Submission of Written Assignments

Online Quiz: the quiz will be available on the iLearn unit website.

Submission of Tutorial Paper and Essay: These assignments are to be submitted through TurnItIn via the iLearn unit website.

Policies on Written Assessment: Extensions, Late/Early Submission, Length

Extensions can only be granted before the assessment is due and if an application is made via a Special Consideration request.

Late Submission Policy

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 – e.g. quizzes, online tests - or for journal notes collected randomly in tutorial classes.

Length policy: Essays exceeding or falling short of the specified word lengths will attract a penalty: divergences of more than 10% will attract a penalty of 10%.

Assignment tasks handed in early will be marked and returned with other papers (i.e. not before the due date).

For Special Consideration Policy see under Policies and Procedures.

 

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. See further the note on Results in the Policies and Procedures section below.

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EXTENSION REQUESTS VIA SPECIAL CONSIDERATION REQUEST

Extensions for the written assignments will only be granted in the case of overwhelming personal circumstances or  medical situation, with supporting documentation (e.g. medical certificate, counsellor statement).  Barring genuine major emergencies, extensions must be sought in advance of the due date, not retrospectively.  Please keep multiple back-ups of work on your computer. Bear in mind that all written assessment (document studies and essays) should be begun long before the due date; generally, an extension can’t be given because of a problem which arises a day or two before the due date.  If it is necessary to request an extension, please do so before the due date.

Where an extension is granted, proof of work already undertaken already may be required.  Generally extensions will be made on a day-for-day basis (i.e. a medical certificate or counsellor statement for three days will be basis for three days’ extension).

Remember, restrictions on extensions exist not because your lecturer is mean and sadistic, but for fairness to other students who have worked to submit their items within the common restrictions.

Please see under "Policies and Procedures" for policies on academic honesty/plagiarism.

Delivery and Resources

Staff Contact details

The convenor and main lecturer for this unit is Dr Peter Edwell (Level 2, Australian Hearing Hub, e-mail address: peter.edwell@mq.edu.au). 

Please note: Apart from the first lecture which will act as an introduction, lectures in this unit are recorded only and will not be delivered live. It is very important to listen to the recorded lectures because weekly assessable quizzes are based on the material covered in the recorded lectures.

Required Unit Materials

There is no prescribed text book for this unit. There is also no unit reader. Materials for weekly readings for tutorials will be made available on Leganto or in a folder on the unit website. Further instructions will be provided in the introductory lecture.

Unit Schedule

Week 1          

Lecture:                            General introduction to unit and third century background

Tutorial/Discussion:        Introductory

Week 2         

Lecture:                           The Tetrarchy and the Rise to Power of Constantine.

Tutorial/Discussion:       Eusebius and Lactantius: The Conversion of Constantine        

Week 3        

Lecture:                          Constantine as Sole Emperor: AD 324-337

Tutorial/Discussion:       

Week 4         

Lecture:                           The Sons of Constantine: Constantius II, Constantine II and Constans

Tutorial/Discussion:        Athanasius, History of the Arians/Themistius, Oration on Rome & Constantinople

Week 5         

Lecture:                           The Emperor Julian                                       

Tutorial/Discussion:        Themistius

Week 6         

Lecture:                           The Theodosian "Revolution"

Tutorial/Discussion:       Ammianus Marcellinus on the Battle of Adrianople

Week 7                             No lectures or tutorials/discussions

Mid-semester break

Week 8         

Lecture:                            Church-State relations in the fifth century

Tutorial/Discussion:        The sack of Rome

 

Week 9       

Lecture:                           Rome and the peoples outside the Empire - Persia and the "Barbarians"

Tutorial/Discussion:       Theodoret’s Life of Simeon Stylites/Pseudo-Joshua the Stylite

 

Week 10                            

Lecture:                            The last generation of the western Roman Empire and the Barbarian Kingdoms

Tutorial/Discussion:        Paulinus of Pella, Thanksgiving/ Sidonius Apollinaris, Letters

 

Week 11                           

Lecture:                           Theoderic "King" of Italy

Tutorial/Discussion:        The History of Theoderic

 

Week 12       

Lecture:                            The emperor Anastasius and the early reign of Justinian

Tutorial/Discussion:        Procopius & Malalas: The Nika Riots and Theodora

Week 13       

Lecture:                           Unit Summary

Tutorial/Discussion:        No tutorials or discussions