ARTS2814 - School of Social Sciences

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School of Social Sciences
ARTS2814
Theorising the International
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Semester 1, 2015
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Table of contents
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PART A: COURSE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ...........................................................3
Staff contact details..................................................................................................3
About this course .....................................................................................................3
Course design and learning activities ......................................................................4
Course schedule ......................................................................................................7
Reading and resources ............................................................................................8
Assessment ...........................................................................................................15
Submission of written assignments .......................................................................20
Collection of Written Assignments .........................................................................20
Feedback ...............................................................................................................20
Course evaluation and development .....................................................................21
PART B: POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ................................................................22
Student conduct ....................................................................................................22
Communication ......................................................................................................22
Avoiding plagiarism ................................................................................................22
Attendance .............................................................................................................22
Extensions and late submission of work ................................................................23
Special consideration .............................................................................................24
Student Equity and Disabilities Unit (SEADU) .......................................................24
Review of results ...................................................................................................25
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Student support and grievance procedures ...........................................................26
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PART A: COURSE SPECIFIC INFORMATION
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Staff contact details
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Course convenor
Name
Michael Peters
Phone
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Office location
Morven Brown Room 143 (during consultation hours
only)
Email address
michael.peters@unsw.edu.au
Consultation hours
Tuesday 2:30pm – 4:30pm
Other teaching staff
Name/s
Stephen McGuinness
Phone
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Office location
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Email address
stephen.mcguinness@unsw.edu.au
Consultation hours
TBC
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About this course
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Credit points: 6
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Summary of the course: We all talk about 'international affairs' and the
'international community', without necessarily wondering exactly what we mean by
'the international'. This course encourages you to think critically about the concept of
the international and various other concepts that are foundational to the discipline of
International Relations, including the state, sovereignty, order, law and war.
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As we investigate each of these concepts, we will engage with a range of issues that
are of crucial importance to contemporary global politics and our place in it: Who
gets to decide which rules we live by? What does it mean to be a 'global citizen'?
Can we hold states to account as moral actors? These are just some of the
questions that will animate this course.
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This is a Level 2 prescribed elective in the International Relations major stream,
which builds on skills and knowledge developed through Level 1 study in ARTS1810
International Relations: Conventions and Challenges and ARTS1811 International
Relations: Continuity and Change.
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Aims of the course:
This course aims:
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to encourage students to develop a sophisticated understanding of the
concept of the international and the ways in which it is deployed in the
contemporary study of global politics;
to provide students with a thorough grounding in the theoretical and
conceptual debates that enliven contemporary scholarship in the discipline of
International Relations; and
to provide a clear linkage between foundational study in the International
Relations major undertaken in the Level 1 Gateway courses and the
advanced study undertaken in specific issue areas in the Level 3 electives.
Important information: This is a reading-heavy course. Due to the nature of the
material we are studying, which engages with the development of theories, concepts
and knowledge practices in International Relations, there are at least two pieces of
reading prescribed every week. This reading is compulsory; you should read
carefully and take detailed notes.
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The learning activities in the course reflect this emphasis, as each week during the
two-hour lecture slot (Wednesdays 12-2pm), there will be a traditional lecture and
then up to forty minutes spent in small groups discussing one of the required
readings.
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Attendance at both lectures and tutorials is mandatory
in this course.Both types of activity are subject to the
UNSW Assessment Policy.
The assessment regime also reflects the emphasis on reading and knowledge
production. The critical review offers you the opportunity to enhance your analytical
skills, while the annotated bibliography tests your research skills and your ability to
produce accurate and detailed synopses. The final research paper demonstrates all
of these skills together in the production of a contribution to contemporary debates in
International Relations theory.
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Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course you should be able to:
1. Demonstrate, through production of an annotated bibliography, the ability to
undertake independent research on theories of and concepts relevant to the
international.
2. Evaluate competing theoretical perspectives on the international as a concept
and related ideas including order, law, war, justice, citizenship and globality.
3. Provide a persuasive argument, orally and in writing, relevant to contemporary
debates in international theory and the concepts and issues covered in the
course.
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Course design and learning activities
I see UNSW student learners as participants in the production of knowledge and I
pursue the implementation of a curriculum responsive to each student’s individual
needs. The course uses what are known as ‘blended learning’ techniques (a mix of
face-to-face discussion and activities in groups of different sizes [lectures, tutorials]
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supported by a range of online resources and activities) and a range of assessment
practices in order to ensure that every student, irrespective of their own learning
style, can access the course material readily and in a productive manner.
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The design of this course is motivated by a desire to foster the skills of independent
learning and critical thinking. Blended learning encourages diversity of learning
activities and also diversity in assessment. There are four main types of structured
learning activity in this course, supplementing independent study (reading, notetaking, research):
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1. LECTURES
This course consists of weekly large-group lectures, which may include the
presentation of video clips, small-group activities, Q&A sessions and pair-work. The
lectures are designed to supplement independent study on the course that begins
(but should not end) with close engagement with the required weekly readings.
Lectures begin in Week 1 and run through to Week 12. There is no lecture in Week 4
(instead, you will watch a film and participate in a discussion through Moodle). The
lecture slides and lecture audio will be available on Moodle. Attendance at lectures is
mandatory and covered by the UNSW Attendance Policy (as explained in Part B). A
roll will be taken.
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2. FOCUSED READING GROUPS
The two-hour lecture slot (Wednesdays 12-2pm) will be divided up into an eightyminute lecture, as explained above, and forty-minute reading groups. Each week,
you will have to read and engage with a piece of academic work, using the following
questions as prompts to structure your analysis:
• What is the author's approach/perspective? How are you able to determine this?
