Structured class participation (10%): Students will lead the class discussion for 1 tutorial class which will be completed by being on-call for the duration of the class. Students will be expected to have read all of the prescribed cases and materials and reviewed the problem questions for that class. Students who are on-call can be called upon at any point to answer questions about the class materials. On-call allocations will be made by the tutor and published on Canvas. Tutorial on-calls will commence from the first tutorial. 

This task targets Learning Outcome LO1 by requiring students to demonstrate an understanding of the key concepts and principles of Australian corporate law in applying them correctly to hypothetical problem scenarios discussed in class. The task targets Learning Outcome LO2 by assessing the student's capacity to demonstrate critical thinking about the operation of the Corporations Act and the policies that underpin Australian corporate law in giving advice to a hypothetical client in the class discussion questions. This task also targets Learning Outcome LO3 by requiring students to critically evaluate the development of corporate law principles while taking into account different values and perspectives in answering hypothetical problem questions and contributing to general class discussions.

Discussion board contribution (10%):

Students will submit 1 post (minimum 150 words) for each of the 9 lectures. The posts for the 2 pre-recorded lectures and the first 3 lectures are due by 9am 1 July. The post for Lecture 4 is due by 9am on 9 July. The post for Lecture 5 is due by 9am on 14 July. The post for Lecture 6 is due by 9am on 15 July. The post for Lecture 7 is due by 9am on 16 July. Students will write a short post that may include personal reflections on the reading for that lecture and/or questions or comments on topics arising from material in that lecture. Students may post about recent cases or news stories of relevance to the lecture materials but will need to ensure that the post includes reference to what topics/cases and/or sections of the Corporations Act are relevant for the story in the post.

This task targets Learning Outcome LO2 by assessing student's capacity to demonstrate critical thinking about the operation of the Corporations Act and the policies that underpin Australian corporate law by comparing these rules and principles to real life examples and to self-reflections on their own learning in the unit. This task also targets Learning Outcome LO3 by requiring students to critically evaluate the development of corporate law principles while taking into account different values and perspectives in their online discussion posts.  

Final take-home exam (80%): Students will undertake an online take-home exam (3hrs writing plus 30 minutes reading time). 

The final exam features a mix of problem and/or essay questions. Both questions are worth 40 marks and are compulsory. The maximum word count for the entire exam is 4,000 words (including footnotes). The final take home exam will be held on 26 July 2021, and will be released at 1pm, and must be completed by 4.30pm.

This task targets Learning Outcome LO1 by requiring students to demonstrate an understanding of the key concepts and principles of Australian corporate law in applying them correctly to hypothetical problem scenarios. The task targets Learning Outcome LO2 by assessing the student's capacity to demonstrate critical thinking about the operation of the Corporations Act and the policies that underpin Australian corporate law in giving advice to a hypothetical client in the exam problem questions. This task also targets Learning Outcome LO3 by requiring students to critically evaluate the development of corporate law principles while taking into account different values and perspectives in answering their hypothetical problem questions.

IMPORTANT NOTE: A student must make a satisfactory attempt of all assessment tasks set out for this Unit of Study in order to obtain a Pass mark and grade (or above); otherwise an Absent Fail grade will be recorded as the student’s result for this Unit of Study.