Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Yves-Heng Lim
Fred Smith
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MIntell and six units at 800 level or above including PICX812
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
PICX844
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit provides students with an opportunity to apply the knowledge they have gain throughout their program of study to a real world crisis. By participating in a dynamic simulation, students will be required to solve problems and find solutions to real world challenges. Students will be assigned to an executive team that includes students with different skill sets and knowledge. These executive teams may include strategists, intelligence analysts, criminologists, counter terrorism experts, and cyber security analysts. Students enrolled in Simulation in Intelligence will perform the role of the intelligence analyst. Their mission will be to formulate solutions by employing the academic, research, analysis and workplace skills they acquired throughout their program. In particular, they will be required to use their knowledge of intelligence analytical techniques –including Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield, Center of Gravity Analysis…– to provide detailed assessments of the evolving situation/scenario. They will also be responsible for the intelligence sections of ministerial briefing papers that each group will have to provide as part of their assessment tasks. The student will be required to make policy recommendations based on his assessment of the situation.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Quiz 1. | 10% | No | Week 3 |
Simulation Week 4 | 10% | No | Week 4 |
Simulation Week 7 | 10% | No | Week 7 |
Quiz 2. | 10% | No | Week 7 |
Ministerial Brief/Memo | 30% | No | Week 12 |
Simulation | 30% | Yes | Week 13 (Saturday and Sunday) |
Due: Week 3
Weighting: 10%
Covering Subject Matter in Weeks 2 & 3.
Due: Week 4
Weighting: 10%
Internal: In-class simulation during the weekly two-hour seminar.
External: Online simulation on Ilearn.
Due: Week 7
Weighting: 10%
Internal: In-class simulation during the weekly two-hour seminar.
External: Online simulation on Ilearn.
Due: Week 7
Weighting: 10%
Covering Subject Matter in Weeks 5 & 6.
Due: Week 12
Weighting: 30%
Group assignment.
Working as part of a team tasked with writing a ministerial brief/memo on a security and criminology-related scenario, write a 'intelligence assessment' and contribute to the executive summary and recommendations in that assessment.
Individual contribution (20%): Intelligence Assessment. Using the skills acquired in PICT844, you will write a 2,000 word policy memo that will be included in the ministerial brief.
Group grade (10%): The Ministerial Brief/Memo will include an executive summary (1,000 words) and policy recommendations (1,000 words) that are written collaboratively by your team.
Please refer to Ilearn for details.
Due: Week 13 (Saturday and Sunday)
Weighting: 30%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)
Group assignment.
Hurdle Assessment.
In Week 12, each student team will be presented with a war gaming scenario. Each team will be required to provide policy recommendations to the control group (convenors) as the situation unfolds over a number of simulation moves or turns.
The simulation will be run over a two week period during Weeks 12 and 13, with a set-time turn structure.
Individual (10%): At the end of each week, students will be required to write a short (300 words) reflection on decisions they have made during the day and the decision-making process employed by their team.
Group grade (15%): Determined by the level of 'active participation' in the simulation, as well as the relevance, level of critical assessment, sophistication and robustness of the arguments presented to support each team's policy recommendations.
Peer grading (5%): At the end of the simulation, students will grade the performance of other members of their team.
Please refer to iLearn for additional details.
DELIVERY AND RESOURCES
UNIT REQUIREMENTS AND EXPECTATIONS
REQUIRED READINGS
TECHNOLOGY USED AND REQUIRED
SUBMITTING ASSESSMENT TASKS
LATE SUBMISSION OF ASSESSMENT TASKS
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted seven (7) 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
REASSESSMENT OF ASSIGNMENTS DURING THE SEMESTER
STAFF AVAILABILITY
Week 1. Introduction.
Week 2. Simulations and Wargames: an Overview.
Week 3. Simulations, Wargames and Counterfactuals.
Week 4. Mini-simulation I.
Week 5. Decision-making and leadership.
Week 6. Decision biases and blind spots.
Week 7. Mini-simulation II.
Week 13 (Saturday and Sunday). Simulation.
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests.
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.
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If you feel that your studies have been impacted submit an application as follows:
Outcome
Once your submission is assessed, an appropriate outcome will be organised.
You can withdraw from your subjects prior to the census date (last day to withdraw). If you successfully withdraw before the census date, you won’t need to apply for Special Circumstances. If you find yourself unable to withdraw from your subjects before the census date - you might be able to apply for Special Circumstances. If you’re eligible, we can refund your fees and overturn your fail grade.
If you’re studying Single Subjects using FEE-HELP or paying up front, you can apply online.
If you’re studying a degree using HECS-HELP, you’ll need to apply directly to Macquarie University.
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Undergraduate students seeking more policy resources can visit the Student Policy Gateway (https://students.mq.edu.au/support/study/student-policy-gateway). It is your one-stop-shop for the key policies you need to know about throughout your undergraduate student journey.
If you would like to see all the policies relevant to Learning and Teaching visit Policy Central (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policy-central).
Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/getting-started/student-conduct
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19/07/2018 | Erratum: the first simulation was mistakenly placed in week 3 instead of week 4 |