• Summarise the core argument presented. How well-developed are the themes or
arguments?
• Are you convinced by the interpretations presented?
• Are the conclusions supported firmly by the preceding argument?
The readings for the focused reading groups are listed under ‘Required Readings’ in
the week-by-week outline below and are marked with three asterisks (***). In the
lecture theatre, you will divide into small groups to discuss the readings. Each group
will then contribute to a whole-group plenary session at the end of the period.
Attendance at and participation in the focused reading groups is mandatory and
covered by the UNSW Attendance Policy (as explained in Part B). A roll will be taken.
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2. TUTORIALS
Tutorials allow students to discuss questions, themes and issues arising from their
independent study, as well as providing the opportunity to engage in productive
discussion with their peers and to participate in a range of structured learning
activities, including group/pair/individual analytical work, formal and informal
debates, quizzes and mini-projects. Tutorials begin in Week 2 and finish in Week 13.
The topic of each tutorial, on which discussion, activities and tasks are based, is the
topic of the previous week’s lecture, e.g. during the tutorial in Week 2 students will
engage in activities and discussions based on the content of the lecture in Week 1
‘The discipline: International theory’. Attendance at tutorials is mandatory and
covered by the UNSW Attendance Policy (as explained in Part B). A roll will be taken.
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3. ALTERNATIVE LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Independent learning activities replace tutorials in some weeks. They are designed
to foster independent study and to allow for engagement with different tasks that
cannot be undertaken in a tutorial environment, such as conducting online research
or watching a film. These activities are clearly explained below and will mostly be
facilitated by Moodle. Completion of the alternative learning activities is mandatory
and covered by the UNSW Attendance Policy (as explained in Part B). 6
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Course schedule
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DATE
Week
beginning
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LECTURE
TUTORIAL
2 March
2015
The Discipline:
International
theory
19 March
2015
States and the
state system
The Discipline:
International
theory
16 March
2015
War and peace
States and the
state system
23 March
2015
30 March
2015
Trade and
finance I: The
Making of
Capitalism
Law and order
6 April
2015
MIDSEMESTER
BREAK
MIDSEMESTER
BREAK
13 April
2015
Trade and
finance II:
Neoliberalism
and the GFC
Trade and
finance I: The
Making of
Capitalism
20 April
2015
Communication
Trade and
finance II:
Neoliberalism
and the GFC
27 April
2015
Citizenship
4 May
2015
Ethics
ALTERNATIVE
LEARNING
ACTIVITY
FURTHER
INFORMATION
Law and order
(See below for
instructions)
Critical review
due Monday 23
March 2015
MIDSEMESTER
BREAK
MIDSEMESTER
BREAK
Feedback on
Critical review
will be returned
Communication Annotated
(See below for bibliography
instructions)
due Monday 27
April 2015
Citizenship
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11 May
2015
Global justice
Ethics
18 May
2015
Contemporary
representations
of the
international
Global justice
25 May
2015
New directions in Contemporary
international
representations
theory
of the
international
1 June
2015
New directions
in international
theory
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Reading and resources
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Feedback on
Annotated
bibliography
will be returned
Research
paper due
Friday 5 June
2015
Core texts: Many of the required readings each week will be drawn from the core
texts. You are encouraged to purchase these texts if possible, which have been
made available via the University Bookshop. There are also two copies available in
the library’s High Use Collection. The core texts are:
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Booth, K. and S. Smith (eds) (1995) International Relations Theory Today.
Cambridge: Polity.
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Brown, C. (2002) Sovereignty, Rights and Justice: International Political Theory
Today, Cambridge: Polity.
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If you are looking for other general introductory texts that engage with many of the
issues and debates we will address, then the following books may be useful:
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Smith, S., K. Booth and M. Zalewski (eds) (1996) International Theory: Positivism
and Beyond. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Walker, R.B.J. (1993) Inside/outside: International Relations as Political Theory.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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The library runs the ELISE tutorial on-line, which familiarizes students with academic
writing, research and using information responsibly. It can be located at http://
elise.library.unsw.edu.au/home/welcome.html.
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WEEK-BY-WEEK GUIDE
Sources for further reading related to each topic are listed on Moodle.
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WEEK 1 (week beginning 2 March 2015)
LECTURE TOPIC: The discipline: International theory
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REQUIRED READING:
***De Carvalho, B., H. Leira and J.M. Hobson (2011) The Big Bangs of IR: The
Myths That Your Teachers Still Tell You about 1648 and 1919, Millennium:
Journal of International Studies, 39(3): 735–758.
Schmidt, S. (2011) ‘To Order the Minds of Scholars: The Discourse of the Peace of
Westphalia in International Relations Literature’, International Studies
Quarterly, 55(4): 601-623.
Smith, S. (1995) ‘The self-images of a discipline: A genealogy of International
Relations theory’, pp.1-37 in K. Booth and S. Smith (eds) International
Relations Theory Today. Cambridge: Polity.
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There is no tutorial this week.
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In Week 1 it is essential that you:
• Make sure that you are enrolled in a suitable tutorial, that you know where
and when this tutorial will be held, and get access to the Moodle section for
this course;
• Make sure that you have read this course outline cover to cover; and
• If you have an ongoing equity or disability issue that may affect your learning in
this and other courses, make sure that you are registered with the Student
Equity and Disability Unit (SEADU), that you have met with your Disability
Officer and that you come to see me during Consultation Hours to discuss the
adjustments that can be made to accommodate your needs and facilitate your
learning (see also Section 18).
