Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Lecturer
Courtney Fung
Tutor
Ryosuke Hanada
Tutor
Symeon Thompson
Tutor
Sascha Nanlohy
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit exposes students to the key strategic trends in the Indo-Pacific region. It looks at the rise of China and India as emerging regional great powers, and the response by other major players, including the United States and Japan. It introduces students to the most pressing traditional and non-traditional security challenges facing the region today. It also provides students with a conceptual and empirical understanding of Australia’s role, interests and instruments in regional security and stability. The unit also introduces students to the diverse non-traditional challenges influencing the Indo-Pacific region. The unit concludes with an assessment of the sources and consequences of key regional factors that influence security and prosperity in the twenty-first century. |
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
UNIT REQUIREMENTS AND EXPECTATIONS
REQUIRED READINGS
TECHNOLOGY USED AND REQUIRED
SUBMITTING ASSESSMENT TASKS
LATE ASSESSMENT SUBMISSION PENALTY
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a mark of ‘0’ (zero) will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical issue.
This late penalty will apply to written reports and recordings only. Late submission of time sensitive tasks (such as tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, scheduled practical assessments/labs will be addressed by the unit convenor in a Special consideration application.
WORD LIMITS FOR ASSESSMENT TASKS
REASSESSMENT OF ASSIGNMENTS DURING THE SEMESTER
STAFF AVAILABILITY
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Quizzes | 30% | No | 21/08/2022, 4/09/2022, 2/10/2022, 16/10/2022, 30/10/2022 |
Country Brief | 20% | No | 25/09/2022 |
Take Home Exam | 40% | No | 6/11/2022 |
Active Participation | 10% | No | Weekly |
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10.00 hours
Due: 21/08/2022, 4/09/2022, 2/10/2022, 16/10/2022, 30/10/2022
Weighting: 30%
Students will complete five quizzes throughout the unit, each worth 6%.
Assessment Type 1: Essay
Indicative Time on Task 2: 24 hours
Due: 25/09/2022
Weighting: 20%
Students will write a country brief on one of the regional actors.
Assessment Type 1: Examination
Indicative Time on Task 2: 30 hours
Due: 6/11/2022
Weighting: 40%
Take Home Exam.
Assessment Type 1: Participatory task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 12 hours
Due: Weekly
Weighting: 10%
Active Participation
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
Delivery and Resources
1. READINGS
All readings are available online through Leganto (available in the right-hand block of the iLearn). If you experience any difficulty with the links in Leganto, you can search for the readings online by logging in at the Macquarie University library. Some readings are open resources available on the internet. Students are expected to read the REQUIRED readings each week as they will be tested on their understanding of these readings through the assessments.
2. ENGAGEMENT/PARTICIPATION
Internal students must engage/participate by attending the weekly tutorials on campus.
External/OUA students must participate / engage in the weekly online discussion forums which open on Tuesday and close on Sunday each week (note that posts after Sunday will not be read as the tutor would have moved on to the next week's discussion).
All students are expected to attend/engage in at least 10 tutorials/weekly discussions.
3. ASSESSEMENTS
There are four assessments: participation; quizzes, country brief and take-home exam.
4. LECTURES
All lecture recordings can be found in the ECHO / ALP block on the right-hand side. Videos are also part of the lectures. All videos are found in the relevant week's topic in ilearn.
Live lectures for internal students will be held on campus (pandemic permitting and subject to health orders). These will be live-streamed and recorded (and will appear in Echo360/ALP).
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To find other policies relating to Teaching and Learning, visit Policy Central (https://policies.mq.edu.au) and use the search tool.
Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/admin/other-resources/student-conduct
Results published on platform other than eStudent, (eg. iLearn, Coursera etc.) or released directly by your Unit Convenor, are not confirmed as they are subject to final approval by the University. Once approved, final results will be sent to your student email address and will be made available in eStudent. For more information visit ask.mq.edu.au or if you are a Global MBA student contact globalmba.support@mq.edu.au
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Date | Description |
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07/07/2022 | Merged unit guides (on campus and online) |
Unit information based on version 2022.03 of the Handbook