ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION

• Students are required to submit their written work electronically only, via the Turnitin link in the unit’s iLearn site. Do not submit essays via email.
• Return of marked work and feedback will be via the unit’s iLearn site. 

 

LATE ASSESSMENT PENALTY

Please note that the University and the Faculty of Arts have launched a new assessment policy effective as of 1 July 2021. This new policy particularly affects LATE SUBMISSION OF ASSESSMENTS.

The Faculty policy in relation to late assessment submissions is as follows:

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – 10 marks out of 100 credit will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted seven days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests, etc.

 

To be very clear:

·         Unless you have applied for special consideration and had your application approved, for each day your assignment is late, 10 marks will be deducted. For example, if you submit your assignment 7 days late, 70 marks will be deducted, which means you will fail that assignment.

·         If your assignment is more than 7 days late (including weekends), you will get 0 marks for your assignment.

These are serious penalties that will substantially alter your final grade and even determine whether you pass or fail this unit. Please make every effort to submit your assignment by the due date.

If you find you cannot submit your assignment on time, please apply for Special Consideration through AskMQ. Make sure you read Macquarie University's policy regarding Special Consideration requests before you apply: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/assessment-exams/special-consideration

 

UNIVERSITY POLICY ON ASSESSMENT

 

University Assessment Policy: http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/schedule_1.html

 

The grade a student receives will signify their overall performance in meeting the learning outcomes of a unit of study. Grades will not be awarded by reference to the achievement of other students nor allocated to fit a predetermined distribution. In determining a grade, due weight will be given to the learning outcomes and level of a unit (ie 100, 200, 300, 800 etc). Graded units will use the following grades:

 

HD        High Distinction           85-100

D           Distinction                   75-84

Cr         Credit                           65-74

P           Pass                            50-64

F           Fail                               0-49

 

ACADEMIC HONESTY

Academic honesty is an integral part of the core values and principles contained in the Macquarie University Ethics Statement, whose fundamental principle is that all staff and students act with integrity in the creation, development, application and use of ideas and information, which means that:

• All academic work claimed as original is the work of the author making the claim.
• All academic collaborations are acknowledged.
• Academic work is not falsified in any way
• When the ideas of others are used, these ideas are acknowledged appropriately.

On the policy, procedure and penalties that will apply to breaches of the Academic Honesty Policy, see: http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html

 

STUDY AND RESEARCH SUPPORT

The resources at the following site can assist you in getting your bearings, preparing for class, and undertaking your assessment tasks: http://www.mq.edu.au/about/campus-services-and-facilities/library/research

 

Learning Skills and Academic Writing Support:

The Learning Skills Unit offers assignment and study support through workshops and individual consultations, consultations by email (click on ‘Ask a Learning Adviser’, and StudyWISE, which is an online study and writing resource for students. See: http://students.mq.edu.au/support/learning_skills/.

One lecture and one tutorial per week. See iLearn site for more resources.

 

The iLearn site for this unit (https://ilearn.mq.edu.au) will open in 'Week 0', one week before the commencement of lectures and class discussions in Week 1. It is recommended that prospective students email the unit co-ordinator prior to this for unit information.

 

You must acquire three novels from Booktopia Australia (https://www.booktopia.com.au/books-online/text-books/textbook-finder/macquarie-university-mq/macquarie-university-session-1/engl3020-global-contemporary-literature-australians-and-the-world/cXCMAC2001ENGL3020-p1.html) or another outlet. Read, as early as possible, in this order: The Association of Small Bombs, The Swan Book, No Friend but the Mountains. All other texts are provided through iLearn.

 

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES

Health and Wellbeing

Macquarie University provides a range of Student Support Services, including Medical, Counselling, Disability Support and Welfare services (ph. 9850 7497). Details of these services can accessed at: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/personal

Arts Enquiries: Arts Student Centre

Phone:	+61 2 9850 6783
Email:	artsenquiries@mq.edu.au

Centre staff are there to smooth the way into university life; answer questions; give informed advice; provide a sympathetic ear; de-mystify university ways and procedures.