Academic Integrity

Academic Integrity is an intergral part of the core values and principles contained in the Macquarie University Ethics Statement. Its fundamental principle is that all staff and students act with integrity in the creation, development, application and use of ideas and information. This means that:

• All academic work claimed as original is the work of the author making the claim
• All academic collaborations are acknowledged
• Academic work is not falsified in any way
• When the ideas of others are used, these ideas are acknowledged appropriately
• Self-plagiarism (resubmitting your own work - including past assignments for this or other units - without attribution) is an unacceptable academic activity

More information is available from Policy Central here.

University Grading Policy

The grade that a student receives will signify their overall performance in meeting the learning outcomes of the unit of study. Graded units will use the following grades

HD    High Distinction    85-100

D       Distinction            75-84

Cr      Credit                   65-74

P        Pass                    50-64

F        Fail                       0-49

Return of Marked Work

As per university policy, written assessments will be returned to students within three weeks of the submission date. Early assignments will not be marked early.

Special Consideration (Extensions)

The University recognises that students may experience events or conditions that adversely affect their academic performance. If you experience serious and unavoidable difficulties at exam time or when assessment tasks are due, you can consider applying for Special Consideration.

You need to show that the circumstances:

1. were serious, unexpected and unavoidable
2. were beyond your control
3. caused substantial disruption to your academic work
4. substantially interfered with your otherwise satisfactory fulfilment of the unit requirements
5. lasted at least three consecutive days or a total of 5 days within the teaching period and prevented completion of an assessment task scheduled for a specific date.

More information about Special Consideration is available here.

Late Penalties

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 11:55 pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical issue. This late penalty will apply to non-timed sensitive assessments (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.

Campus Wellbeing

Macquarie University offers a range of wellbeing services (including [but not limited to]: health, welfare, counselling, disability and student advocacy services) that are available to you at any time during your studies. Campus Wellbeing is here to support you and help you succeed, both academically and personally. More information is available here.

Lectures and Workshops

Recordings of lectures are available on iLearn. Students are required to listen to the lectures before attending workshops.

Workshops take place fortnightly (for details, see the Unit Schedule below). They are held on Tuesdays from 9 am to 12 pm in 12SW 404 Tutorial Room or on Fridays from 9 am to 12 pm in 23WW 203 Tutorial Room. 

Textbooks

This course has no required textbooks; however, the following books are relevant for studying related topics.

• Vaus, David de (2014) Surveys in Social Research, 6th Edition, Allen&Unwin.

• DeCuir-Gunby, Jessica T and Paul A Schutz (2017), Developing a Mixed Methods Proposal : A Practical Guide for Beginning Researchers, SAGE Publications, Inc.

• Plano Clark, Vicki L and Nataliya V Ivankova (2016), Mixed Methods Research : A Guide to the Field,  SAGE Publications, Inc.  

These textbooks can be accessed via Leganto on the iLearn.

Technology used

The following technologies are used in the course:

iLearn

Important information about the weekly schedule for the course, course readings and assessment are all available on the course iLearn page. If you do not have access, please contact IT help. You are required to check iLearn and your student email regularly for course updates and information.

Turnitin and GradeMark

The written assessment for the course needs to be submitted via Turnitin. A link to Turnitin is available via the Assessments tab on the iLearn page. Please contact the convenor if you cannot find it (do not leave it until the due date of the assessment). Assessments will be marked via GradeMark and returned to students electronically.

Jamovi

Jamovi is a new “3rd generation” statistical spreadsheet. designed from the ground up to be easy to use, jamovi is a compelling alternative to costly statistical products such as SPSS and SAS. You can download Jamovi for free at:

• https://www.jamovi.org