Assessment criteria for all assessment tasks will be provided on the unit iLearn site.

It is the responsibility of students to view their marks for each within-session-assessment on iLearn within 20 days of posting. If there are any discrepancies, students must contact the unit convenor immediately. Failure to do so will mean that queries received after the release of final results regarding assessment tasks (not including the final exam mark) will not be addressed.

Late submissions of assessments

Sometimes unavoidable circumstances occur that might prevent you from submitting an assessment on time and, in that case, you may be eligible to lodge a Special Consideration request.

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, please note that no extensions to assessment deadlines will be granted. Assessments that are submitted late will attract a late penalty:

1. There will be a deduction of 10% of the total available marks for each 24 hour period or part thereof that the submission is late.
2. No assessment will be accepted more than 72 hours after the original due date and time (incl. weekends).
3. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments (e.g., quizzes, online tests) or for tasks with a weighting of 10% or less.

Classes

For each student there will be 3 hours teaching per week, consisting of two-hours of lecture material and a one-hour tutorial. Each student should watch and listen to the scheduled lecture and participate in one of the scheduled tutorials each week.

The timetable for classes can be found on the University web site at: http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au/

Students who wish to change tutorial classes must request permission from the Unit Convener. Attendance in all the tutorials and online use of lecture material will be monitored. When tutorial attendance is not possible, it is student's responsibility to inform the tutor and to ensure that they listen to the recording.

Please bring a calculator, lecture notes and the textbook to all tutorials. Please note that the tutorial classes will start in the first week of the session.

Students are expected to arrive on time and not leave until the class ends. Students with commitments that regularly prevent them from attending the entire tutorial are requested to discuss the situation with the lecturer or tutor. 

In addition to the time spent listening to lectures and attending tutorials and doing assignments, each student is expected to spend a significant amount of time preparing for tutorials, updating lecture notes, reading the recommended demographic literature, learning the key definition and formulae, attempting tutorial exercises and past exam papers, and revising for the final exam (7 hours per week is recommended). Students are also encouraged to follow recent development and public debates in relation to population and society in Australia and elsewhere in the media. 

Recommended Texts and/or Materials

Rowland, Donald (2003). Demographic Methods and Concepts, Oxford University Press. 

Other recommended readings may be accessed via the unit iLearn page or Leganto.

Technology Used and Required

Unit Web Page: Students can access BUSA1027 unit materials online through Macquarie University's online learning environment, iLearn. Log into iLearn at ilearn.mq.edu.au using student ID number and MQ Student Portal password.

Students are expected to be familiar with the use of basic office software, including word processing, spreadsheets and PowerPoint.

Lecture recordings (iLectures): Lectures will be recorded using the Echo360 Active Learning Platform and made available on iLearn. 

Please refer to iLearn

Previous material will be updated with recent data and to reflect recent events (e.g. the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality, migration, fertility aand population growth in Australia and in selected overseas countries, and the conduct of the 2021 census of Australia).