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LECTURE TOPIC: States and the State System
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REQUIRED READING:
Today, Cambridge: Polity. Chapter 2 ‘The Westphalia system: The law of
nations and the society of states’ (pp.38-56).
Buzan, B. (1995) ‘The level of analysis problem in International Relations
reconsidered’, p.198-216 in K. Booth and S. Smith (eds) International
Relations Theory Today. Cambridge: Polity.
***Kantola, J. (2007) ‘The gendered reproduction of the state in International
Relations’, British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 9(2):
270-283.
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TUTORIAL TOPIC: The discipline: International theory
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TUTORIAL DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
• What are the conventional accounts of the formation of the discipline of IR?
• How we might begin to challenge these conventional accounts?
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LECTURE TOPIC: War and Peace
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REQUIRED READING:
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Today, Cambridge: Polity. Chapter 6 ‘Force, Violence and International
Political Theory’ (pp.96-114).
Today, Cambridge: Polity. Chapter 8 ‘Humanitarianism and humanitarian
intervention’ (pp.134-159).
*** Masters, C. (2009) ‘Femina Sacra: The `War on/of Terror', Women and the
Feminine’, Security Dialogue, 40(1): 29-49.
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TUTORIAL TOPIC: States and the state system
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• Why does traditional IR take the state as its unit of analysis?
• What does unit of analysis mean?
• What has sovereignty meant in different historical epochs and are some
states more sovereign than others?
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There are no lectures or tutorials this week.
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REQUIRED READING:
Barnett, M. and M. Finnemore (2005) ‘The power of liberal international
organisations’, pp.161-184 in M. Barnett and R. Duvall (eds) Power in Global
Governance, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Murphy, C. N. (2002) ‘The historical processes of establishing institutions of global
governance and the nature of global polity’, pp.169-188 in M. Ougaard and
R. Higgot (eds) Towards a Global Polity, London: Routledge.
Neuman, I. B. and O. J. Sending (2010) Governing the Global Polity: Practice,
Mentality, Rationality, Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michegan Press. Chapter
5 ‘International Organizations: Liberalism, Sovereignty and Police’ (pp.
132-156).
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ALTERNATIVE LEARNING ACTIVITY: Policing the world
Instead of attending a lecture on the topic of ‘Law and order’, you are expected to
watch one of two films: either Team America: World Police; or War on
Whistleblowers. You should engage with the readings listed under ‘Required
Readings’ as normal and apply the insights from those readings to your film of
choice (if you want to, you can of course watch both films and compare them).
Once you have watched the film, you should write a short (200-300 word) blog-style
piece addressing one way in which the film you watched represented, contested or
perpetuated the themes and issues raised in the required reading.
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You will then need to post your blog in Moodle. You must post your blog by
midnight on Wednesday 25 March 2015. Once you have posted your blog, you
need to read and engage with the blogs posted by other people. You need to
respond to at least one other blog. You must post a response/engage in
discussion by midnight on Friday 27 March 2015. Failure to post a blog and
response by the dates specified will result in your being marked ‘absent’ for this
week.
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LECTURE TOPIC: Trade and Finance I: The making of capitalism
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REQUIRED READING:
***Jones, B. G. (2013) ‘Slavery, finance and international political economy:
Postcolonial reflections’, pp.49-69 in S. Seth (ed.) Postcolonial Theory and
International Relations, London: Routledge.
Little, R. (1995) ‘International Relations and the triumph of capitalism’, pp.62-89 in K.
Booth and S. Smith (eds) International Relations Theory Today. Cambridge:
Polity.
Strange, S. (1995) ‘Political Economy and International Relations’, pp.154-174 in K.
Polity.
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TUTORIAL TOPIC: Law and order
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• How might we think about the way the international system is organised?
• What are the various influences of the international legal system, norms,
values and principles?
• Who gets to decide which rules we live by?
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WEEK 6 (week beginning 13 April 2015)
LECTURE TOPIC: Trade and finance II: Neoliberalism and the GFC
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REQUIRED READING:
***Davies, W. and McGoey, L. (2012) ‘Rationalities of Ignorance: on financial crisis
and the ambivalence of neo-liberal epistemology’, Economy and Society,
41(1), 64-83
Griffin, P. (2012) ‘Gendering Global Finance: Crisis, Masculinity, and Responsibility’,
Men and Masculinities, 16(1), 9-34
Peck, J. (2013) ‘Explaining (with) Neoliberalism’, Territory, Politics, Governance, 1(2),
132-157
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TUTORIAL TOPIC: Trade and Finance I: The making of capitalism
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• What roles have been played by trade and financial practices in the
development and consolidation of the international system?
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How did extractive colonialism shape the modern state system and how do
these patterns contribute today?
LECTURE TOPIC: Communication
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REQUIRED READING:
***Castells, M. (2008) ‘The New Public Sphere: Global Civil Society, Communication
Networks, and Global Governance’, The Annals of the American Academy of
Political and Social Science, 616(1): 78-93.
Franklin, M. I. (2001) ‘Inside out: Postcolonial subjectivities and everyday life online’,
International Feminist Journal of Politics, 3(3): 387-422.
Stone, D. (2002) ‘Knowledge networks and policy expertise in the global polity’, pp.
125-144 in M. Ougaard and R. Higgot (eds) Towards a Global Polity,
London: Routledge.
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TUTORIAL TOPIC: Trade and finance II: Neoliberalism and the GFC
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• How does the Global Financial Crisis challenge our understandings of
International Relations or the global economy?
• Does the GFC signal the ‘death of neoliberalism’?
