, the Media and NGOs

Module 8 - Intervention Failures

Module 9 - The Iraq story and the complexity of themes

Module 10 - African interventions

Module 11 - The United Nations and nation building

Module 12 - Outsourcing Interventions

Module 13 - Whereto with humanitarian intervention and peacekeeping