SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE UNIT

To complete the unit successfully you need a minimum mark of 50% overall, and you must attempt every piece of assessment.

GRADES:

The grade you receive will signify your overall performance in meeting the learning outcomes of this unit of study. Grades will not be awarded by reference to the achievement of other students nor allocated to fit a predetermined distribution. In determining a grade, due weight will be given to the learning outcomes and level at which it is being offered, in this case, at postgraduate level. The following grades will be used:

F: 0-49% P: 50-64% CR: 65-74% D: 75-84% HD: 85-100%

IMPORTANT NOTE ON FINAL MARKS: Please note with respect to the marks you receive for work during the session: that the marks given are indicative only; final marks will be determined after moderation. 

SUBMISSION OF WORK:

All work for this unit is to be submitted through Turnitin.

MARKING CRITERIA:

A rubric is provided below for the essays. In summary, the marking criteria are:

1. The range of primary literary sources and archaeological, epigraphic and numismatic evidence used and the ways in which they are weighted and analysed
2. The range of secondary works consulted and the depth of engagement with them
3. Structure of argument and skill in presentation
4. Formal presentation including correct referencing and bibliography (for the two essays), English language grammar, spelling and punctuation

EXTENSIONS:

The granting of extensions of up to one week are at the discretion of the unit convener.  Any requests for extensions must be made in writing before the due date for the submission of the assessment task.  Extensions beyond one week is subject to the university’s Disruptions Policy (Read the policy http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html). Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments including for this unit, the Take Home examination.

DISRUPTION TO STUDIES:

If you require an extension of longer than seven (7) days you will be required to submit a ‘Disruption to Studies’ Notification.  Please follow the procedure below:

1. Visit https://ask.mq.edu.au/account/forms/display/disruptions and use your OneID to log in.
2. Select your OUA unit code from the drop down list and fill in your relevant details. Note: A notification needs to be submitted for each unit you believe is affected by the disruption. 
3. Click "Submit form".
4. Attach supporting documents by clicking 'Add a note/attachment', click 'browse' and navigating to the files you want to attach, then click 'submit note' to send your notification and supporting documents
5. Please keep copies of your original documents, as they may be requested in the future as part of the assessment process

Please ensure that supporting documentation is included with your request. The Macquarie Professional Authority form is the preferred document (though not the only one allowed): https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policies/disruption-to-studies/media/Form_Disruption-to-Studies_PAF.pdf

Notify your convenor via your iLearn dialogue box if you are submitting a ‘Disruption to Studies’ Notification.

Your request will be considered once all the documentation has been received.

If you have issues, please contact your convenor via the dialogue tool immediately.

Extensions are granted only on grounds of illness or misadventure, and appropriate supporting documentation must be submitted. Work submitted after 3 weeks beyond the due date, or the date after which an extension has been given, will not be accepted. If you are having problems completing an assignment, please contact the convenor as early as possible.

OUA SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES PROCESS

Special Circumstances refers to late withdrawal from a unit and your request to have your circumstances taken into account for a possible refund of fees and removal of a “fail” result.

Applications for Special Circumstances are to be submitted to Open Universities Australia directly.

https://www.open.edu.au/public/student-admin-and-support/student-support-services/special-circumstances

ESSAY MARKING RUBRIC:

Note: the same principles apply for the Take Home exam except that for it, no marks will be awarded for referencing and bibliography as they are not required for that assessment task. Those marks will be allocated instead to 'Argument and critical evaluation of evidence' which will account for 40% of the total.

THE TAKE HOME EXAM:

A take-home examination will be set with four questions to be answered. The word-length for answers to the exam as a whole is 3,000 words, so that each answer should be approximately 750 words long.  Nothing over 3,300 words will be marked. 

The take-home examination is not another essay.  Footnoting should not be used, and bibliographies should not be given.  What is required is a set of well thought out but relatively brief answers to analytical questions drawn from across the ideas and events dealt with in the unit. The idea is that is should be possible to do the take-home exam in three hours, although there is no way of checking that you do not spend four or five hours writing the answers.

The questions for the take-home examination will be made available in the iLearn unit during Week 13 of the Session. You must submit your answers by 5 p.m. on Friday of Week 13 through Turnitin.

INTRODUCTION

Pericles said:

“I would have you day by day fix your eyes upon the greatness of Athens, until you become filled with the love of her; and when you are impressed by the spectacle of her glory, reflect that this empire has been acquired by men who knew their duty and had the courage to do it.”

Athens in the fifth century BC was the world’s first democracy, and defeated the Persian invasion of Greece in 480-79.  Afterwards, it became to hub of an empire whose spokes were around eastern Greece and the west of Asia Minor. The Athenians acted on the thesis that (as Clifford Orwin writes), “Every city is constrained to pursue its own safety, honor, and profit to the detriment of those of other cities: only when its appetite for these is glutted to the point of empire can it reasonably (and thus justly) be expected to study justice.”

In this unit the seventy-four year history of the Athenian empire is scrutinized: how it took shape, how it worked, where the money came from. Near the end, the war in which Sparta took down the Athenian empire is examined, and finally, there is a look at what the post-imperial future held for the Athenians.

REQUIRED READING

Clifford Orwin, The Humanity of Thucydides (Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1994:  ISBN 0691034494)

J.M. Moore, Aristotle and Xenophon on democracy and oligarchy (London, Hogarth Press, 1983: ISBN 0701127031)

Books can be obtained from http://www.coop.com.au. They should be bought if circumstances allow, but of course you may also read it in a library or obtain it via some other lower-cost method or retailer. Please do not contact me and ask me if it is necessary to buy the set books. They are set books for a reason, but I am not the author and I do not make a cent on sales. 

UNIT WEBPAGE AND TECHNOLOGY USED AND REQUIRED

Online units can be accessed at: http://ilearn.mq.edu.au/

PC and Internet access are required. Basic computer skills (e.g., internet browsing) and skills in word processing are also a requirement.

Please do not contact teaching staff for any further, more specific computer requirements. onehelp@mq.edu.au is the resource to use for help with all computer problems. Consult the OUA website for more detailed information on technology requirements:

http://www.open.edu.au/public/future-students/getting-started/computer-requirements

GENERAL HELP:

I am here to help you as much as I can. I really want you to enjoy this unit and to succeed. I prefer you to use the discussion forum as, in my experience, if you are struggling or concerned with something, others in the class will be too. However, if you have a personal matter you need to raise, then use the private forum on iLearn or email me.

I am taking over this version of the unit from my colleague Associate Professor Paul McKechnie. I have taught the internal Macquarie version for a number of years and the Athenian Empire is an area of personal expertise. Given Paul's great experience with running OUA units, I have decided to keep his format, lectures and structure of assessment. However, I will be adding in considerable resources to the iLearn site, and I trust, adding value to your learning experience.