UNIT REQUIREMENTS AND EXPECTATIONS

• You should spend an average of at least 12 hours per week on this unit. This includes listening to pre-recorded lectures prior to seminar discussions and reading weekly required readings detailed in iLearn.
• External students are expected to contribute to on-line discussions.
• Students are required to submit all assessment tasks 1 and 3 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, the CD reading list and at Macquarie University's Library EReserve site.  Electronic copies of required readings may be accessed at the EReserve site.

TECHNOLOGY USED AND REQUIRED

• Personal PC and internet access are essential for this unit. Basic computer skills and skills in word processing are also a requirement.
• The unit can only be accessed by enrolled students online through http://ilearn.mq.edu.au

SUBMITTING ASSESSMENT TASKS

• All assessment tasks are to be submitted, marked and returned electronically.  This will only happen through the unit iLearn site. 
• Assessment tasks must be submitted either as a PDF or MS word document by the due date.
• All assessment tasks will be subject to a 'TurnitIn' review as an automatic part of the submission process.
• Assessment tasks must be submitted with a plagiarism declaration. This may be as part of the task submission process through grademark or through completion of a coversheet.  The coversheet can be downloaded at: www.arts.mq.edu.au/current_students/postgraduate_coursework.
• The granting of extensions of up to one week are at the discretion of the unit convenor.  Any requests for extensions must be made in writing before the due date for the submission of the assessment task.  Extensions beyond one week are subject to special consideration.  The policy for this is detailed under Policy and Procedures.

LATE SUBMISSION OF ASSESSMENT TASKS

• There is a penalty for the the late submission of assessment tasks.  If an assignment is submitted late it will initially be marked as if it had been submitted on time. However, 5% of the weighting allocated for the assignment will then be deducted from the mark the student initially achieves in the assessment task for each day it is late. For example if the assessment task's weighting is 20, 1.00 mark per day will be deducted from the initial mark given per day it is late ie a task initially given 15/20 but which is submitted four days late will lose 4 x 1.00 marks.  That means 15/20-4marks=11/20.  It is this second mark which will be recorded in GradeBook.   

• The same principle applies if a student seeks and is granted an extension and the assessment task is submitted later than the amended submission date.

Week Starting:

1. 29th July: Unit Introduction and Terrorist Group Typologies

2. 5th August: Terrorist Support Structures & Social Network Theory

3. 12th August: Radicalisation and Recruitment

4. 19th August: Community level Activism

5. 26th August: Propaganda and Media Tools

6. 2nd September: Fundraising Processes

7. 9th September: Storing, Transfer and the Use of Terrorist Finances

              Mid-session break: 16-27 September

8. 30th September: Weapons Procurement Networks (Eastern Europe)

9. 7th October: Weapons Procurement Networks (South East Asia and Africa)

10. 14th October: Shipping and Logistics Operations

11. 21st October: Mission Support (Targeting, Reconnaissance and Intelligence)

12. 28th October: Mission Support (Multiple Identity Fraud & Travel)

13. 4th November: Red Team / Blue Team Gaming Exercise