Essay Requirements: Essay topics will be available on iLearn from Week 2. The word limit is 1500 words (not including references or title page). It should conform to the following specifications: double spacing, 12-point font, margins of 2.54 cm. Headings and references should conform to the requirements outlined in  the seventh edition of the APA manual.  An abstract is not required. 

Essays must be submitted online through iLearn by 5 pm on Friday 23^rd April 2021.

Return of Essays: Essay grades and feedback will be available on iLearn during Week 13 - 2021.

Return of Tutorial Assessments: Tutorial presentation grades will be available on iLearn, the week following your presentation. Please hand in a hard copy of your powerpoint presentation slides at the end of the tutorial.

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Length penalty: A penalty of 5% of the total mark will be deducted for every 100 words over the stipulated length of all written work. This gives an over word limit of 99 words before the penalty is applied.

For example, the Essay is worth 40% of the total mark for the unit. For every 100 words over 1500 words, 2 marks (5% x 40 = 2) will be subtracted from the mark the student receives for the assignment. For an essay 200 words over the 1500 stipulated, 4 marks will be subtracted, etc.

Late submission penalty: There is a daily (week and weekend days included) late submission penalty of 5% off the total mark.

For example, the essay is worth 40% of the total mark for the unit. For an essay submitted a day after the submission date, 2 marks (5% x 40 = 2) will be subtracted from the mark the student receives for the assignment. For an essay submitted two days after the submission date, 4 marks will be subtracted, etc.

Requests for Extension

Grants for extension are based solely on supporting evidence submitted via ask.mq.edu.au. Students are advised to submit the approval notice together with the assignment or, if the assignment has been submitted, to email it to the unit convenor.

Assignment Extension of Time Requests: Ordinarily, no extensions of time for submission of written work will be granted since ample time for preparation will have been given.  If an extension is required for medical or other extenuating circumstances, an application for Special Consideration must be submitted with supporting document/s through  https://ask.mq.edu.au/ This must be done no later than five (5) working days after the due date of the assignment.

If an extension is granted, you must copy and paste the notice of approval into the front page of your assignment when you submit via iLearn.

Application for Re-mark:  Applications must be lodged at the Faculty of Human Sciences Student Centre (Student Centre) or sent via email (psy_off@mq.edu.au) not later than seven (7) calendar days in Session 1 after marked assignments have been returned to students. Copies of the form are available at the Student Centre. Electronic copies of the form may also be requested via email.

Last Day for Grade Appeal:

20 working days after the publication of the final results.

FINAL EXAMS

The University Examination period in Session 1, is from 7^th June to 25^th June 2021.

You are expected to present yourself for examination at the time and place designated in the University Examination Timetable. The timetable will be available in Draft form approximately eight weeks before the commencement of the examinations and in Final form approximately four weeks before the commencement of the examinations.

http://students.mq.edu.au/student_admin/exams/

The only exception to not sitting an examination at the designated time is because of documented illness or unavoidable disruption. In these circumstances you may wish to consider applying for Special Consideration. Information about unavoidable disruption and the special consideration process is available at  https://ask.mq.edu.au/account/forms/display/special_consideration

If a Supplementary Examination is granted as a result of the Special Consideration process, the examination will be scheduled after the conclusion of the official examination period.

Supplementary Examination in the Department of Psychology will be held from the 19^th to the 23^rd July 2021. The format of a supplementary examination is at each unit convener’s discretion and is subject to change from the original final examination.

Supplementary Exams are only offered to students who have satisfactorily completed all other assessments for the unit and were unable to sit the final exam because of documented illness or unavoidable disruption.

Students who are granted permission to sit for a supplementary exam must make themselves available to sit for the supplementary exam on the specified date. There will only be one time.

You are advised that it is Macquarie University policy not to set early examinations for individuals or groups of students. All students are expected to ensure that they are available until the end of the teaching semester, which is the final day of the official examination period.

This unit does not publish previous end-of-semester exam papers due to the assessment format which involves multiple choice questions drawn from a bank of questions which have undergone a process of development and validation to assess a wide range of concepts in this unit. Assessment quality can only be ensured by maintaining the integrity of the question bank rather than creating entirely new questions every year. However, a practice exam will be provided in tutorials.

Lectures will be online via Zoom.

Most tutorials will be online with a few face to face.