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LECTURE TOPIC: Citizenship
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REQUIRED READING:
Brown, C. (1995) ‘International political theory and the idea of world community’, pp.
90-109 in K. Booth and S. Smith (eds) International Relations Theory Today.
Cambridge: Polity.
***Weber, C. (2013) ‘‘I am an American’: protesting advertised ‘Americanness’’,
Citizenship Studies, 17(2): 278-292.
Zalewski, M. and C. Enloe (1995) ‘Questions about identity in International
Relations’, pp.279-305 in K. Booth and S. Smith (eds) International Relations
Theory Today. Cambridge: Polity.
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There is no tutorial this week.
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ALTERNATIVE LEARNING ACTIVITY: The memefication of world politics
Instead of attending a tutorial on the topic of ‘Communication’, you are expected to
find a meme online that is relevant to one or more of the course themes. You should
write a short (500 word) analysis of the meme. You should submit your meme and
accompanying analysis through Turnitin on Moodle by 4pm on Friday 1 May
2015. You do not need to submit in hard copy. Failure to submit a meme and
accompanying analysis by the time and date specified will result in your being
marked ‘absent’ for this week.
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WEEK 9 (week beginning 4 May 2015)
LECTURE TOPIC: Ethics
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REQUIRED READING:
Today, Cambridge: Polity. Chapter 10 ‘Cultural diversity and international
political theory’ (pp.160-186).
Jackson, R. (1995) ‘The political theory of international society’, pp.110-128 in K.
Polity.
***Odysseos, L. (2002) ‘Dangerous ontologies: the ethos of survival and ethical
theorizing in International Relations’, Review of International Studies, 28(2):
403-418.
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TUTORIAL TOPIC: Citizenship
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• What does it mean to be a global citizen?
• How has the mediatisation of information in the latter half of the 20th century
had an impact on how we think about our world and our places in it?
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LECTURE TOPIC: Global justice
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REQUIRED READING:
Today, Cambridge: Polity. Chapter 9 ‘Global inequality and international
social justice’ (pp.160-186).
Nagel, T. (2005) ‘The problem of global justice’, Philosophy & Public Affairs, 33(2):
113-147.
***Young, I. M. (2006) ‘Responsibility and global justice: A social connection model’,
Social Philosophy and Policy, 23(1): 102-130.
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TUTORIAL TOPIC: Ethics
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• What does the discipline of IR tell us about ethical practice?
• How do the canonical texts of the conventional literature address ethics?
• Is ethical practice in international affairs possible?
• Can we hold states to account as moral actors?
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LECTURE TOPIC: Contemporary representations of the international
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REQUIRED READING:
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Grayson, K., M. Davies and S. Philpott (2009) ‘Pop goes IR? Researching the
popular culture – world politics continuum’, Politics, 29(3): 155-163.
Smith, S. (2004) ‘Singing Our World into Existence: International Relations Theory
and September 11’, International Studies Quarterly, 48(3): 499-515.
***Rowley, C. and J. Weldes (2012) ‘The evolution of international security studies
and the everyday: Suggestions from the Buffyverse’, Security Dialogue,
43(6): 513-530.
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TUTORIAL TOPIC: Global justice
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• What justice mechanisms exist in the international system?
• Can we measure their efficacy? Should we even try?
• How do people access institutions of global justice?
• Is justice a concept that can be meaningfully 'globalised'?
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LECTURE TOPIC: New directions in international theory
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REQUIRED READING:
Booth, K. (1995) Dare not to know: International Relations theory versus the future’,
pp.328-350 in K. Booth and S. Smith (eds) International Relations Theory
Today. Cambridge: Polity.
Today, Cambridge: Polity. Chapter 12 ‘A world gone wrong?’ (pp.231-248).
***Dunne, T., L. Hansen and C. Wight (2013) ‘The end of International Relations
theory?’, European Journal of International Relations, 19(3): 405-425.
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TUTORIAL TOPIC: Contemporary representations of the international
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• How can we link everyday practice and popular culture to our studies of the
international system?
• What do various media tell us about ways of understanding the world we live
in?
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WEEK 13 (week beginning 1 June 2015)
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There is no lecture or focused reading group this week.
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The tutorial activities will be based on receiving and delivering feedback on work in
progress. You should bring a plan or full draft of your research paper to the tutorial
and be prepared to receive and deliver feedback.
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You must submit your final research paper in Week 13 (details can be found below).
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Online databases
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Online databases are accessible through the UNSW Library website at http://
www.library.unsw.edu.au/HowDoI/databases.html. The page also links to helpful tips
and a guide to using databases as a research resource.
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Internet sources
You are encouraged to explore Internet sources for your research papers, but be
aware that these cover a wide range of standards, from very scholarly to pure drivel.
Also be aware that academic staff know how to use search engines and that all
information gathered from Internet research needs to be appropriately
referenced. You should also get used to navigating Google Scholar
(www.scholar.google.com) as this is a very useful preliminary search engine for
academic research. NB Wikipedia is NOT an appropriate academic resource.
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Under no circumstances should lecture slides or notes be cited in your
assignments. Use peer-reviewed sources, primary sources or other sources of
repute.
IMPORTANT: All written assignments must be properly referenced and accompanied
by a bibliography. If you are not sure about referencing conventions, please speak to
your tutor. The UNSW Learning Centre provides a range of resources to assist with
referencing, available at http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/ref.html.
