This paper has three attendance options and is designed using flipped principles

Attendance Options

1. The in-class, in-person attendance option offers face-to-face lectures held on the Hamilton campus (see timetable for the classroom),
2. The FLEXIMODE option offers synchronised lecture attendance via zoom for those who cannot come to the Hamilton campus, and
3. The online option is available for those who cannot attend lectures in-person

While you may have a preferred attendance option (e.g., in-class, via zoom, or online), you may switch between attendance options as your circumstances require.

The Flipped Principle Design and Student Expectations

The flipped components of the paper, as outlined below, are designed to help students navigate the course, regardless of attendance choice. These flipped elements include two three-hour seminar-styled lectures per week supported by weekly preparation activities and readings that provide important contextual background information.

1. Seminar-styled lecture: The seminar-styled lectures combine activities, information sharing (e.g., PowerPoint) and student-based discussions. PowerPoint notes are posted to Moodle before class and lecture recordings are posted after the class when they become available.
2. Lectures are interactive and attendance is highly recommended. If attending via the in-class option please bring a device to access online resources and engage in the activities. Students attending via the online option are expected to do the lecture activities in the order that they are presented in the lecture.
3. Preparation Activities: The lecture preparation activities are posted in Moodle within each Lecture Block. It is highly recommended that these activities are completed before coming to class or watching the lecture recordings.
4. Readings: Weekly readings are linked in the Moodle topic blocks that have been selected to help students make sense of lecture material. In addition, an extensive list of readings is available via the library course Reading List. These readings are arranged by topic. You are not expected to read all the articles in the Library Reading List, but you may find some personally interesting and/or useful for assignments. You may also like to allocate an additional reading from the list to each class member, to enrich class discussions. In addition to prescribed readings, students need to self-source material for the assignments. The Library Reading List can be found on the library website and accessed using the link available in Moodle.

Office Hours: Office hours are available in person or via Zoom (please refer to Moodle for the office hours and office hours zoom link).

Assessments: All assessments are submitted online via Moodle

The written assessments are designed to develop your understanding of topics beyond what is presented in the lecture. This means that you must reference appropriate material. At the senior undergraduate level, paraphrasing lecture discussions or referencing lecture notes (e.g.,PowerPoint slides) are deemed inappropriate references and typically attract low to failing grades.

Please refer to the general guidelines on how to achieve grades later in the course outline and the specific assessment rubrics on Moodle when developing your assignments and reviewing your feedback on assignments.

All written assessments are online submit via Moodle. You will find written feedback by going to your returned assignments. General feedback relating to the themes evident across all assignments will be posted to Moodle.

Lecture notes will be available through Moodle before the lectures.

As a 15 point paper, it is expected that students dedicate approximately 150 hours to the course over the semester; as a G Semester programme this time equates to 25 hours per week. This time has been taken in to account when selecting readings and setting assignments. Thus the time spent on the course should be divided between attending the lectures (six hours per week), with the remaining time dedicated to course readings (approximately 4 hours per week) and assignments. As this is a taught course delivered via FLEXI Mode, it is expected that you attend lectures.