Assessment Tasks

Name	Weighting	Hurdle	Due
Major Essay	40%	Yes	Week 13, 11:59pm, Friday 2nd June 2023
Unit Content Quizzes	30%	No	Week 4 - Quiz opens 09:00 am Monday 13/03/23 and closes 11:59pm Sunday 19/03/23 Week 8  - Quiz opens 09:00am Monday 24/04/23 and closes 11:59pm Sunday 30/04/2023 Week 12 - Quiz opens 09:00am Monday 22/05/23 and closes 11:59pm Sunday 28/05/2023
Unit Reading Quizzes	30%	No	Week 3 - Quiz opens 09:00 Monday 06/3/23 and closes Sunday 11:59pm 12/03/2023 Week 7- Quiz opens 09:00 Monday 03/4/2023 and closes Sunday11:59pm 09/04/2023  Week 11 - Quiz opens 09:00am Monday15/5/2023 and closes 11:59pm Sunday 21/05/2023

Major Essay

Assessment Type ¹: Essay Indicative Time on Task ²: 40 hours Due:11:59pm, Friday 2nd June 2023. Weighting: 40%

This is a hurdle assessment. Students are required to achieve a minimum mark of 50% in this assessment to receive a passing grade in this unit.

Students will write a 2000 word essay relating to weekly topics. Please see iLearn for further details.

  On successful completion you will be able to:

• Discuss significant contemporary Indigenous artists, performers, authors, musicians, meme makers and other producers of popular culture.
• Articulate the way Indigenous people and communities consume and subvert popular culture.
• Engage critically with colonial representations of Indigenous peoples
• Demonstrate an understanding of contemporary Indigenous political creativity.

 

Reading Quizzes

Assessment Type ¹: Quiz/Test Indicative Time on Task ²: 23 hours Due:

Week 3 - Quiz opens 09:00 Monday 06/3/23 and closes Sunday 11:59pm 12/03/2023

Week 7- Quiz opens 09:00 Monday 03/4/2023 and closes Sunday11:59pm 09/04/2023 

Week 11 - Quiz opens 09:00am Monday15/5/2023 and closes 11:59pm Sunday 21/05/2023

Weighting: 30%

Students will be required to complete three Quizzes throughout the session. Each will consist of 10 multiple choice questions based on unit readings. Please see iLearn for further details.

  On successful completion you will be able to:

• Discuss significant contemporary Indigenous artists, performers, authors, musicians, meme makers and other producers of popular culture.
• Articulate the way Indigenous people and communities consume and subvert popular culture.
• Demonstrate an understanding of contemporary Indigenous political creativity.

Content Quizzes

Assessment Type ¹: Quiz/Test Indicative Time on Task ²: 23 hours Due:

Week 4 - Quiz opens 09:00 am Monday 13/03/23 and closes 11:59pm Sunday 19/03/23

Week 8  - Quiz opens 09:00am Monday 24/04/23 and closes 11:59pm Sunday 30/04/2023

Week 12 - Quiz opens 09:00am Monday 22/05/23 and closes 11:59pm Sunday 28/05/2023

Weighting: 30%

 Students will be required to complete three quizzes throughout the session. Each will consist of 10 multiple choice questions based on unit content. Please see iLearn for further details.

 On successful completion you will be able to:

• Discuss significant contemporary Indigenous artists, performers, authors, musicians, meme makers and other producers of popular culture.
• Articulate the way Indigenous people and communities consume and subvert popular culture.
• Engage critically with colonial representations of Indigenous peoples
• Demonstrate an understanding of contemporary Indigenous political creativity.

¹ If you need help with your assignment, please contact:

• the academic teaching staff in your unit for guidance in understanding or completing this type of assessment
• the Writing Centre for academic skills support.

² Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation

 

Late 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 non-timed sensitive assessment (incl essays, reports, posters, portfolios, journals, recordings etc). Late submission of time sensitive tasks (such as tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, scheduled practical assessments/labs etc) will only be addressed by the unit convenor in a Special consideration application. Special Consideration outcome may result in a new question or topic.

 

Terminology protocols for Indigenous Studies

In Australia there are two distinct Indigenous peoples: Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islander people.

When writing about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders do not use the acronym ‘ATSI’, write in full. Capital letters should always be used when referring to Aboriginal peoples and or Torres Strait Islander peoples. 

While Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander are acceptable terms to use, it should be recognised that these are collective terms and often used improperly to impose a single identity on the many different communities.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people generally prefer to be known by the language/cultural groups or communities, to which they belong, that is, own names rather than terms such 'the Aboriginals' or 'the Islanders'. For example, Aboriginal people in the area surrounding Macquarie University may refer to themselves as Dharug. It is important that you always check the correct name or terms to use for people in the area/region.

The use of incorrect, inappropriate or dated terminology is to be avoided as it can give offence. Many historical terms or those in common usage some years ago are now not acceptable, including terms such as 'aborigine' ‘native’, ‘savage’ and ‘primitive’. Similarly, do not use the terms ‘half-caste’, ‘part-Aborigine/Aboriginal’ or any reference to skin colour or physical features, as they do not signify that a person is Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander and may cause offence. When quoting from academic or other sources that uses inappropriate, dated terminology or racists language, use (sic) directly after the inappropriate term of phrase, thus calling attention to the fact that it has been sourced from the original and that you understand it to be outdated, inappropriate or problematic in the contemporary context.

For more information please refer to the Terminology Guide available in iLearn.

 

Referencing 

Referencing is an essential component of academic writing or presentation since it enables the reader to follow up the source of ideas and information presented in your work, and to examine the interpretation you place on the material discovered in your research. Reliable referencing clearly indicates where you have drawn your own conclusions from the evidence presented. Importantly, much of the material you will use is covered by copyright which means that you must acknowledge any source of information, including books, journals, newsprint, images and the internet. It is obligatory for students to reference all sources used in their written work including electronic material. Students should consult the University library website for a detailed explanation and examples of how to reference electronic material correctly Different programs use different referencing styles to reflect the needs of their discipline. It is the student’s responsibility to check which referencing style is used. Indigenous Studies use the Harvard referencing style. 

Online units can be accessed at: http://ilearn.mq.edu.au/. 

Students are to listen to and engage with all material on ilearn and attend on-campus tutorial session.

PC and Internet access are required. Basic computer skills (e.g. internet browsing) and skills in word processing are also a requirement.

Please consult teaching staff for any further, or more specific requirements.