Participation is composed of two tasks - in class and online participation.

Class participation will be assessed in weekly tutorials for internal students and during the On Campus Session (OCS) for external students. Students should ensure they have completed the required reading before tutorials or the OCS. The dates from the OCS can be found on the timetable.

Students must be prepared to discuss this material during the OCS.

Readings and tutorial questions will be supplied in a separate document posted on the iLearn webpage.

Participation will involve: exploring, analysing and applying the principal issues covered in the unit, answering questions put directly to you, engaging in formal and informal debates, group work, and constructing and presenting legal arguments. Class participation will be assessed on:     * Demonstration of knowledge of the readings.     * Level of critical analysis displayed     * Relevant original contributions     *  Ability to engage constructively with other students and the Tutor     * Your ability to make an educated and legally feasible arguments in class.

Note that no marks are awarded just for attending class, and that assessment is based on the quality, not quantity, of your work in class.

Students should also note that the onus to participate in class is on you, not on the Convenor. In other words, it is not the job of the Convenor to engage you in discussion so that you may avail yourself of the class participation assessment.

Online participation 

Starting in Week 3 a forum will be open each week for a period of two weeks.

Each forum will be based upon a media article selected and posted by the Convenor that focuses upon an issue relevant to environmental planning law.

Students are to post a reflective response to topics/issues raised in the article. Your reflections should draw on your past knowledge and experience, your new knowledge (from the textbook, readings and lectures) and your conclusions about any changes in your attitudes or future practice that will be based on this experience. Further guidance on how to draft a reflective response will be provided through the iLearn page for the unit.

You need to complete a forum posting that meets the relevant rubric (made available on iLearn) in at least 2 of the 6 forums over the session in order to be eligible to submit and receive a grade for your Assessment Task.

Students may post on as many forums as they like through the session and nominate the 2 postings of their preference for the purposes of assessment.

Once you have posted your reflections, you will be able to see the questions and answers of your fellow seminar colleagues. You may respond and engage in discussion with as many of the postings each week as you wish.

The LEP (Local Environmental Plan) is a vital instrument in environment and planning law. The task is a mandatory hurdle assessment that requires students to search for and identify the LEP that regulates the area in which they live. Students must pass this assessment to pass the course.

Having located the relevant LEP students must then answer a set of prescribed questions that shall be made available within the first week of session 1.

The task is designed to introduce students early to the rationale, objects and purpose of planning instruments in a manner that utilises the context of a local community that the student is inherently familiar with. This will prepare students for the later tasks of analysing how LEPs and other planning instruments are made, the legal value attached to them and other themes that correlate with the overall objectives of the course.

Word limit - 500 words

This task (like all assessment tasks) is to be submitted via turnitin through iLearn.

All students are required to answer a conceptually based research essay question in 2,500 words based primarily (but NOT exclusively) on the unit readings for weeks 1 to 7 and additional references as set out on the Course Schedule and Reading List. As stated in the Learning Outcomes students are required to conduct research outside the provided material to find ideas and information appropriate to solving problems (or answering questions) that are posed to them and relevant to the issues under examination.

The question(s) will be released in the third week of the semester.

This task (like all assessment tasks) is to be submitted via turnitin through iLearn.

An assessment task involving hypothetical scenarios and giving appropriate legal advice testing practical application of law to facts will be released via the iLearn page. Further details will be provided during the course of the semester.

This is a timed assessment and no late submissions will be accepted.

The question is released June 6 at 9am.

The task is designed to be completed within two days.

This task (like all assessment tasks) is to be submitted via turnitin through iLearn.