Sophi
Philosophy
PHIL2644
Semester 2 2015
Unit of Study Outline
This Unit of Study Outline MUST be read in conjunction with
the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Student Administration Manual, http://sydney.edu.au/arts/current_students/student_administration.shtml
and all applicable University policies.
In determining applications and appeals, it will be assumed that every student has taken the time to familiarise themselves with these key policies and pro
In determining applications and appeals, it will be assumed that every student has taken the time to familiarise themselves with these key policies and pro
PHIL2644
Unit staff
Unit coordinators can be consulted for help with any
difficulties you may have.
Unit coordinators (as well as the Faculty) should also be
informed of any illness or other misadventure that leads students to miss
classes and tutorials or be late with assignments.
Unit coordinator
Name: Assoc Prof John Grumley
Office: 711 Mungo MacCallum
Email address: John Grumley@sydney.edu.au
Phone: +61-2-93512465
Consultation Hours: 10-11 am Tues
Unit description
The idea of critical
theory emerged from a dissatisfaction with the perceived conservative limits of
traditional philosophy: it
attempted to go beyond the alleged impasses of philosophy’s merely
contemplative stance and actually change the world. This course will consider
various phases in the history of this project from Marx to the Frankfurt School
to Habermas before finally looking at an alternative reading of critique in
Foucault. It will examine both the innovations and weaknesses of these various
formulations in their historical context as well as considering contemporary
efforts to review and reanimate the idea of critical theory.
Learning outcomes
1.
To learn reading and writing skills specific to
philosophy but which also have a wider relevance and application across other
disciplines and everyday life
2.
To gain knowledge of the history of philosophy,
to interpret texts and identify key issues and debates.
3.
To apply this theoretical knowledge to
orientation in the contemporary world
4.
To promote interpersonal and oral presentation
skills in the tutorial context
Lectures:
Tues 11-1pm
Teachers College Lecture Theatre
306
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Tues
3-4pm
Mills Tutorial Room 202 A26
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Unit schedule
June.
Semester Two
Week
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Week beginning
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Lecture
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Tutorial
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1
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27 July
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Introduction: The Concept of
Critique
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2
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03 August
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Marx
–Four Versions of Critical Theory
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Preliminary
Meeting
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3
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10 August
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Marx’s
Departure from Philosophy
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Hegel,
Preface to Philosophy of Right
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4
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17 August
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Marx-
Alienation as Philosophical Critique
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Marx, ‘Theses on Feuerbach’
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5
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24 August
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Between
Philosophy and Science
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Marx,
‘Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts’
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6
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31 August
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Frankfurt
School: Initial Programme
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Benjamin,
‘On the Philosophy of History’
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7
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07 September
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Theory
and Practice
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Horkheimer&Adorno
T W ‘Notes and Sketches’ from Dialectic
of Enligtenment ‘
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8
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14 September
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Dialectic
of Enlightenment
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Adorno
T W ‘Marginalia to Theory and Praxis’
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9
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21 September
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Habermas:
From Hegel to Kant
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Habermas J ‘Modernity versus Postmodernity
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BREAK
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28 September
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SESSION BREAK
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10
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05 October*
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Habermas:
Communicative Interaction
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Habermas,
‘The Relationship Between Theory and Practice
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11
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12 October
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Foucault:
The Underside of Reason and Revolution
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Foucault, ‘What is Enlightenment?’ |
12
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19 October
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Critique
and Power
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Foucault,
‘What is Critique?’
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13
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26 October
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Active
Subjectivity and Normative Questions
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STUVAC
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02 November
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STUVAC
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EXAMS
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09 November
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EXAM PERIOD commences
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NB: Public holiday on Monday 6 October.
