This will be held in the lecture during Week 8, and will be of one hour and forty minutes duration.  This is a short answer test on the lectures and reading materials covered in Weeks 1-7.  This is a very important assessment; it will allow you to demonstrate your grasp of the core material of the Unit, and to accomplish many of the Unit's objectives, at a very early stage of Session.  It is also a very impartial, objective gauge of your knowledge - much of the Test will be based on important but easy to grasp rote learnt material.  A detailed list of the material that will be covered will be provided so that you can focus your preparations directly on the material covered in the exam.  All of that material will be found in the lectures and tutorials, backed up by selected handouts.  No outside reading will be required.  The scripts will be returned with detailed comments.  We will aim to do this in Week 10 but this is a major undertaking and we will keep you informed if there are any changes to this target date.  Students who through misadventure are unable to attend the Mid-Session Test, must complete a Disruption to Studies application.  If this application meets the criteria set out in the University's policy guidelines, then a Supplementary Test will be offered.

The due date for this assessment 16^th September, 11 pm, though students should look also at the special submission provisions described in the Essay Guide to be posted in iLearn.  The essay is to be submitted by email to the lecturer as a Word document.  All essays will then be examined for plagiarism and other irregularities using Turnitin.  Essays are to be not less than 2000 words.  They need not by significantly longer than this, and must not exceed 2,400 words.   Essays submitted on this date will be returned with full comments.

Topics will be available in Week 1 via a handout on iLearn, and the handout will include also an essay writing guide. This is a skills exercise, rather than just a means of accumulating marks, and  basic essay skills such as citation of sources and correct presentation of references will be emphasized.  The Essay Guide will help with these basic skills. 

After submitting the Essay, you will then defend its argument in a Class Presentation, to be held in tutorial.  You will present as a group along with other students who attempted the same question, although your work and your mark will be your own.   This is a PechaKucha style presentation, of no more than 3 ¹/₂ minutes, with a technology of your choice as long as the presentation can be contained within the strict time limit.  All presentations will be scheduled in the second half of Session, in Weeks 9 to 13, with the timing depending on your choice of question.  If you have submitted the Essay on time, then you will have the benefit of the comments on the Essay in refining your Presentation.  For more details see the section on the Class Presentation. 

If the Essay is late, it cannot be returned with comments or a mark to help with your Class Presentation. This will be a substantial disadvantage to you, and students should aim to submit the Essay on 16th September. Late essays will be accepted only up until 14^th October, after which it will receive a mark of zero.  Students who experience misadventure which affects their ability to complete the Essay component, and whose circumstances meet the criteria for a Disruption to Studies application, should submit this application as soon as possible after the disruption.  Where this application is successful, the submission date may be varied, where circumstances permit, or the Essay component mark reweighted to the Mid-Session Test.

Presentations will be made as part of a group, but every student will receive an individual mark independent of the other members of their group.  The Presentations will take place in tutorial during Weeks 9 - 13.  Administrative arrangements will be discussed in the first tutorial in Week 2.  Your task will be to defend the argument you made on your chosen Essay topic.  If your Essay was submitted on time, then you will have the benefit of the comments made on it, in refining your argument.  This is a PechaKucha presentation with a strict (3 ¹/₂ minutes) time limit.  This is ample time to present your argument, based on that made in your Essay, and allows for class discussion of your position and evidence.^, You will be supported by a technology (such as Powerpoint) of your choice.  Again, you will present as part of a group, and coordinate such choices with them, but the comments and mark will be your own.  As with the other assessments, as well as giving students an opportunity to earn marks, this is intended most of all as skills exercise, an opportunity to practice and hone skills that are crucial for both academic and business purposes.  Students who experience misadventure which prevents them from completing the Presentation on the scheduled day, should complete a Disruption to Studies application.  If this application meets the criteria set out under University guidelines, then the Presentation will be rescheduled to an alternative Week of Session, though it may be necessary for the student to present in another tutorial time and day.

The Final Exam will be of 2.5 hours duration, and will consist of a mix of short answer (as seen already in the Mid-Session Test) and essay-style answer questions.  A guide to the Final Examination will be available from Week 10 via iLearn.  Once again, the Short Answer section of the exam will give an objective and impartial measure of the student's grasp of the rote learnt detail of the Unit, and the Essay section will provide an opportunity to discuss at length the ideas and issues raised in the lectures and tutorial readings.  Students who experience misadventure which prevents them from attending the Final Examination, should complete a Disruption to  Studies application.  If this application meets the criteria set out in University guidelines, then the student may be offered a Supplementary Examination on the day and time timetabled by the University.