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1. Understand the role of digital media in shaping new practices around surveillance and privacy.
2. Understand theories about how surveillance works in society.
3. Understand the role of law in creating mechanisms of transparency and accountability .
4. Understand the role of policy in creating mechanisms of transparency and accountability.
5. Understand different regulation schemes in place across the globe.
6. Understand the ways everyday practices are translated into data used by commercial and government organisations.
7. Understand how the performance of identity is shaped through practices of surveillance.
8. Understand how the practices of everyday media use are articulated with larger policy and law regimes.

There will be no set text books, but a reader will be created and students will need to access online videos outside of class times.

The MyUni site will host lecture recordings, additional readings and video links.

Classes	Day	Topic
Class One	Monday, 16 September (in person)	Introduction to the topic & concepts
Class Two	Tuesday, 17 September (in person)	International Law – Grey Zone Security issues
Class Three	Wednesday, 18 September (in person)	Interactive case studies
Class Four	Friday, 20 September (in person)	Information/ Influence / Interference Operations
Class Five	Monday, 23 September (online)	International Law – Laws of War issues
Class Six	Tuesday, 24 September (online)	The issue of Ransomware
Class Seven	Wednesday, 25 September (online)	Domestic legal frameworks
Class Eight	Thursday, 26 September (online)	Domestic law case studies
Class Nine	Friday, 27 September (online)	Possible solutions

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

Contact time: the course will be made up of nine days each with four hours of contact. The days will commence at 9 am and conclude at 1 pm. This amounts to 36 hours of formal class time during the winter semester.

Preparation time: In addition to attending formal classes it is anticipated that students will do substantial independent work to prepare for classes and to complete the course assignments. The University expects full time students (those undertaking 12 units per semester) to devote a total of 48 hours per week to their studies. In the case of this intensive, I am expecting students to do some preparatory work before the course commences (around 3-5 hours), between the classes (probably about two hours) and, obviously, there will be additional work associated with the assessments.

Assessment Task	Task Type	Length	Due	Weighting	Redeemable	Learning Outcome
Online Test (multiple choice)	Individual	One hour	Day 3, 4 or 5 of week 1	10%	No	3-8
Case / Issue Study	Individual	1500 words	Friday 2pm on the week after the course ends	30%	No	1-8
Research Essay	Individual	3000 words	Friday 2pm on the third week after the course ends	60%	No	1-8

1. Online quiz (10%).
A multiple choice quiz of 10 randomised questions. Open for three days at the end of the first week of teaching, for one hour only. There are no re-sits allowed. Each question is marked out of 10.

Submission

Assignments must be handed in electronically in MyUni. Students must ensure their student number appears on all written work submitted for assessment. All assessments will be submitted and monitored through text or code comparative software (e.g. Turnitin) where possible.

Electronic copies of the assignment as handed in must be retained by students.

Assignments will be returned electronically.

It is also advisable to keep written work after it has been assessed and returned.

Extensions

Extensions are granted at the discretion of Course Coordinator. Extensions beyond the due date are usually only granted in the case of significant unforeseen incapacity.

Students who wish to apply, should apply for an extension by completing the online Application for Extension form. The application must give details of the extent and length of the student’s incapacity, and the length of extension that is requested. The Course Coordinator will email students with the outcome of their request as soon as possible after it is received. If an extension is granted, it is only provisional until formal evidence of the incapacity is received. Students must attach this evidence as well as the email granting the extension to the assignment when it is submitted. The evidence submitted must be consistent with details provided in the email requesting the extension. If the details of the request for an extension, and the medical or other evidence verifying the reason for the extension are not consistent in all respects, the extension may be nullified, and the Course Coordinator may in their discretion decide not to accept the assignment, or impose a penalty for late submission.

You can apply for an extension at any time before the due date for an assignment. However, you are strongly advised to make your application as soon as the need becomes apparent. Delay in making an application obviously involves the risk that there will be insufficient time to complete the assignment (with consequential loss of marks) if the application for extension is refused.

