Late Assessment Penalty

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. 

Required and recommended resources

Readings in research and translation methodologies, see also:

Writing a Research Paper (https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/common_writing_assignments/research_papers/index.html)

An excellent guide from Purdue University

There are many more guides available online as well as in the library.

The university runs a series of workshop on learning skills and completing assignments. Please check up the details via the following link:

http://www.students.mq.edu.au/support/learning_skills/undergraduate/workshops/

CHIN 3030, The Chinese Classics is designed for students who have some knowledge in Chinese language equivalent to CHN233 (Intermediate Chinese) or above. Selected texts will be studied in Chinese, in translation, and backgrounds and histories of these texts. Students will be encouraged to pursue their own interests through choice of presentations,  group discussion, readings and annotated translations.

The website Chinese text project http://ctext.org/ is extremely useful and you are encouraged to consult this site for the early texts as well as English translations of the texts although you should assess other sources for the same purposes. 

The Scripta Sinica 漢籍電子文獻資料庫 database (from Academia Sinica) contains almost all of the important Chinese classics, especially those related to Chinese history.

Treasures of Chinese Classics (Guoxuebaodian 國學寶典) brings together a collection of several thousand searchable Chinese texts, including classics, works of history, geography, and medicine, collected writings, novels, poetry, and drama.  Also includes a character dictionary 國學字典, name dictionary 人名詞典 giving brief biographies of writers and scholars, and a title dictionary 書名詞典 with short abstracts of the works derived from the 四库总目提要 and other sources.

This is a 3000 level unit and requires a considerable amount of private reading, research and study of original works, histories of literature and web resources.  Students are encouraged to attend all classes with class discussion strongly emphasizing student engagement. To benefit the most from the course, students are required to be active, responsible participants in their own learning, and to develop independent analytical and research skills in Chinese culture, history and society by reading and analyzing both Chinese and English sources which should not be confined to the recommended reading list. Students should complete assessments on time by following instructions. You should check iLearn regularly http://ilearn.mq.edu.au/my/under the unit concerned, for announcements and resource information posted by the convenor.

TECHNOLOGY USED AND REQUIRED

Online Unit

Login is via: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/

Is my unit in iLearn?: http://help.ilearn.mq.edu.au/unitsonline/ to check when your online unit will become available.

Technology

Students are required to have regular access to a computer and the internet. Mobile devices alone are not sufficient.

For students attending classes on campus we strongly encourage that you bring along your own laptop computer, ready to work with activities in your online unit. The preferred operating system is Windows 10.

Students are required to access the online unit in iLearn by the end of Week 1 and follow any relevant instructions and links for downloads that may be required. If applicable, students are required to download the relevant language package prior to Week 2.

Please contact your course convenor before the end of Week 1 if you do not have a suitable laptop (or tablet) for in-class use.

• For central technical support go to:  http://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/offices_and_units/information_technology/help/
• For student quick guides on the use of iLearn go to:  https://students.mq.edu.au/support/study/tools-and-resources/ilearn/ilearn-quick-guides-for-students