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Assessment
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TASK
LENGTH/
DURATION
WEIGHT
DUE DATE
Critical review
750 words
15%
Monday 23 March
2015 by 4pm
Annotated
bibliography
1250 words
25%
Monday 27 April
2015 by 4pm
Research paper
2500 words
60%
Friday 5 June
2015 by 4 pm
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Writing a critical review
Producing a short critical review of an academic article from the shortlist below will
enable you to develop vital critical skills that will stand you in good stead for the
production of the research paper. The critical review examines the ability to write
fluently and coherently with close reference to one source (drawing on other
sources as needed) and to engage critically with the assumptions and arguments
put forward in the article.
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The title of this piece of work (which should appear at the top of the first page) is:
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Critical Review
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In this assignment you are to choose one academic, scholarly article from the list
below. You will want to include:
• complete and accurate references to the article and references to other texts
wherever appropriate;
• well-developed and sophisticated coverage of key issues and themes without
being overly descriptive (i.e. don’t just repeat what the author says, explain how
and why you think it strengthens or weakens her/his overall argument);
• critical engagement with the strengths and weaknesses of the article including
your own informed argument (i.e. based in the relevant literature) about the
validity of the article’s conclusions or insights;
• a reference list listing the sources you have referenced, including the article
itself (the article under reviewed must be referenced normally).
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The list of articles from which you can choose is:
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Seth, Sanjay (2011) ‘Postcolonial Theory and the Critique of International
Relations’, Millennium: Journal of International Studies 40(1): 167-83.
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Donnelly, Jack (2006). ‘Sovereign Inequalities and Hierarchy in Anarchy: American
Power and International Society’, European Journal of International Relations
12(2): pp.139-70.
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Lake, D.A. (2003) ‘The New Sovereignty in International Relations’, International
Studies Review 5(3): 303-23.
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Jackson, Robert (1999) ‘Sovereignty in World Politics: A Glance at the Conceptual
and Historical Landscape’, Political Studies 47(3): 431-56.
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Schmidt, S. (2011) ‘To Order the Minds of Scholars: The Discourse of the Peace of
Westphalia in International Relations Literature’, International Studies
Quarterly, 55(4): 601-623.
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Stirk, P. (2012) ‘The Westphalian Model and Sovereign Equality’, Review of
International Studies 38(3): 641-60.
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Walker, R.B.J (1995) ‘International Relations and the concept of the political’, pp.
306-327 in K. Booth and S. Smith (eds) International Relations Theory
Today. Cambridge: Polity.
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You may also choose any article from the 2013 Special Issue of the European
Journal of International Relations 19(3): ‘The End of International Relations Theory’,
except for Dunne, Tim, Hansen, Lene and Wight, Colin (2013) ‘The End of
International Relations Theory’, European Journal of International Relations 19(3):
405-25. This article cannot be chosen as it has been listed as the article for
discussion in the readings groups in the final lecture.
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Your review must also be uploaded to Turnitin on Moodle. You must provide a
physical proof of submission obtained from Turnitin with your assignment. This can
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be a screen-shot showing submission is complete or the email you receive
acknowledging submission.
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Reviews submitted without the following documentation will be regarded as
incomplete and will be returned for completion, with penalties incurred for late
submission per School policy:
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Assessment Cover Sheet.
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Proof of submission through Turnitin.
iii.
Bibliography.
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The critical review will be graded /100 and will constitute 15% of your final grade for
the course. The review will be graded using a rubric showing the assessment
criteria. The rubric is available on Moodle.
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Writing an annotated bibliography
The aim of this exercise is to encourage you to begin thinking about the theoretical
foundations of your research paper and to begin engaging with the academic
literature upon which you will draw in the construction of your core arguments when
you write your research paper.
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The title of this piece of work (which should appear at the top of the first page) is:
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Annotated Bibliography
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For this assignment, you should research and identify five academic sources that
will inform your arguments in your research paper and create a bibliography of
those sources. These sources should not be drawn from the ‘Required reading’
listed above – you will need to identify five other sources that you can use for your
essay.
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You should then annotate the bibliography with a few lines about why you have
chosen each source, what you hope to draw from it, how it fits with the rest of the
literature with which you engage and so on.
!
Guidance on writing an annotated bibliography can be found on the UNSW
Learning Centre website at http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/annotated_bib.html.
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Specifically, your annotated bibliography should:
• Provide the full bibliographic citation for each source discussed
• Demonstrate the quality and depth of reading that you have done
And for each text:
• Indicate the content or scope
• Outline the main argument
• Identify any conclusions made by the author/s
• Discuss the relevance or usefulness of the text for your research
• Point out in what way the text relates to themes or concepts in your course
• State the strengths and limitations of the text
• Present your view or reaction to the text
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You must also
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Your annotated bibliography must also be uploaded to Turnitin on Moodle. You must
include proof of submission through Turnitin, e.g. a screen-shot showing
submission is complete or the email you receive acknowledging submission.
!
Annotated bibliographies submitted without the following documentation will be
regarded as incomplete and will be returned for completion, with penalties incurred
for late submission per School policy:
i.
ii.
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The annotated bibliography will be graded /100 and will constitute 25% of your final
grade for the course. The annotated bibliography will be graded using a rubric
showing the assessment criteria. The rubric is available on Moodle.
!
Writing a research paper
Research papers should demonstrate that you have engaged with the themes and
issues raised in the course and that you are able to construct a persuasive and
well-evidenced argument in relation to one or more of these themes or issues.
!
You must agree to the title and research question of your research paper with your
tutor no later than Monday 27 April 2015, when you submit your annotated
bibliography. You can use one of the tutorial discussion questions as inspiration if
you like.