If an application is made within two days of the due date, or after the due date has expired, it will not be granted unless the Course Co-ordinator is satisfied: If your request for an extension is rejected, you can appeal in writing to the Student Appeals Committee, via the Secretary to the Student Appeals Committee, within seven days of notification of rejection by the Course Co-ordinator.

Penalties for Late Submission

5% of the total mark possible will be deducted for every 24 hours or part thereof that it is late, including each day on a weekend. For example, an essay that is submitted after the due date and time but within the first 24 hour period, and that has been graded at 63%, will have 5% deducted, for a final grade of 58%. An essay that is more than 24 hours late will lose 10%, etc.

Penalties for Exceeding Stipulated Word Length

Assignments which exceed the allocated length will be subject to a penalty of 5% of total marks possible per 100 words or part thereof (ie with a word limit of 3,000, an essay graded 63% will have 5% deducted if it is 3001 words long, for a final grade of 58%, 10% if it is 3101 words long, etc). Words are calculated including all footnotes and headings within the text but excluding cover page information. Quotations and all referencing information are included in the word count.

Finality of Assessment Grades

Students are advised that Course Coordinators will not enter into negotiations of any kind with any student regarding changes to their grades. It is irrelevant, in any given circumstance, that only a minimal number of additional marks are required to inflate a student’s grade for any individual assessment item or course as a whole. Pursuant to the University’s Assessment for Coursework Programs Policyand the Adelaide Law School Assessment Policies and Procedures, grades may only be varied through the appropriate channels for academic review (such as an official re-mark).

Moderation

In accordance with the University’s Assessment for Coursework Programs Policy, course coordinators ‘ensure that appropriate marking guidelines and cross-marking moderation processes across markers are in place’ in each course. Procedures adopted by Adelaide Law School to ensure consistency of marking in courses with multiple markers include:

• assurance of the qualifications of markers, and their knowledge of the content covered in each course;
• detailed marking guidelines and assessment rubrics to assist in the marking of items of assessment;
• sharing of example marked assessments at various grade bands across markers;
• reviewing of selected marked assessments from each marker by the course coordinator;
• comparison of the marks and their distribution across markers;
• automatic double-marking of all interim assessment receiving a fail grade, and of final assessments where a student’s overall result is a fail grade;
• the availability of re-marking of assessments in accordance with Adelaide Law School’s Assessment Policies and Procedures.

Approval of Results by Board of Examiners

Students are reminded that all assessment results are subject to approval (and possible moderation/change) by the Law School’s Board of Examiners. Assessment results at the University are not scaled. Under the Assessment for Coursework Programs Policy, students are assessed ‘by reference to their performance against pre-determined criteria and standards … and not by ranking against the performance of the student cohort in the course’. However, under that same policy, the Board of Examiners (as the relevant Assessment Review Committee for courses at Adelaide Law School) is required to ‘ensure comparability of standards and consistency’ in assessment. On occasions, the Board of Examiners will form the view that some moderation is required to ensure the comparability of standards and consistency across courses and years, and accordingly provide fairness to all law students. All assessment results are therefore subject to approval (and possible change) until confirmed by the Board of Examiners and posted on Access Adelaide at the end of each semester.

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Student Life Counselling Service

The University Counselling Service provides a free and confidential service to all enrolled students. We encourage you to contact the Counselling service on 8313 5663 to make an appointment to deal with any issues that may be affecting your study and life. More information is available at /counselling/.

Further information regarding the Law School Policies and Procedures in relation to Supplementary Assessment, Extensions, and Remarks etc can be found at:


Plagiarism and other forms of cheating

Plagiarism is a serious act of academic misconduct. All students must be familiar with the Adelaide Law School Enrolment Guide, and should note in particular the sections relating to plagiarism, grievance procedures and academic conduct within the Law School and the University.

Plagiarism is a serious matter and is treated as such by the Law School and the University. Please be aware that “academic dishonesty” (which goes beyond plagiarism) can be a ground for a refusal by the Supreme Court of South Australia to refuse to admit a person to practice as a legal practitioner in South Australia.

Academic honesty is an essential aspect of ethical and honest behaviour, which is central to the practice of the law and an understanding of what it is to be a lawyer.