Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Professor and unit convenor
John Sutton
Contact via Email: john.sutton@mq.edu.au
Hearing Hub, Level 3, 3.514
Wednesdays 11-12.30
Lecturer and deputy unit convenor
Celia Harris
Lecturer
Penny Van Bergen
Lecturer
Greg Savage
Head Tutor
Katya Numbers
Tutor
McArthur Mingon
David Kaplan
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
12cp at 100 level or above
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
Memory is everywhere – in our personal lives. in popular culture, in big science, and in our machines. But memory is notoriously hard to pin down. Is it all in the brain? Is it in our actions, in our social world, and in our valued objects and places? Or is it now all online? This unit introduces the interdisciplinary study of memory, offering students a critical survey of memory research across the cognitive and brain sciences, the social sciences, and the arts. Emphasis will be placed on autobiographical memory, embodied memory, and shared remembering between individuals. Students will learn to assess scientific and popular claims about what memory is, and how memory loss and gain can be understood in the digital age.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Questions about the assessment tasks?
Please email the unit convenor or your tutor for clarification or questions about any of the assessments.
Late Penalty
Late submission of an assignment will attract a penalty of 5% of the maximum mark for every day that the assignment is late (including weekend days). For example, if the assignment is worth 40 marks and your assignment is submitted 2 days late, a penalty of 2x5%x40 = 4 marks will be applied and subtracted from the awarded mark for the assignment. Work submitted more than 14 days after the submission deadline will not be marked and will receive a mark of 0. Please note that it is the student’s responsibility to notify the University of a disruption to their studies and that requests for extensions for assignments must be made via the University’s Ask MQ System (as outlined in the Special Consideration Policy).
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Weekly online quizzes | 10% | No | Weekly [not weeks 1, 5, 10] |
Mid-term Exam #1 | 15% | No | 28 March (week 5) |
Mid-term Exam #2 | 15% | No | 16 May (week 10) |
Commentary Paper | 20% | No | 13 April (end week 7) |
Essay | 40% | No | 10 June (end week 13) |
Due: Weekly [not weeks 1, 5, 10]
Weighting: 10%
Short online quizzes completed before each class lecture. Weekly quizzes (starting in week 2) cover basic content, and provide ongoing assessment and feedback. Graded on Pass/Fail basis with 50% correct threshold for Pass. No make-up quizzes; students may drop 2 lowest quizzes without penalty.
Due: 28 March (week 5)
Weighting: 15%
Multiple choice/ short answer exam conducted in class during the first hour of the lecture. Provides an important opportunity for in-class assessment and tracking understanding.
Due: 16 May (week 10)
Weighting: 15%
Multiple choice/ short answer exam conducted in class during the first hour of the lecture. Provides an important opportunity for in-class assessment and tracking understanding.
Due: 13 April (end week 7)
Weighting: 20%
Short critical exposition and analysis of a key reading. Structured short essay designed to help students to read, summarise, and think critically about memory research across the disciplines. 750-1000 words maximum.
Due: 10 June (end week 13)
Weighting: 40%
Critical evaluation of an area of memory research, from a preselected set of topics. 2000-2500 words.
Lectures are held weekly, starting in week 1. Lectures run from 4pm to 6pm on Wednesdays, in E7B T3 (now 14 Sir Christopher Ondaatje Avenue - 14SCO).
Tutes are held weekly, starting in week 2. Tutes are Wednesday 1pm, 2pm, & 3pm, and Thursday 12 noon.
Lecture slides will be uploaded just before the lecture time under the lecture link in the relevant week in iLearn. Lecture recordings will be available through Echo360.
iLearn
You will need access to the internet to access the unit's iLearn page. Through iLearn you will be able to access the lecture recordings (Echo360), readings, and feedback and marks for the assessment tasks. You are also required to submit two of the assessment tasks (the commentary and the final essay) via iLearn, using the Turnitin submission tool.
Please see iLearn for full details. Below is the structure and outline of the unit lectures, including dates, lecturers, lecture topics, and assessment schedule.
SECTION ONE – MEMORY MATTERS
Week 1 - 28 Feb - John Sutton - Introduction: memory matters
Week 2 - 7 March - Celia Harris & John Sutton - Constructing the past
Week 2 - Weekly online quiz starts, closing midnight Tuesdays
Week 3 - 14 March - John Sutton - Perspectives on memory
SECTION TWO – DEVELOPMENT AND NATURE OF AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY
Week 4 - 21 March - Penny van Bergen - Scaffolding of autobiographical memory in childhood
Week 5 - 28 March - In-class exam quiz #1 (15%)
Penny van Bergen & John Sutton - Memory in adolescence: the family context
Week 6 - 4 April - Celia Harris & John Sutton - Episodic and autobiographical memory
Week 7 - 11 April - John Sutton - Mental time travel
13 April (Friday) - Commentary due (20%)
Two-week mid-semester break
SECTION THREE – MEMORY BEYOND THE BRAIN
Week 8 - 2 May - John Sutton - Embodied remembering
Week 9 - 9 May - Celia Harris & John Sutton - Collaborative and social remembering
Week 10 - 16 May - In-class exam quiz #2 (15%)
John Sutton - Ecologies and technologies of memory
SECTION FOUR – AMNESIA AND IDENTITY
Week 11 - 23 May - Greg Savage & John Sutton - Amnesia and identity
Week 12 - 30 May - Greg Savage & John Sutton - Memory, aging, dementia
Week 13 - 6 June - John Sutton - Beyond memory
10 June - Essay due (40%)
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