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Further guidance to assist with preparing, planning and researching your paper is
available on Moodle, including week-by-week further reading. You will be assessed
on your ability to demonstrate research skills (the ability to provide accurate and
detailed information about your chosen case study), on synthesis and persuasive
argument (in bringing together ideas and data from several sources), on quality of
presentation (including accurate referencing) and on the clarity of your writing.
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You will have to make reference to further reading. References to the core texts
alone will not be sufficient to pass this assessment.
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To write a good research paper:
• Explain in the introduction the context of the question, your basic argument
and how the paper will proceed step by step (the structure).
• Signpost the structure throughout the paper, indicating the logical
progression from paragraph to paragraph and section to section (so linking
sentences at the ends of paragraphs and sections are important).
• Provide persuasive analysis of evidence in support of your argument.
• Ground your argument in the theoretical debates of the discipline.
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Your paper must be properly referenced and accompanied by a bibliography. If you
are not sure about referencing conventions, please speak to your tutor. The UNSW
Learning Centre provides a range of resources to assist with referencing, available
at http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/ref.html.
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Your research paper must also be uploaded to Turnitin on Moodle. You must include
proof of submission through Turnitin, e.g. a screen-shot showing submission is
complete or the email you receive acknowledging submission.
!
Papers submitted without the following documentation will be regarded as
incomplete and will be returned for completion, with penalties incurred for late
submission per School policy:
i.
ii.
iii.
Bibliography.
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It is a good idea to plan and draft your research paper well in advance. You are
welcome to see me, or your tutor, during consultation hours to discuss your ideas,
plan and draft. We will not, however, respond to requests for research assistance,
i.e. ‘I want to use ‘X’ as a case study, what should I read?’
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The research paper will be graded /100 and will constitute 60% of your final grade
for the course. The research paper will be graded using a rubric showing the
assessment criteria. The rubric is available on Moodle.
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PENALTIES THAT WILL BE APPLIED TO YOUR WORK:
• You will lose 3 marks if you do not use the Harvard (in-text) system of
referencing for all assessments. See https://student.unsw.edu.au/harvardreferencing.
• You will lose 3 marks if you submit all assessments through Turnitin but do
not provide proof of submission attached to your work.
• You stand to lose between 5 and 20 marks for poor referencing and
attribution of sources. There is A LOT of assistance available to you to help
you learn about referencing, attribution and avoiding plagiarism. If you are
not sure JUST ASK! See https://student.unsw.edu.au/support-referencingassignments.
• If you do not submit written work through Turnitin your work will not be
marked.
• If you submit work for this course that you have already submitted for
assessment in another course at this University or any other institution, in
whole or in part, or if you copy material from another source and do not
attribute that material to its original author, your work will be referred to the
School Student Ethics Officer for an investigation into a possible charge of
academic misconduct. See https://student.unsw.edu.au/plagiarism.
You must submit a valid attempt at all assignments including the formative
assignments to gain credit for the course. This means that you will receive a final
grade of ‘UF’ (unsatisfactory fail) for the course if you do not make a valid
attempt at completion of all assessments listed in the table on p.13 even if you
have gained enough marks from the major assessment to earn a passing
grade.
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Submission of written assignments
Hard copy assignments are to be submitted to the appropriate assignment box
located on the First Floor of the Morven Brown Building unless this course specifies
electronic submission ONLY. There will be a separate box for late submissions.
Only late submissions will be stamped by the School Office with the receipt date.
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A penalty will be applied to assignments that are submitted to the wrong box.
!
You are also required to submit an electronic copy of the assignment through
Turnitin on Moodle.
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BOTH HARD COPY AND ELECTRONIC COPY OF YOUR ASSIGNMENT MUST
BE SUBMITTED BY 4PM ON THE DUE DATE TO AVOID A LATE PENALTY.
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Please be advised that there is usually a queue to submit near the 4pm deadline.
You are strongly advised to aim to submit early, as submissions received at 4.01pm
will be stamped as late and will incur a late penalty. The Faculty late penalty is 3%
of the total possible marks for the task for each day or part day that the work is late.
Lateness includes weekends and public holidays.
!
It is your responsibility to keep a copy of your work in case of loss of an
assignment. You are also responsible for checking that your submission is complete
and accurate.
!
All assignments (hard copy and electronic submission) must be submitted with a
signed Assessment Cover Sheet (required for all assignments). Please ensure that
you read the Assessment Cover Sheet carefully, particularly the section related to
the originality of the submission.
!
Assessment Cover Sheets are available from outside the School Office, near the
assignment submission boxes, and are available to download from the School
website: https://socialsciences.arts.unsw.edu.au/students/resources/forms/.
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Collection of Written Assignments
The critical review and the annotated bibliography will be returned in tutorials. There
are two options for the collection of the research paper. You can:
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EITHER attach a prepaid self-addressed envelope to the submission, in which
case you work will be posted back to you
!
OR your work will be available for collection at a time and date to be confirmed.
!
If you do not come to collect your work and you do not provide a prepaid selfaddressed envelope then you will not get your work back until the start of Semester
2.
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Feedback
This course uses rubrics to outline assessment criteria for the written assignments. A
rubric is a table or grid that lists a number of criteria against which you will be
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assessed and descriptors that specify the performance corresponding to each level
(FL-HD), to allow assessors to interpret which level has been met.
!
In addition to completing a rubrik, written feedback will be available for all three
assignments. To receive written feedback for your final assignment, however, you
must request it. If written feedback is not requested clearly on your assignment, a
completed rubrik and a numerical mark will be returned only.
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There is a different rubric for each of the three written assessed tasks:
1. Rubric for the critical review;
2. Rubric for the annotated bibliography;
3. Rubric for the research paper.
You can find the rubrics on Moodle.
