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 non-timed sensitive assessment (incl essays, class participation notes 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. 

Delivery

For lecture times and classrooms please use the Class Finder tool in eStudent to see when and where your classes are being held and if they have space.Class Finder web page link: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/enrolling/create-timetable eStudent web page link: https://student1.mq.edu.au

Internal students are expected to attend the following classes each week:

Lecture: Thursday 9-11am 17WW G02 Lecture Theatre (Kirby Building - Law School).

Tutorials: Thursday. See timetable for details.

NOTE: Tutorials will begin in Week 1. 

External & OUA students:

External & OUA students are required to participate actively in discussion on the iLearn discussion forum within 6 days of each lecture (by Thursday each week -further details are given in the section on Assessment.)

The lecture is digitally recorded and can be watched live or downloaded from echo360 on iLearn. Of course you are always welcome to attend weekly lectures in person too. Lecture slides will be uploaded to ilearn each week.

Required resources:

There is one required text for this unit:

O’Neill, Kate (2016 2nd Edition) The Environment and International Relations. Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press. If you have access to a copy of the first edition (2009) that will also be sufficient.

Access to this text will be necessary in order to complete the reading quizzes. The library does have an electronic copy of this text. However, access through the library cannot be guaranteed at all times - so if you plan to rely on the library copy make sure you complete readings well ahead of quizzes being due. The textbook should also be available for purchase through Booktopia or via a variety of other online bookstores. All other unit readings will all be available on ilearn or e-reserve.

Week 1 - Class Thursday 25 July

Introduction: The Politics of the 'Anthropocene'.

*Tutorials commence in week 1 in this unit.

Week 2 - Thursday 1 August (Week 2 reading quiz to be completed on ilearn prior to class at 11.55pm on Wednesday 31 July)

International Relations Theory and Global Environmental Problems

Key case study: the Week 3-4 class activity on solar geoengineering is introduced in the lecture and tutorial this week.

Week 3 - Thursday 8 Aug (Week 3 reading quiz due 11.55pm on Wednesday 7 Aug) 

Actors: States, Professional Communities, NGOs, Multinational Corporations & the public. 

Key case study: The Montreal Protocol/ Ozone Layer Depletion.

NB: Please nominate which essay question you will address this week via the iLearn discussion forum this week.

Week 4 -  Thursday 15 Aug (Reading quiz due 11.55pm on Wednesday 14 Aug) 

International Environmental Regimes   Key case study: Whaling

**Graded class participation activity due in this week's tutorial.  Class participation notes to be submitted to ilearn by 11.55pm Friday 16 August.**

Week 5 - Thursday 22 Aug (Reading quiz due 11.55pm on Wednesday 21 Aug)

Intersecting Regimes: Environment, Trade and Security

Key case study: The EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, and US tariffs on Chinese solar panels, batteries and electric vehicles.

Week 6 -  Thursday 29 Aug (Reading quiz due 11.55pm on 28 Aug)

Common Pool Resources: Forests, Airsheds and Fisheries

Week 7 - Thursday 5 Sept (Reading quiz due 11.55pm on 4th Sept)

Global Public Goods: Climate change 

Week 8 -  12 September (Reading quiz due 11.55pm on 11th September).

Energy Security & Electricity Policy

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MID SEMESTER BREAK: 16 to 27 September 

Week 9 - Thursday 10 October (Reading quiz due 11.55pm on Wednesday 9th Oct).

Food Security & Agriculture

Week 10 - 17 Oct (Reading quiz due 11.55pm on 16th Oct)

Biodiversity and Animal rights.

Week 11 - 24 Oct (Reading quiz due 11.55pm on 23 Oct)

Capitalism, Degrowth & Socialist Modernism 

Week 12 - 31 October - Reading week. No classes - but see ilearn for details of pre-submission essay workshops)

**Essay Due Thursday 31st October 11.55pm**

Week 13 - 7 November (reading quiz due 11.55pm on Wed 6 November)

Citizenship and political change in the Anthropocene. 

Due: Weekly (Weeks 1-11 & Wk 13) Weighting: 10%

Class participation in this unit involves two components. i) Participation in role play/ negotiation activity (week 4) and submission of notes. ii) Weekly assessment of your participation in the external students' discussion board.

This assessment allows students to demonstrate that they are working continuously throughout the session to achieve the unit learning outcomes. This assessment is based on: 1) students completing their required readings prior to tutorials; 2) engaging in discussions; 3) reflective activities and application of knowledge to practical scenarios.

Estimated Student Workload

12 hours (1 hour weekly) spread from Weeks 1 to 13. 

Grading

Individual class participation will be calculated from Week 1 -13 (excluding week 12). Students will be marked based on a grading rubric, that will be explained in Week 1 and posted on iLearn. 

Feedback

Participation grades will be provided in the mid-semester break and at the end of the semester.

Extension

This assessment relies on students participating in discussion board discussion in most weeks of the semester, thus extension cannot be granted for this assessment. Students can miss two weeks of class participation or online discussion without any impact on their grade. Students who, due to unavoidable disruption, are unable to participate in the weekly discussion for 3 weeks or more can complete written make-up work via ilearn. Please only apply for special consideration in regard to class participation if an extended interruption/illness means that you must miss 3 weeks of discussion and you do not have the capacity to complete alternative written work.