SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE UNIT To complete the unit successfully you need a minimum mark of 50% overall. You must attempt every piece of assessment or marks may be deducted (see 'Extensions and Penalties' below).

GRADES: F: 0-49% P: 50-64% CR: 65-74% D: 75-84% HD: 85-100% Grade descriptors may be found in a separate document on the unit’s website.

ONLINE QUIZZES. There are seven short online quizzes and one major online quiz. The minor quizzes will test you on material covered in the lectures and tutorials of the current and preceding week(s) back to the last quiz. (Tip: you will easily be able to answer the questions if you have listened to the lectures and read the set readings for each tutorial - they are not designed to trick you). Access to each quiz is through the unit’s website. You may take the quizzes at any time during the relevant week but you may take each quiz only once. All answers will be either right or wrong. Each minor quiz consists of ten questions and is worth 5% of your mark. The major quiz will comprise 30 questions and will test you on material covered in the whole unit - it is worth 15%. In total the quizzes are worth 50% of your overall mark.

BLOGS. You are required to post two blog entries each of 200 words (maximum) commenting on one significant aspect of the set reading(s) which will be discussed in the relevant tutorials. Each blog entry is like a single paragraph in an essay dealing with just one specific point based on one piece of ancient evidence. It must include a topic sentence, primary evidence and argument based on the differing opinions of two modern scholars. It must not include an introduction or framing sentence or conclusion. It must be fully referenced using in-text (Harvard style) referencing and a bibliography. Provide a word count. The bibliography does not count in the word count. Each blog is worth 5% of the total mark making a total of 10% of your assessment for the unit.

ESSAY PLAN AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY You must submit this through Turnitin. It comprises two parts. In the first part you must provide a draft introduction and the topic sentences for 5 paragraphs. In the second part, you must provide the full bibliographic entry for five of the most significant journal articles or book chapters in edited volumes (NOT books or book chapters where the whole volume is written by one or more co-authors) you plan to use for your Major Essay. For each source provide a short explanation of no more than 50 words of its usefulness to your essay. This assessment task is worth 10% of your total marks.

MAJOR ESSAY. This must be submitted through Turnitin. It is worth 30% of your total mark for the unit. The set question is: Why did the Spartans and their allies win the Peloponnesian War? Clearly identify and analyse the main factors.The tutorial in Week 8 is devoted to discussing the requirements for a good essay. Draft answers (on a non-assessed question) will be provided. Your answer to the essay question should demonstrate extensive use of primary and secondary sources. Bibliographies provided give you a starting point for developing a reading list of secondary literature relevant to the essay topic. In order to locate further material on particular issues you should consult the footnotes and indices of modern works. Your essay should be based on an analysis and discussion of primary (ancient) sources. Secondary literature should be used to aid you in your analysis and interpretation of the ancient sources and to place your interpretation within the context of previous scholarship. All opinions included in the essay, whether quoted directly or paraphrased, MUST be referenced according to the guidelines given in the Assignment Presentation Style Guide available on the iLearn site following the instructions for in-text (Harvard style) referencing. Do NOT add any extraneous information in footnotes. Remember to include every reference you have actually used in your bibliography. Do not reference lectures. You must include a word count. Anything beyond the prescribed word limit (2,000 words +/- 10% excluding footnotes and bibliography) will not be marked. Marking criteria: 1. Argument and critical evaluation of evidence - 30% weighting 2. Structure and organisation - 20% weighting 3. Use of primary sources - 15% weighting 4. Use of secondary sources - 15% weighting 5. Grammar, style and spelling - 10% weighting 6. Referencing and bibliography - 10% weighting

DUE DATES AND RETURN OF WORK. See the unit schedule below for the due dates. I plan to mark the blogs and essay plan with annotated bibliography and provide feedback within a week or so of submission. Quizzes: Results will be available as soon as the quiz closes. Essay: I will mark this on-line through Turnitin and release it when all marking is completed.

EXTENSIONS AND PENALTIES 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.

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.

Lectures: There are two pre-recorded lectures per week for the first 12 weeks and a unit review lecture in the final week • Tutorials: Internal students must attend tutorials on campus, one of which will be recorded per week for external students • Lectures and tutorials will be available via Echo 360. Please note that the tutorials are given in an ordinary classroom in 2019 and because of the limitations of the recording equipment it may be difficult to hear when students talk, though it should be possible to hear what I say • You must listen to the recorded lectures and tutorials. Tip: If you do not do so, you will find it difficult to answer the quizzes and successfully write the blogs. Important note: Some of the specific information contained in the lectures relating to dates and assessment applied to 2019. Refer to the unit schedule below and the iLearn site for the correct information.

UNIT WEBPAGE AND ONLINE TEACHING • This unit has an online presence. Login is via: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/ • For student quick guides on the use of iLearn go to: http://mq.edu.au/iLearn/student_inf o/guides.htm • You are required to have regular access to a computer and the internet. Mobile devices alone are not sufficient. • For technical support go to: http://mq.edu.au/about_us/offices_and_units/informatics/help • Information about accessing and using the Online Teaching Facility can be found at: https://online.mq.edu.au/index.html. Please direct any questions about passwords, access and WebCT to the IT helpdesk. You can: ◦ email them via the Just Askform at http://www.library.mq.edu.au/justask/ ◦ access their help via http://www.library.mq.edu.au/help/ithelp/ ◦ phone (02) 9850 HELP, (02) 9850 4357 (in Sydney) or 1 800 063 191 (outside Sydney).

READING LIST • The required course textbook is Terry Buckley’s Aspects of Greek History: A Source-Based Approach, 2nd edition, (London 2010), copies available from Booktopia (some also available in the library). Here is a link to Booktopia. You are also required to become familiar with the ancient literary source material which will be the basis of much of what we discuss. The most necessary are conveniently found in the following reasonably-priced editions available through the same link: • Herodotus: The Histories (Penguin ed., London 1972) • Thucydides: History of the Peloponnesian War (Penguin ed., London 1972) Better versions with indices and explanatory appendices are the Landmark editions of both Herodotus and Thucydides edited by Robert B. Strassler available from Booktopia: • The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories (Pantheon Books, New York, 2007) • The Landmark Thucydides: a Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian  War (Touchstone, New York, 1998) Versions of Herodotus and Thucydides are also freely available on-line but are harder to use.

Session break

Previously this unit was offered in external and internal modes. This year it is entirely external. Lectures and tutorials are pre-recorded. There will be a greater emphasis on the on-line forums for discussion and questions.