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I strongly encourage you to look at the rubrics well in advance as they each clearly
state what type of work you need to hand in to attain a good grade in this course.
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ASSESSMENT TASK
FEEDBACK DATE
Critical review
Week beginning 13 April
Annotated bibliography
Week beginning 18 May
Research paper
To be confirmed
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Course evaluation and development
Student evaluative feedback is gathered periodically using, among other means,
the University’s ‘Course and Teaching Evaluation and Improvement’ (CATEI)
process. Informal feedback and feedback specific to individual tutorials and
lectures are also important, and welcome. Student feedback is taken seriously
and continual enhancements are made to learning and teaching activities on the
basis of student feedback.
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PART B: POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
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Student conduct
‘It is a condition of enrolment that students inform themselves of the University’s
rules and policies affecting them, and conduct themselves accordingly’ (UNSW
Student Code Policy, Art. 2.1).
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All students must read and adhere to the UNSW Student Code Policy (2012): http://
www.gs.unsw.edu.au/policy/documents/studentcodepolicy.pdf.
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A related document is the UNSW Student Misconduct Procedure (2013): http://
www.gs.unsw.edu.au/policy/documents/studentmisconductprocedures.pdf.
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Communication
As outlined in the UNSW Student Email Rules: ‘All students are expected to read
their official UNSW email. All students have a central email address of the form
z1234567 where “1234567” is the student number. It is a requirement that all
students read email that is sent to this address, as it may contain vital
administrative or teaching material not provided any other way. If a student uses an
email account other than the centrally provided email account, the student must
arrange to forward UNSW email to an account that they do use.’
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The full Student Email Rules can be found at: https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/
resources/StudentEmailRules.html.
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Avoiding plagiarism
Plagiarism is a form of cheating which constitutes student academic misconduct.
Plagiarism can result in penalties to grades, suspension or exclusion from the
University. This and other types of academic misconduct must be avoided. These are
outlined in the Student Code Policy and the Student Misconduct Procedures.
!
The Learning Centre provides a central UNSW resource on academic integrity and
understanding and avoiding plagiarism: https://student.unsw.edu.au/plagiarism.
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The Elise Study Skills tutorial, which familiarizes students with academic writing,
research and using information responsibly, including through proper attribution, is
mandatory for all commencing undergraduate students and the quiz must be
completed by the end of Week 5 of their first semester at UNSW. All postgraduate
coursework students are encouraged to take the tutorial: http://
subjectguides.library.unsw.edu.au/elise.
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Attendance
UNSW policy on Attendance and Absence can be found at: https://my.unsw.edu.au/
student/atoz/AttendanceAbsence.html
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It states that ‘Students are expected to be regular and punctual in attendance at all
classes in the courses in which they are enrolled.’ The School of Social Sciences
expects that students will attend and participate actively in 100% of learning and
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teaching activities (henceforth ‘classes’, to include lectures, tutorials, seminars, labs,
online activities and so on).
!
If you arrive more than 15 minutes late, you may be recorded as absent. If such a
penalty is imposed, you will be informed verbally at the end of class and advised in
writing within 24 hours.
!
If you experience illness, misadventure or other occurrence that makes absence
from a class unavoidable, or you expect to be absent from a forthcoming class, you
should seek permission from the course convenor, and where applicable, should be
accompanied by an original or certified copy of a medical certificate or other form of
appropriate evidence.
!
If you attend less than 80% of classes or have not submitted appropriate supporting
documentation to the course convenor to explain your absence, you may be
awarded a final grade of UF (Unsatisfactory Fail). This applies to both tutorials and
lectures separately. You must attend 80% of the lectures and also 80% of the
tutorials in order to pass the course. For attendance purposes, alternative learning
activities are counted as tutorials, and late submissions of your blog (week 4) and
meme (week 8) will be counted as absences.
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Upon submission of appropriate evidence, course convenors have discretion and
authority to determine whether a student meets the required volume of learning and
has completed the necessary assessments for a given course in circumstances
where attendance has been less than the normal university requirement of 80% of
classes.
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A student may be excused from classes for up to one month (33% of learning and
teaching activities) in exceptional circumstances and on production of an original or
certified copy of a medical certificate or other form of appropriate evidence. In such
cases, course convenors may assign additional and/or alternative tasks to ensure
that students have met the volume of learning associated with the course.
!
A student who has submitted the appropriate documentation but attends less than
66% of classes will be asked by the course convenor to apply to discontinue the
course without failure rather than be awarded a final grade of UF.
!
Extensions and late submission of work
A course convenor can only approve an extension up to five days. A student
requesting an extension of greater than five days should complete an application for
Special Consideration (see below).
!
Work submitted late (i.e., past the time and date specified in the course outline) will
incur late penalties. The late penalty is the loss of 3% of the total possible marks for
the task for each day or part thereof the work is late. Lateness will include weekends
and public holidays.
!
Work submitted fourteen days after the due date may be marked and brief feedback
provided but no mark will be recorded or counted towards your overall grade. If the
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work would have received a pass mark but for the lateness and the work is a
compulsory course component, you will be deemed to have met that requirement.
!
Work submitted twenty-one days after the due date will not be accepted for marking
or feedback and will receive no mark or grade. If the assessment task is a
compulsory component of the course you will automatically fail the course.
Where an extension has been granted, either directly by the course convenor or
through the Special Consideration mechanism, the late penalties outlined above will
apply from the revised due date.
