Required texts

Students will be provided with the Unit Materials specially designed for this unit.

Students may also find it useful have use of the following:

• an English-English desk dictionary, such as the Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary or the Collins Cobuild Students Dictionary
• an English-English thesaurus, such as the Concise Oxford Thesaurus
• 天涯社区 Library (2010), A Guide to Referencing with examples in the APA and Harvard styles. 7^th edition.

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

Marking rubrics for the assessment items will be uploaded on CANVAS

Artificial Intelligence

Students are not permitted to use generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in assessments for this unit.

GenAI may only be used in authorised ways when completing assessments at 天涯社区. This means that GenAI can only be used for an assessment when:

1. the Unit Convener has authorised GenAI use for that assessment
2. the student uses GenAI in the way that the assessment instructions allow
3. the student fully acknowledges their use of GenAI, with proper citations, references and a GenAI Acknowledgement Statement in line with the assessment instructions.

Where the assessment instructions do not specifically state that GenAI may be used and how, then its use is not permitted for that assessment. Students must still provide the required GenAI Acknowledgement Statement to indicate whether GenAI has or has not been used in the preparation of the assessment. If unsure, students should seek advice from the Unit Convener.

The  Library Guide provides further information, including how to reference GenAI.

Special assessment requirements

In order to gain a pass grade or higher, students are required to attempt all the assessments and achieve a total aggregate of 50% or more for all assessment items.

End of unit results will be awarded on a five-point scale:

High Distinction - HD                   (85 - 100)

Distinction - DI                            (75 - 84)

Credit - CR                                 (65 - 74)

Pass - P                                     (50 - 64)

Fail - N*                                      (below 50)

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NW - Fail result based on written notification of withdrawal from a subject after the due date.
NX - Fail result based on failure to reach pass grade in a subject having completed all the subject assessment requirements
NC - Fail result based on failure to complete one or more of the assessment requirements for a subject
NN - Fail result based on non-participation in a subject

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at 天涯社区. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

天涯社区 students have to complete the annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

天涯社区 uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the , , and 天涯社区 (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Participation requirements

Course participants on Student Visas are required to attend more than 80% of all classes. Student attendance is checked for each class. In cases where a student attends less than 80% of their classes, and are unable to provide appropriate documentation and a satisfactory explanation, the Student Visa may be cancelled.

In addition, there is a strong correlation between poor attendance and failure in a unit because students who have a poor attendance record find it difficult to keep up with the work being presented. Poor attendance means that students will not be in class to participate and this will make it difficult for a student to understand the requirements of this part of the assessment.

Required IT skills

You should know how to navigate on-line websites and be able to use standard software packages such as Word and Excel.

In-unit costs

None

Work placement, internships or practicums

None

Additional information

None

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