Assignment submission

Internal students must submit an electronic copy of their assignments via Turnitin (prior to 2pm) and a hard copy of their assignments to the appropriate assignment box located in the reception area of the Science Student Centre (Room 101), on the ground floor at the western end of building E7A. The Centre is open from 8.30am to 5.00pm on Monday to Friday. There is an after-hours box in the door of building E7A, opposite E5A. Assignments are to be submitted by 2.00pm on the due dates and will be considered late if stamped after this time. You must attach a copy of the email approval or medical certificates to justify any late submission.

External students must submit their assignments via Turnitin by 2pm of the due date.

All assignments must include a completed and signed coversheet stapled as the front page.

Internal students can download barcoded coversheets from the web at http://web.science.mq.edu.au/for/new_and_current_students/assignments_and_coversheets/

Please make a copy of each assignment you submit. This is your insurance against any misadventure to the assignment.

Turnitin

Both internal and external students must submit a copy of their assignments via Turnitin – accessed via the iLearn site.  Macquarie University promotes student awareness of information management and information ethics. As well as training and the provision of general information, the University tackles the issue of academic honesty through use of an online text matching tool - Turnitin. This software is used in conjunction with a set of procedures to ensure its use is equitable. Your assessment task will automatically be compared to work of your classmates, previous students from Macquarie and other universities, with material available on the Internet, both freely available and subscription-based electronic journals. The results will be sent only to your lecturer, who will analyse these in reference to the University's standard Policy on Academic Honesty: http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html .

All assessment tasks for ENVG330 must be submitted to Turnitin as part of the submission process, and the Turnitin receipt number recorded on the coversheet of each assignment. You will be able to access the result of the Turnitin scan and be able to review your assignments in light of this result. Not everything that Turnitin picks up as comparable to other work is plagiarised. Use this process constructively to ensure you are referencing correctly and effectively. Instructions for submitting assignment to Turnitin can be found at:  http://mq.edu.au/iLearn/student_info/assignments.htm

Extensions and penalties

Extensions will be granted only in unforeseen or exceptional circumstances and only by the unit convenor. Written evidence of illness or misadventure will normally be the only grounds on which extensions will be given. Essays submitted after the due date and without extension will be penalised 10% per day or part thereof. This penalty will be applied unless you are granted an extension by the unit convenor and provide appropriate supporting documentation. Please talk to (or email) the convenor about any circumstances that affect your assignments before the due date. Late essays will not be accepted once marked essays have been returned.

Returning Assessment Tasks

Marked assignments will be returned within approximately 3 weeks of submission via tutorial classes (and then through the Science Student Centre). External students will receive assignment feedback through Grademark in Turnitin.

Lectures:

Internal Students: There will be one two-hour lecture session every week on Mondays from 10.00am–12.00pm in C5A 229.

External Students: Lectures will be recorded using Echo-360 and can be accessed through iLearn.

Tutorials:

Internal students:  One-hour long tutorials will be held every week on Mondays (W5A 201) at 2:00–3:00 pm, 3:00-4:00 pm and 4:00-5:00 pm. Internal students are required to register for one of these three timeslots by the beginning of semester.

iLearn:

It is very important that all students are familiar with the iLearn site for ENVG330 and check it on a regular basis (at least twice per week). Please see the unit convenor immediately if you can foresee any problems.

Required and recommended resources:

There is no required text for ENVG330; however, the required weekly tutorial readings are available through the library’s e-reserve through the Library homepage (http://www.library.mq.edu.au/borrowing/ereserve.php) or via the link off the unit’s iLearn site. There are several books that will be useful as general reference and background reading. The list below provides recommended general resources for the course:

• Connell, John and Waddell, Eric (Eds.) (2007) Environment, development and change in rural Asia-Pacific:  between local and global, Routledge, London.
• Connors, Michael K., Davison, Remy and Dosch, Jorn. (2004) The new global politics of the Asia-Pacific, Routledge, New York and London
• Crump, Thomas. (2007) Asia-Pacific, Hambledon Continuum, London and New York
• McGregor, Andrew. (2008). Southeast Asian Development, London: Routledge.
• McMichael, Philip (2000) Development and social change: a global perspective, Pine Forge Press, Thousand Oaks, London, Singapore, New Delhi.
• Osbourne, M. (1992). Southeast Asia: An illustrated Introductory History, St Leonards: Allen and Unwin.
• Peet, R (1999) Theories of development, New York and London, Guilford Press.
• Rahnema, M. and Bawtree, V. (2003) The post-development reader, Zed books, London.
• Sachs, W (1992) The development dictionary London & New Jersey; Zed Books Ltd
• Simon, D (2006) Fifty key thinkers on development London & New York: Routledge