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Lecture
Summaries available on Blackboard or on my blog: http://www.mycriticaltheory.blogspot.com
Reading requirements
The Course Reader is compulsory and will be available at the
copy center:
General
Reading
Tucker, R. The Marx/Engels Reader Norton Press, 1982
Horkheimer, M. Critical Theory: Selected Essays (New York: Herder and Herder, 1972)
Marcuse, H. ‘Philosophy and Critical Theory’ Negations: Essays in Critical Theory (London: Allen Lane. 1968)
Habermas, J. ‘Between Philosophy and Science: Marxism as Critique’ Theory and Practice (Boston, Beacon Press, 1973)
Habermas, J. ‘Philosophy as Stand-In and Interpreter’ Moral Consciousness and Communicative Action (Cambridge, Massachusetts, MIT, 1990)
Foucault, M. ‘What is Enlightenment?’ The Foucault Reader (Ed) Rabinow, P. New York, Penguin, 1984)
Foucault, M ‘Critical Theory/Intellectual History’ Michel Foucault: Politics, Philosophy Culture Interviews and Other Writings 1977-1984 Ed Kritzman, L.D. (London, Routledge, 1988)
Foucault, M. The Essential Works Vol 1: Ethics, Subjectivity and Truth The New Press, New York, 1997
Foucault, M. “Society Must be Defended” Lectures at the College De France 1975-1976 Picador, New York, 2003
Foucault, M. The Hermeneutics of the Subject: Lectures at the College de France 1981-82
Allen, Amy. The Politics of Ourselves: Power, Autonomy and Gender in Contemporary Critical Theory Columbia University Press, New York, 2008
Bubner, R. Essays in Hermeneutics and Critical Theory (New York: Columbia University Press, 1988)
Jacoby, R. Dialectic of Defeat: Contours of Western Marxism (New York: Columbia University Press, 1981)
Bahr, E. ‘In Defence of Enlightenment: Foucault and Habermas’ German Studies Review Vol 11, No 1 Feb, 1988
Berman, R. A. Modern Culture and Critical Theory: Art, Politics and the Legacy of the Frankfurt School (Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, 1989)
Bové, P.A. Intellectuals in Power: A Genealogy of Critical Humanism Columbia University Press. New York, 1986
Bevir, M ‘Foucault and critique: Deploying Agency Against Autonomy’ Political Theory Vol 27, no 1 (Feb, 1999)
Cooke, M. Re-Presenting the Good Society MIT, Cambridge, MA, 2006
Kellner, D. Critical Theory, Marxism and Modernity (Oxford: Polity Press, 1989)
Geuss, R. The Idea of a Critical Theory: Habermas & the Frankfurt School (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981)
Held, D. Introduction to Critical Theory: Horkheimer to Habermas (London, Hutchinson, 1980)
Kompridis, N. Critique and Disclosure: Critical Theory between Past and Future Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 2006
LaCapra, D. History in Transit: Experience, Identity, Critical Theory Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 2004
Landry, L. Y, Marx and the Postmodern Debates: An Agenda for Critical Theory Praeger, Westport, Connecticut, 2000
Wellmer, A. Critical Theory of Society (New York, Herder and Herder, 1971)
Rasmussen, D. M. The Handbook of Critical Theory (Oxford: Blackwell, 1996)
Ransom, J.S. Foucault’s Discipline: The Politics of Subjectivity Duke University Press, 1997
Barrett, M. The Politics of Truth: From Marx to Foucault Stanford University Press, Stanford California, 1991
Bronner, S. Of Critical Theory and Its Theorists (Oxford: Blackwell, 1994
Bronner, S. Reclaiming the Enlightenment: Towards a Politics of Radical Engagement (New York, Columbia University Press, 2004
Hoy, D. C& McCarthy T. Critical Theory (Oxford, Blackwell, 1994)
Calhoun, C. Critical Social Theory (Oxford, Blackwell, 1995)
Tucker, R. The Marx/Engels Reader Norton Press, 1982
Horkheimer, M. Critical Theory: Selected Essays (New York: Herder and Herder, 1972)
