Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Marcelle Freiman
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
6cp in ENGL units at 300 level
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
Focusing on the literary essay, this unit aims to integrate, synthesise and refine the critical reading, writing, conceptual and analytic knowledge and skills students have acquired across the multiple and diverse topics within their study of English. Throughout the early modern, modern and post-modern periods, the literary essay has developed alongside and in dialogue with other major genres of writing – most notably, the novel, drama, poetry, literary and cultural criticism. While it is a much practised form, it is often viewed as an invisible genre, commonly studied and utilised in conjunction with other textual practices, but rarely analysed in itself as a specific kind of discursive practice with particular, though diverse, stylistic features, conceptual parameters and ideological concerns. In this unit students read, critically analyse and write a range of essays across various subject areas – such as literature, art, music, film, politics, food, travel and so on. However, the critical focus of the unit is on the essay as textual practice: its generic affiliations; stylistic and discursive characteristics; ideological assumptions and agendas; and its role and impact within culture in general.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Due |
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Participation | 15% | Weeks 2 - 12 |
Seminar paper | 25% | 12 September |
Research proposal and essay | 50% | 29 Sept, 13 Nov |
Reflective statement on skills | 10% | 13 November |
Due: Weeks 2 - 12
Weighting: 15%
Attainment of unit outcomes in relation to tutorial participation will be assessed according to the following criteria:
Due: 12 September
Weighting: 25%
Seminar paper based on a provided essay question. Requires secondary research.
Word length 1500 words.
Due: 29 Sept, 13 Nov
Weighting: 50%
Research proposal - 500 words. Submitted to Peer Mark - 29 September. This component is formative for the task and is not given a mark. Proposals are work shopped online and in-class. Students provide online feedback in Peer Mark by 5 October.
Research essay - 2500 words. Submitted to Turnitin - 13 November, together with revised proposal.
Research essay requires secondary research. Full instructions for for both tasks are in the unit iLearn.
Due: 13 November
Weighting: 10%
Based on reflection of skills and capabilities students perceive they have gained during the English Major, the task is to write a statement orientating these skills and capabilities for a graduate employment application.
Unit delivery
For classroom venues please consult the MQ Timetable website: http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au. This website has up-to-date information on your classes and classroom locations. Please check this in Week 1 as there may be last-minute changes.
Lectures and attendance
Lectures begin in Week 1.
Tutorials begin in Week 2.
Lectures for this unit are each week. Lectures are recorded and available via Echo in iLearn. Students are expected to attend or listen to the lectures each week.
Students are expected to attend their tutorials each week.
** Note that lectures are on Friday and tutorials are on Friday and the following Monday. The Monday tutorials always follow directly on from the previous Friday’s lecture.
The unit iLearn site is used to access lectures, to submit Turnitin and Peer Mark assignments, for unit information and messages, for communicating with staff and for online activities as required.
Required Reading
Unit Requirements and Expectations
The university Assessment Policy states that in order to pass a unit, a student must make a serious attempt at all pieces of written assessment.
Students enrolled in this unit are expected to:
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
New Assessment Policy in effect from Session 2 2016 http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/policy_2016.html. For more information visit http://students.mq.edu.au/events/2016/07/19/new_assessment_policy_in_place_from_session_2/
Assessment Policy prior to Session 2 2016 http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/policy.html
Grading Policy prior to Session 2 2016 http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/grading/policy.html
Grade Appeal Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/gradeappeal/policy.html
Complaint Management Procedure for Students and Members of the Public http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/complaint_management/procedure.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.
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.
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When using the University's IT, you must adhere to the Acceptable Use of IT Resources 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:
We want our graduates to have emotional intelligence and sound interpersonal skills and to demonstrate discernment and common sense in their professional and personal judgement. They will exercise initiative as needed. They will be capable of risk assessment, and be able to handle ambiguity and complexity, enabling them to be adaptable in diverse and changing environments.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates will have enquiring minds and a literate curiosity which will lead them to pursue knowledge for its own sake. They will continue to pursue learning in their careers and as they participate in the world. They will be capable of reflecting on their experiences and relationships with others and the environment, learning from them, and growing - personally, professionally and socially.
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:
As local citizens our graduates will be aware of indigenous perspectives and of the nation's historical context. They will be engaged with the challenges of contemporary society and with knowledge and ideas. We want our graduates to have respect for diversity, to be open-minded, sensitive to others and inclusive, and to be open to other cultures and perspectives: they should have a level of cultural literacy. Our graduates should be aware of disadvantage and social justice, and be willing to participate to help create a wiser and better society.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want our graduates to be aware of and have respect for self and others; to be able to work with others as a leader and a team player; to have a sense of connectedness with others and country; and to have a sense of mutual obligation. Our graduates should be informed and active participants in moving society towards sustainability.
This graduate capability is supported by:
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27/07/2016 | I had not saved some previous changes to the final assessment submission in the last correction. This has now been corrected to 13 Nov for all components. MF |
17/07/2016 | Changed final assignment due date to13 Nov |