General Faculty Policy on assessment submission deadlines and late submissions: 

Online quizzes, in-class activities, or scheduled tests and exam must be undertaken at the time indicated in the unit guide. Should these activities be missed due to illness or misadventure, students may apply for Special Consideration.

All other assessments must be submitted by 5:00 pm on their due date. Should these assessments be missed due to illness or misadventure, students should apply for Special Consideration.

Assessments not submitted by the due date will receive a mark of zero unless late submissions are specifically allowed as indicated in the unit guide or on iLearn.

If late submissions are permitted as indicated in the unit guide or on iLearn a consistent penalty will be applied for late submissions as follows: 

A 12-hour grace period will be given after which the following deductions will be applied to the awarded assessment mark: 12 to 24 hours late = 10% deduction; for each day thereafter, an additional 10% per day or part thereof will be applied until five days beyond the due date. After this time, a mark of zero (0) will be given. For example, an assessment worth 20% is due 5 pm on 1 January. Student A submits the assessment at 1 pm, 3 January. The assessment received a mark of 15/20. A 20% deduction is then applied to the mark of 15, resulting in the loss of three (3) marks. Student A is then awarded a final mark of 12/20.

Off-shore students

Off-shore students must email the convenor as soon as possible to discuss study options.

COVID Information and on-campus classes

On-campus teaching continues to be scheduled for Session 1, 2022. Masks are compulsory for all classes in indoor spaces and social distancing will be implemented wherever possible. Students will also be required to sanitise surfaces before and after use.

Students are requested to minimise the risk of spreading COVID to themselves and others in accordance with the university and NSW Health guidelines: https://www.mq.edu.au/about/coronavirus-faqs and https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/stay-safe.

Any further requirements or changes to units in relation to COVID will be communicated to students via iLearn.

MOLS8001 Unit structural outline for 2022

MOLS8001 is a flexible unit of independent study which can be completed via two different pathways:

1. The student may be placed into the class of a different unit within the discipline that is not generally part of their programme, and required to complete some or all of that unit’s requirements. This requires prior consultation with the program director and unit convenors to ensure negotiated requirements are completed successfully. Students will be given access to the iLearn site of the alternative unit being attempted.  Students should consult timetables.mq.edu.au and the iLearn site of the alternative unit for details of lectures, other activities, practical classes and assessment tasks.
2. The student may be required to complete a broad literature review on a particular topic, and submit a draft of a manuscript in a format compatible with submission for publication to a particular journal. This requires prior consultation with an academic supervisor who will aid in design of the literature review topic. There is no set timetable of activities for this offering, as it requires independent study in consultation with the supervisor.

In all cases, the requirements for a 10 credit point unit specify that it should be equivalent to a minimum of 150 hours of work for a student in a semester. The unit will be marked and graded. Students completing the requirements in a different unit will be marked and graded within that cohort. Students completing a literature review will receive a grade based on marking against a rubric and assessment of all submissions within the cohort by the unit convenor and other designated markers.

If you are enrolled in this unit and do not know which of the two options above you will be doing, please contact your program director and the unit convenor.