Final exam (60%): The final exam will assess material covered in the course as a whole, excluding Topics 3 and 5. The exam will comprise two equally-weighted problem questions. It will be a supervised in person timed exam with 2.5 hours writing time and 30 minutes reading time. It will be open book.

Individual short-release assignment (30%): The assignment will assess material covered in Topics 1-2 and 4-5. It will comprise one problem question. The assignment question will be released 3pm Friday 1 September. Responses must be submitted via the canvas site by 3pm Tuesday 5 September. The word limit will be 1,500 words (excluding references and any bibliography).

Individual structured participation (10%): The structured participation mark is assessed on a student’s participation when rostered on-call for one seminar of seminars 5-11 inclusive. Rosters will be settled over the first 3 weeks of semester. Students who are on-call should be prepared to speak to, and answer questions on, the prescribed readings for their rostered topic (which may be a sub-topic). They should demonstrate that they have read the prescribed readings, and reflected on issues of principle or application that are raised by the materials.

Special consideration: 

Final exam (60%): Replacement exam.

Individual short-release assignment (30%): Extension of time up to the closing date; after which an alternative assessment.

Individual structured participation (10%): Subject to the following, students will be assessed on their contribution in the class for which they are rostered and non-attendance will result in a mark of 0/10: (i) mutually-agreed swaps may be arranged directly between students and advised to the seminar teacher by email in advance of the first class affected by the swap; (ii) if a student is unable to attend their rostered on-call seminar due to illness or misadventure, they must as a priority email their seminar teacher who will advise if rescheduling to a later class is viable; (iii) if rescheduling to a later class is not deemed viable by the seminar teacher, students affected by illness or misadventure should apply for special consideration which, if granted, will be an alternative assessment.

Use of editors or proof-readers: The use of assistance in preparing and editing assessment tasks in this unit of study is strictly prohibited. Assistance includes human and automated writing tools (not including spell checking).

Word limit penalty: A piece of assessment which exceeds the prescribed word limit will attract a penalty of 10% of the total marks available for the piece of assessment for every 100 words, or part thereof. The total word count for essay and other written assessments will exclude all references and any bibliography.

Assessment requirements to pass a unit of study: A student must make a genuine attempt at all assessment tasks set out in 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.