Marcuse, H. ‘Philosophy and Critical Theory’ Negations: Essays in Critical Theory (London: Allen Lane. 1968)
Habermas, J. ‘Between Philosophy and Science: Marxism as Critique’ Theory and Practice (Boston, Beacon Press, 1973)
Habermas, J. ‘Philosophy as Stand-In and Interpreter’ Moral Consciousness and Communicative Action (Cambridge, Massachusetts, MIT, 1990)
Foucault, M. ‘What is Enlightenment?’ The Foucault Reader (Ed) Rabinow, P. New York, Penguin, 1984)
Foucault, M ‘Critical Theory/Intellectual History’ Michel Foucault: Politics, Philosophy Culture Interviews and Other Writings 1977-1984 Ed Kritzman, L.D. (London, Routledge, 1988)
Foucault, M. The Essential Works Vol 1: Ethics, Subjectivity and Truth The New Press, New York, 1997
Foucault, M. “Society Must be Defended” Lectures at the College De France 1975-1976 Picador, New York, 2003
Foucault, M. The Hermeneutics of the Subject: Lectures at the College de France 1981-82
Allen, Amy. The Politics of Ourselves: Power, Autonomy and Gender in Contemporary Critical Theory Columbia University Press, New York, 2008
Bubner, R. Essays in Hermeneutics and Critical Theory (New York: Columbia University Press, 1988)
Jacoby, R. Dialectic of Defeat: Contours of Western Marxism (New York: Columbia University Press, 1981)
Bahr, E. ‘In Defence of Enlightenment: Foucault and Habermas’ German Studies Review Vol 11, No 1 Feb, 1988
Berman, R. A. Modern Culture and Critical Theory: Art, Politics and the Legacy of the Frankfurt School (Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, 1989)
Bové, P.A. Intellectuals in Power: A Genealogy of Critical Humanism Columbia University Press. New York, 1986
Bevir, M ‘Foucault and critique: Deploying Agency Against Autonomy’ Political Theory Vol 27, no 1 (Feb, 1999)
Cooke, M. Re-Presenting the Good Society MIT, Cambridge, MA, 2006
Kellner, D. Critical Theory, Marxism and Modernity (Oxford: Polity Press, 1989)
Geuss, R. The Idea of a Critical Theory: Habermas & the Frankfurt School (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981)
Held, D. Introduction to Critical Theory: Horkheimer to Habermas (London, Hutchinson, 1980)
Kompridis, N. Critique and Disclosure: Critical Theory between Past and Future Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 2006
LaCapra, D. History in Transit: Experience, Identity, Critical Theory Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 2004
Landry, L. Y, Marx and the Postmodern Debates: An Agenda for Critical Theory Praeger, Westport, Connecticut, 2000
Wellmer, A. Critical Theory of Society (New York, Herder and Herder, 1971)
Rasmussen, D. M. The Handbook of Critical Theory (Oxford: Blackwell, 1996)
Ransom, J.S. Foucault’s Discipline: The Politics of Subjectivity Duke University Press, 1997
Barrett, M. The Politics of Truth: From Marx to Foucault Stanford University Press, Stanford California, 1991
Bronner, S. Of Critical Theory and Its Theorists (Oxford: Blackwell, 1994
Bronner, S. Reclaiming the Enlightenment: Towards a Politics of Radical Engagement (New York, Columbia University Press, 2004
Hoy, D. C& McCarthy T. Critical Theory (Oxford, Blackwell, 1994)
Calhoun, C. Critical Social Theory (Oxford, Blackwell, 1995)
De Boer, K.& Sonderegger, R(Ed) Concepts of Critique in Modern and
Contemporary Philosophy Palgrave MacMillan, London 2012
Kelly, M. Critique and Power: Recasting the Foucault/Habermas Debate (Boston: MIT, 1995)
Habermas, J. The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity (Oxford: Polity Press, 1987)
O’Neill, J. (Ed) On Critical Theory (London: Heinemann, 1977)
Bernstein, J. Recovering Ethical Life: Jürgen Habermas and the Future of Critical Theory (London: Routledge, 1995)
