As this course has an applied component attendance at laboratories is required. Distinguished by original thought, independent research, depth and clarity of arguments, and an intelligent critical engagement with the material. Good to very good work, displaying some original thought and research, but undermined by gaps in reasoning and argumentation, insufficient critical engagement with the material, or weaknesses in the overall arguments of the essay. Average work, displaying a basic grasp of the set material, but with a range of more or less serious flaws, such as poor referencing, lack of evidence of independent reading and research, poor reasoning, padding, lack of argument, poor structure, and so on. Some reasons for failing include where there is no evidence of any attempt to cover the set readings or do any research.
Plagiarism can also be grounds for failure.
The Electronic Labyrinth. Copies are available in the RMIT bookshop. In addition a dossier of additional readings will be available later in the semester for purchase via the RMIT bookshop. Students are reminded that cheating, whether by fabrication, falsification of data, or plagiarism, is an offence subject to University disciplinary procedures. Plagiarism in oral or written presentations is the presentation of the work, idea or creation of another person, without appropriate referencing, as though it is one's own.