Assessment/Standards

Macquarie University uses the following grades in coursework units of study:

Grade descriptors and other information concerning grading are contained in the Macquarie University Grading Policy, which is available at: http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/grading/policy.html

Further details for each assessment task will be available on iLearn.

All final grades in the Faculty of Human Sciences are determined by a grading committee and are not the sole responsibility of the Unit Convenor.

Students will be awarded one of these grades plus a Standardised Numerical Grade (SNG). The SNG is not necessarily a summation of the individual assessment components. The final grade and SNG that are awarded reflect the corresponding grade descriptor in the Grading Policy.

Department of Educational Studies (EC) Academic Honesty Guidelines:  

All assignments should cite and provide full bibliographical details of all material that you have used to inform or support your ideas. At the Department of Educational Studies, students are required to use the American Psychological Association (APA) referencing procedures. Full details about how to cite and reference correctly can be found in Perrin (2015) and in the Academic Honesty Handbook.  

Perrin, R. (2015). Pocket guide to APA style (5th ed.). Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning.

Assignment extensions and late penalties

Applications for extensions must be made via AskMQ at https://ask.mq.edu.au as a "Disruption to Studies" request before the submission date. Students who experience a disruption to their studies through ill-health or misadventure are able to apply for this request. Extensions can only be granted if they meet the Disruption to Studies policy and are submitted via ask.mq.edu.au. This will ensure consistency in the consideration of such requests is maintained.

In general, there should be no need for extensions except through illness or misadventure that would be categorised as unavoidable disruption according to the University definition of same, and currently available at: http://students.mq.edu.au/student_admin/exams/disruption_to_studies/

Late submissions without extension will receive a penalty of 5% reduction of the total possible mark for each day late (including weekends and public holidays). You are reminded that submitting even just 1 day late could be the difference between passing and failing a unit. Late penalties are applied by unit convenors or their delegates after tasks are assessed.

No assessable work will be accepted after the return/release of marked work on the same topic. If a student is still permitted to submit on the basis of unavoidable disruption, an alternative topic may be set.

Students should keep an electronic file of all assessments. Claims regarding "lost" assessments cannot be made if the file cannot be produced. It is also advisable to keep an electronic file of all drafts and the final submission on a USB untouched/unopened after submission. This can be used to demonstrate easily that the assessment has not been amended after the submission date.

About this Unit

HLTH310 Health Promotion provides students with an overview of the theories, practices and frameworks of health promotion as a planned approach to improvement of heath in population groups and within the context of modern public health. It focuses on both local and global health promotion issues.  The unit aims to increase students' understanding of the social determinants of health and how these impact the planning, implementation and evaluation of health promotion activities. While designed primarily for Health Studies students and Bachelor of Human Science students, the unit is also suitable for students from other programs who may be interested in the social, economic, political and geographic aspects of this fundamental area of human health endeavours.

Technology:

HLTH310 makes use of web-based teaching support using iLearn (Moodle). Students will need access to a computer and to the internet.

Delivery and workload:  There are a total of three (3) contact hours per week - being two hours of lectures and one for the tutorial.  Attendance is expected at all lectures and tutorials - this unit is not offered as an external unit.  Recording of lectures is for the purpose of back-up in the event of unavoidable absences - frequent in-class discussion and the occasional recording difficulty may diminish the quality of the recording.

In addition to the face-to-face hours, the expected workload is (on average): 2 for required readings for lectures and tutorials, 1 for research, and 3 for assessments.  This is a total of 9 hours per week.  There may be peak times when assessments are due, so students are advised to plan well ahead of time to take this and their other commitments into consideration.

Resources:

Required text:

Keleher, H., &  MacDougall, C. (2015). Understanding Health, 4th edition. Oxford University Press.

Recommended texts:

Bauman, A. and Nutbeam, D., 2014. Evaluation in a Nutshell. A practical guide to the evaluation of health promotion programs. McGraw Hill Medical.

Nutbeam, D., Harris, E. and Wise, M., 2010. Theory in a Nutshell. A practical guide to health promotion theories. 3rd ed. McGraw Hill Medical.