McCarthy, T. The Critical Theory of Jürgen Habermas (London: Hutchinson, 1978)
Roderick, R. Haberrmas and the Foundations of Critical Theory (London: MacMillan, 1986)
Dubiel, H. Theory and Politics: Studies in the Development of Critical Theory (Cambridge, MA: MIT, 1985)
Jay. M. The Dialectical Imagination: A History of the Frankfurt School and the Institute of Social Research, 1923-1950 (Little Brown and Company, Boston, 1973)
Mazumdar, S. ‘Habermas and the Postmodernist critique of the Enlightenment’ Social Scientist Volume 20, no 12, Dec 1992
Marsden, R. The Nature of Capital: Marx After Foucault Routledge London, 1999
Han, B. Foucault’s Critical Project (Stanford, CA, Stanford University Press, 2002)
Lemert, C. C.& Gillan, G. Michel Foucault: Social Theory as Transgression (New York: Columbia University Press, 1982)
Bernauer, J. Michel Foucault’s Force of Flight: Towards and Ethics of Thought (New York: Humanities, Press, 1990)
Simons, J. Foucault and the Political (London, Routledge, 1995)
Racevskis, K. Michel Foucault and the Subversion of the Intellect (Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1983)
Brudney, D. Marx’s Attempt to Leave Philosophy (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1998)
Prokopczyk, C. Truth and Reality in Marx and Hegel: A Reassessment (Amherst: University of Massachusetts, 1980)
Schmidt, J (Ed) What is Enlightenment: Eighteenth-Century Questions and Twentieth-Century Questions University of California, Berkeley, 1996
Wagner, P. ‘ Modernity, Capitalism and Critique’ Thesis Eleven No 66, Aug 2001
Kelly, M. Critique and Power: Recasting the Foucault/Habermas Debate (Boston: MIT, 1995)
Habermas, J. The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity (Oxford: Polity Press, 1987)
O’Neill, J. (Ed) On Critical Theory (London: Heinemann, 1977)
Bernstein, J. Recovering Ethical Life: Jürgen Habermas and the Future of Critical Theory (London: Routledge, 1995)
McCarthy, T. The Critical Theory of Jürgen Habermas (London: Hutchinson, 1978)
Roderick, R. Haberrmas and the Foundations of Critical Theory (London: MacMillan, 1986)
Dubiel, H. Theory and Politics: Studies in the Development of Critical Theory (Cambridge, MA: MIT, 1985)
Jay. M. The Dialectical Imagination: A History of the Frankfurt School and the Institute of Social Research, 1923-1950 (Little Brown and Company, Boston, 1973)
Mazumdar, S. ‘Habermas and the Postmodernist critique of the Enlightenment’ Social Scientist Volume 20, no 12, Dec 1992
Marsden, R. The Nature of Capital: Marx After Foucault Routledge London, 1999
Han, B. Foucault’s Critical Project (Stanford, CA, Stanford University Press, 2002)
Lemert, C. C.& Gillan, G. Michel Foucault: Social Theory as Transgression (New York: Columbia University Press, 1982)
Bernauer, J. Michel Foucault’s Force of Flight: Towards and Ethics of Thought (New York: Humanities, Press, 1990)
Simons, J. Foucault and the Political (London, Routledge, 1995)
Racevskis, K. Michel Foucault and the Subversion of the Intellect (Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1983)
Brudney, D. Marx’s Attempt to Leave Philosophy (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1998)
Prokopczyk, C. Truth and Reality in Marx and Hegel: A Reassessment (Amherst: University of Massachusetts, 1980)
Schmidt, J (Ed) What is Enlightenment: Eighteenth-Century Questions and Twentieth-Century Questions University of California, Berkeley, 1996
Wagner, P. ‘ Modernity, Capitalism and Critique’ Thesis Eleven No 66, Aug 2001
Elearning
This unit requires regular use of the University’s Learning
Management System (LMS), also known as Blackboard Learn, http://elearning.sydney.edu.au/.
