Assessment Outline

To help you prepare for each tutorial, you will be given tasks to complete prior to each tutorial. These tasks include:

• short-answer exercises based on the required readings and lecture content
• exercises to assist you with your assignments.

Preparatory worksheet tasks will be appear on iLearn under the relevant week by 5pm on the Friday before your class. In some weeks you will also be required to submit work prepared during a tutorial.

Requirements

Preparation tasks should be completed before the start of your tutorial. Unless otherwise advised, a short paragraph (100-150 words) will suffice for each question on the preparation sheet. You should acknowledge any sources cited (as shown on iLearn). Unless specifically asked to, you do not need to include external scholarly sources in your worksheets.

Submission Instructions

Tutorial worksheets must be submitted in hard copy within the first 15 minutes of each class. In addition, all worksheets must be uploaded (as a single document) on Turnitin by 5pm Friday 13 October. 

Assessment Criteria

• Evidence that all preparation and in-class tasks have been submitted in class and on Turnitin.
• Evidence of written engagement with unit content.

Model answers will be discussed in class before the mid-session break. This will provide you with early feedback so that you can check your progress in this unit.

Assignment Outline

This assignment involves two closed-book, in-class tests. Each test consists of a number of multiple-choice questions based on the unit content. The Week 5 test may be based on any material from Weeks 1-5. The Week 9 test may be based on any material from Weeks 6-9.

Requirements

The Class Tests will be administered during tutorials.

Submission Instructions

Class Tests will be distributed at the start of tutorials in Weeks 5 and 9. Each test will last for between 10 and 15 minutes and will consist of multiple-choice questions only. All Class Tests will be collected in class. There will not be an opportunity to complete the tests online.

Assessment Criteria

Marks will be awarded according to the number of questions answered correctly.

Assignment Outline

The major project must address one of the topics in the Essay Guide, which will be available on iLearn by 5pm Friday 11 August. The essay must demonstrate engagement with the content of MUS102.

Requirements

• Essays must be 1700 words (plus or minus 100 words, including all in-text references, not including reference list).
• Essays must address one of the set topics available in the Essay Guide (available on iLearn).
• Essays must include a minimum of six (6) scholarly sources.
• Essays must follow the Harvard referencing system shown on iLearn.

Submission Instructions

A full hard copy version of the essay is due in the first 15 minutes of your Week 10 tutorial for peer review. The version you bring to class must be complete (including all references and reference list). Dot-point plans and incomplete essay fragments will not count towards your mark.

The final version of your essay is due on Turnitin/iLearn by 5pm Tuesday 24 October. For a guide to using Turnitin, please visit: https://www.mq.edu.au/iLearn/student_info/assignments.htm

Assessment Criteria

Essays will be assessed according to the following criteria:

• Argument and evidence.
• Research and referencing.
• Effectiveness of structure.
• Level of written expression.
• Level of peer-review contribution.

You may be asked to meet with Adrian Renzo for a viva voce, to elaborate on your research process.