On-line quizzes (15%)
The on-line quizzes are designed to encourage students to undertake timely revision. You
should carefully revise your slides, seminar notes and prescribed readings before attempting each quiz.
Three on-line quizzes will be conducted (ie each quiz is worth 5%). The coverage of the
quizzes and the deadlines for completion are shown below.
Quiz Topic Test opens Deadline for
completion:
- 1 Weeks 1-4 materials Mon 26 March 9am Thu 29 March 1pm
- 2 Weeks 5-8 materials Mon 30 April 9am Thu 3 May 1pm
- 3 Weeks 9-12 materials Mon 28 May 9am Thu 31 May 1pm
Each quiz contains 10 multiple choice questions.
You must complete each quiz within 30
minutes of your start time. Each correct answer is worth 0.5 marks.Make sure that you click “Submit all and finish” when you complete the quiz.
At the end of 30 minutes, Moodle will submit your quiz automatically with whatever answers
are currently filled in. You should NOT click the Submit button if a message is displayed
indicating that Moodle has autosaved, as it may corrupt your answers.
The quizzes have been set so that you should have completed a basic review of all the material you need for your exam by early in Week 13. You should then spend the rest of your study time attempting past exam papers and revising the answers to your seminar questions, as this is the best preparation for your final exam.
Further information will be provided on Moodle.
Course engagement (10%) – written feedback
For Weeks 3-12, students are expected to submit on Moodle short written feedback on the
prescribed readings each week (excluding mid-semester break). The feedback will be due
each Tuesday at the dates and times specified.
This is a chance to practise your written communication skills. You should use full sentences,
and pay attention to coherence and clarity of expression.
Note that this assessment is PROSPECTIVE, not retrospective - you will be required to provide
feedback on the Week’s readings BEFORE you attend the relevant seminar covering that
topic. This means that your first feedback task will be on the readings for Week 3. Feedback
on readings from the week before will not be marked.
(Note you are also expected to complete the readings for Weeks 1 and 2, as they will be
assessed in the quiz, the assignment and the exams. However, they will not be the subject of
the course engagement task.)
Satisfactory attempts are ones that display evidence that you have completed your reading,
have reviewed it critically, and are developing your written communication skills. Satisfactory
attempts will receive 1 mark for each week.
If you do not submit your written feedback answers on time, or you do not meet the criteria
above, you will receive zero marks for that week.
Special consideration will only be granted for written feedback only if you supply a medical
certificate which states you were unfit for study for the entire week preceding the due date.
Further information will be provided on Moodle.
Written assignment (25%)
Due for submission 27 April 2018
The assignment has a maximum word limit of 2,200 words. A word count of the words used
in the assignment (excluding reasonable usage of footnotes and citations) must be included
on the assignment cover sheet.
The topic to be discussed in the assignment will be provided on UNSW Moodle early in the
semester. The assessment criteria will also be provided on Moodle.
The final examination is worth 50% of the course assessment. It will consist of both discussion and problem questions. There will be no multiple-choice questions included in the final examination.
Final examination (50%)
The final examination is worth 50% of the course assessment. It will consist of both discussion and problem questions. There will be no multiple-choice questions included in the final examination.
The Final Examination will be open book, two hours long (plus reading time) and will cover the entire course material, weeks 1 through 12 (unless otherwise advised by your lecturer). Note that the two-hour length is different from previous semesters: this is due to a change in university policy surrounding centrally-administered exams.
The final examination will be held in the regularly scheduled University Examination period.
Further information concerning the examination paper will be announced in seminars.
Assessment criteria will be provided on Moodle.