You will need reliable access to a computer and the internet to use the LMS.
If you have any difficulties logging in or using the system,
visit Sydney eLearning’s Student Help pages, http://sydney.edu.au/elearning/student/help/.
Assessment tasks and due dates
Oral Tut presentation and Paper
(equivalent to 500 words) 10% One Week after presentation
(equivalent to 500 words) 10% One Week after presentation
2,000 word essay 50% Due 26 th Oct 2015
2,500 Take Home exam 40% Due
6th Nov 2015
Assessment criteria
This unit uses standards referenced assessment for award of
assessment marks. Students’ assessment will be evaluated solely on the basis of
students’ achievement against criteria and standards specified to align with
learning outcomes. For reference to criteria and standards, please consult the
grade descriptors for the Department
of Philosophy at http://sydney.edu.au/arts/philosophy/undergrad/grade_descriptors.shtml.
Submission of written work
Compliance Statements
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of compliance with all work submitted to the University for assessment,
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of the Work constitutes a breach of the Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism Policy.
The format of the compliance statement will differ depending
on the method required for submitting your work (see “Assessment Submission”
below).
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Essays and assignments not submitted on or before the due
date are subject to penalty. Refer to http://sydney.edu.au/arts/current_students/late_work.shtml
for the Policy on Late Work.
Online submission
Electronic submission of assessment tasks via the
University’s Learning Management System will be required by the due date.
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The Policy applies to the academic conduct of all students enrolled in a
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Under the terms and definitions of the Policy,
·
“academic dishonesty” means “seeking to obtain
or obtaining academic advantage (including in the assessment or publication of
work) by dishonest or unfair means or knowingly assisting another student to do
so.
·
“plagiarism” means “presenting another person’s
work as one’s own work by presenting, copying or reproducing it without
appropriate acknowledgement of the source.”
The presentation of another person's work as one's own
without appropriate acknowledgement is regarded as plagiarism, regardless of
the author’s intentions. Plagiarism can be classified as negligent (negligent
plagiarism) or dishonest (dishonest plagiarism).
An examiner who suspects academic dishonesty or plagiarism
by a student must report the suspicion to a nominated academic in the relevant
faculty. If the nominated academic concludes that the student has engaged in
dishonest plagiarism or some other sufficiently serious form of academic
dishonesty, the matter may be referred to the Registrar for further
disciplinary action under the terms of the Academic
Dishonesty and Plagiarism Policy 2012 and Chapter 8 of the University of Sydney By-Law 1999 (as
amended).
Use of similarity detection software (Turnitin)
Students should be aware that written assignments submitted
in this Unit of Study may be submitted to similarity detection software known
as Turnitin. The detection and identification of work that may be suspected of
plagiarism is an academic judgment for the unit coordinator, and similarity
detecting software is one of the tools that an examiner or marker may use to
inform a decision that plagiarism has occurred.
Turnitin searches for matches between text in your written
assessment task and text sourced from the Internet, published works and
assignments that have previously been submitted to Turnitin for analysis. It
produces an originality report showing matches with various sources, and an
overall level of match or similarity index.
There will always be some degree of text-matching when using
Turnitin. These are caused by the use of direct quotations, technical terms and
phrases, and the listing of bibliographic material. This does not mean you will
automatically be accused of plagiarism.
Further information about Turnitin is available at http://sydney.edu.au/arts/current_students/plagiarism_and_turnitin.shtml
Special Consideration
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences assesses student
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the regulations set out in the University
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procedures relating to Special Consideration and Special Arrangements.
Students can apply for:
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Special Consideration - for serious illness or
misadventure
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Special Arrangements - for essential community
commitments
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Simple Extension – an extension of up to 5
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illness or misadventure.
Further information on special consideration policy and
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Other relevant policies and procedures
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Staying on top of your study
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