UNIT REQUIREMENTS AND EXPECTATIONS 

• You should spend an average of 12 hours per week on this unit. This includes listening to lectures prior to seminar or tutorial, reading weekly required materials as detailed in iLearn, participating in Ilearn discussion forums and preparing assessments. 
• Internal students are expected to attend all seminar or tutorial sessions, and external students are expected to make significant contributions to on-line activities. 
• In most cases students are required to attempt and submit all major assessment tasks in order to pass the unit. 

REQUIRED READINGS 

• The citations for all the required readings for this unit are available to enrolled students through the unit iLearn site, and at Macquarie University's library site.  Electronic copies of required readings may be accessed through the library or will be made available by other means. 

TECHNOLOGY USED AND REQUIRED 

• Computer and internet access are essential for this unit. Basic computer skills and skills in word processing are also a requirement. 

• This unit has an online presence. Login is via: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/ 
• Students are required to have regular access to a computer and the internet. Mobile devices alone are not sufficient. 
• Information about IT used at Macquarie University is available at  http://students.mq.edu.au/it_services/ 

SUBMITTING ASSESSMENT TASKS 

• All text-based assessment tasks are to be submitted, marked and returned electronically.  This will only happen through the unit iLearn site.  
• Assessment tasks must be submitted as a MS word document by the due date. 
• Most assessment tasks will be subject to a 'TurnitIn' review as an automatic part of the submission process. 
• The granting of extensions is subject to the university’s Special Consideration Policy. Extensions will not be granted by unit conveners or tutors, but must be lodged through Special Consideration: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/my-study-program/special-consideration 

LATE SUBMISSION OF ASSESSMENT TASKS 

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. 

WORD LIMITS FOR ASSESSMENT TASKS 

• Stated word limits include footnotes and footnoted references, but not bibliography, or title page. 
• Word limits can generally deviate by 10% either over or under the stated figure. 
• If the number of words exceeds the limit by more than 10%, then penalties will apply. These penalties are 5% of the awarded mark for every 100 words over the word limit. If a paper is 300 words over, for instance, it will lose 3 x 5% = 15% of the total mark awarded for the assignment. This percentage is taken off the total mark, i.e. if a paper was graded at a credit (65%) and was 300 words over, it would be reduced by 15 marks to a pass (50%). 
• The application of this penalty is at the discretion of the course convener. 

REASSESSMENT OF ASSIGNMENTS DURING THE SEMESTER 

• Macquarie University operates a Grade Appeal Policy in cases where students feel their work was graded inappropriately: http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/gradeappeal/policy.html 
• In accordance with the Grade Appeal Policy, individual works are not subject to regrading. 

STAFF AVAILABILITY 

• Department staff will endeavour to answer student enquiries in a timely manner. However, emails or iLearn messages will not usually be answered over the weekend or public holiday period. 
• Students are encouraged to read the Unit Guide and look at instructions posted on the iLearn site before sending email requests to staff. 

1. READINGS

There are no textbooks assigned for this course. 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 both the lectures and these readings in the two online tests. The RECOMMENDED readings for each week are additional resources for your further reading. 

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 Monday and closes 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 4 assessments: engagement/participation; 2 multiple-choice tests, a minor essay (consisting of an article review), and a major essay.

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).

Pre-recorded lectures are all available now through the Echo360/ALP block on the right-hand side of this iLearn. While these pre-recorded lectures are meant for OUA students, everyone is welcome to listen to them.

Week 1: Introduction

Week 2: Human Security

Week 3: Global Terrorism

Week 4: Religious Terrorism

Week 5: Civil Wars and Insurgencies

Week 6: Transnational Organised Crime

Week 7: International Arms Trade

Week 8: Environmental Security

Week 9: Poverty and Development

Week 10: Population and Refugees

Week 11: Global Health

Week 12: Energy Security

Week 13: Non-Traditional Security Challenges to Australia