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Special consideration
Sickness, misadventure, or other circumstances beyond your control may prevent
you from completing a course requirement or attending or submitting assessable
work for a course, or may significantly affect performance in assessable work, e.g.
formal end of session examination, class test, laboratory test, or seminar
presentation. Students can apply for consideration for the affected assessments.
!
Except in unusual circumstances a problem involving only three consecutive days or
a total of five days within the teaching period of a semester is not considered
sufficient grounds for an application. The circumstances have to be unexpected and
beyond your control. Students are expected to give priority to their University study
commitments and any absence must clearly be for circumstances beyond your
control. Work commitments are not normally considered a justification.
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Students cannot claim consideration for conditions or circumstances that are the
consequences of their actions or inactions.
!
Details of the university policy and procedures on Special Consideration, and
information about how to apply for Special Consideration, can be found at: https://
my.unsw.edu.au/student/atoz/SpecialConsideration.html
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You should be aware that in the School of Social Sciences, it is the course convenor
that makes a decision on whether or not to grant Special Consideration through the
online mechanism. If Special Consideration is granted, this may take the form of a
removal of part or all of a late penalty, or an adjustment to the raw grade, or an
alternative form of assessment, at the discretion of the course convenor.
!
Student Equity and Disabilities Unit (SEADU)
Students with a disability, and those with ongoing physical or mental health
conditions, who require consideration of their circumstances and support, are
advised to register with the Student Equity and Diversity Unit (SEADU). Registration
is advisable but not obligatory. To receive support from SEADU, students must be
registered with SEADU. Contact details can be found on their website at http://
www.studentequity.unsw.edu.au/.
Upon registration, an Educational Liaison Co-ordinator (ELC) assesses the support
services the student requires. If necessary, a Letter of Support from the Educational
Liaison Co-ordinator is written to the student’s lecturers outlining the services that
have been approved.
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If you are currently registered with SEADU, Letters of Support are emailed out prior
to the beginning of Semester 1. You must then email your Letter of Support to their
course convenor from your UNSW email account by the end of Week 1.
The educational adjustments outlined in the letter apply for the whole year, including
summer semester. If at any time there are changes to a student’s disability during
the semester, adjustments may be modified and a new letter will be issued.
If you are registering for the first time, you will be given a letter at your first
appointment. If a Letter of Support is written after the commencement of the
teaching period, you must forward the Letter to your course convenors from your
UNSW email account within one week of the date on the letter.
In the first correspondence with a new course convenor, you should cc SEADU in to
the email so SEADU can track the process.
You will also be encouraged to meet with the course convenor in person by the end
of Week 2 to discuss their adjustments.
Review of results
If you have concerns about a mark you have achieved, you should raise this with the
course convenor in the first instance. This should normally be done within two
working days of the return of the assessed work.
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If you are not satisfied with the explanation provided, you should complete the
UNSW Review of Results (RoR) application form: https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/
academiclife/assessment/ReviewofResults.pdf.
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You must provide a written explanation of why you believe the work requires review.
The written explanation must include the stated criteria for the assessment task
indicating the exact area(s) where the assessment of your work differs from the mark
you have received.
!
The course convenor has the option to not recommend review if they deem the
grounds for review insufficient. The course convenor will make their decision within
three working days of receiving the request.
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If the course convenor approves the review, you should submit the Review of
Results application form to Student Central. A clean copy and a copy of the marked
work with all feedback must be submitted with the RoR application. An administration
fee applies under certain circumstances.
!
If the course convenor does not recommend the review but you believe that the
mark/grade does not reflect your performance, you may forward the RoR application
form to the Deputy Head of School (Learning & Teaching), A/Prof. Laura Shepherd
(email: l.j.shepherd@unsw.edu.au).
!
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The Deputy Head of School (DHoS) will normally make a decision within three
working days of receiving the application.
!
If the DHoS approves the review, you should submit the application to Student
Central. A clean copy and a copy of the marked work with all feedback must be
submitted with the RoR application. An administration fee applies under certain
circumstances.
!
If the DHoS does not approve the review, she will notify the Chair of the Faculty
Assessment Review Group (FARG). The FARG can either endorse or overturn the
decision of the DHoS.
!
The FARG will make a decision within one week of receiving advice from the DHoS.
If, after the FARG’s decision, the student still believes they have a case they should
submit their claim through the University grievance procedures.
!
A RoR application must be lodged within 15 working days of receiving the result of
the assessment task.
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Student support and grievance procedures
The UNSW Learning Centre provides academic skills support to all students enrolled
at UNSW: http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au.
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UNSW offers a number of support and development services for students: https://
student.unsw.edu.au/additional-support.
!
There is a range of wellbeing, safety and equity initiatives you can access at UNSW:
https://student.unsw.edu.au/wellbeing.
!
UNSW Counselling and Psychological Services offer individual consultations and
can usually accommodate urgent needs: https://student.unsw.edu.au/individualcounselling.
!
If you have issues related to, or concerns about, academic decisions or any aspect
of Learning & Teaching in the School of Social Sciences, you are welcome to contact
the Deputy Head of School (Learning & Teaching), A/Prof. Laura Shepherd (email:
l.j.shepherd@unsw.edu.au).
!
If you have a grievance related to a person or administrative process, you should
contact the School Grievance Officer, Dr Michael Wearing (email:
m.wearing@unsw.edu.au).
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You can also contact the Student Conduct and Appeals Office (email:
studentcomplaints@unsw.edu.au) or the student association Arc@UNSW (email:
advice@arc.unsw.edu.au).
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For more information regarding progressing a complaint: https://
student.unsw.edu.au/complaints.
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