The course-wide rules for late work, extensions, source citation and getting help.

Policies and support#

Late work and extensions#

Work submitted after the deadline loses 5% of the available mark per day, capped at five days, after which it isn’t accepted without a prior extension. Extensions are granted for documented illness or misadventure — email the convenor before the deadline where possible, or as soon as you’re able to afterward.

Source citation#

This course argues from historical evidence, so every factual claim in Assignment 1 and the final project needs a source a marker could actually go and check. A footnote, an inline citation, or a linked reference all count; an unsourced claim about what a group “believed” or “did” doesn’t, no matter how confidently it’s stated. Wikipedia is a fine starting point for finding primary and secondary sources — it is not, by itself, an adequate citation for a specific factual claim.

Academic integrity#

Submit your own argument, in your own words, built from sources you’ve actually read. Quote and cite anything you didn’t write yourself, including material an AI tool helped draft — declare the assistance and what it was used for. Passing off someone else’s analysis of a splinter group as your own independent research is treated as a serious integrity breach, not a citation slip.

Getting help#

Ask during a lab first — most questions turn out to matter to more than one person, and answering them in the room is faster than an email thread. Outside labs, email the convenor or tutor directly; expect a reply within two working days during term, and not to hear back over semester breaks.