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Aboriginalities (MULT10001)
Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
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- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Overview
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This subject will provide students with an introduction to the complexity, challenges and richness of Australian Indigenous life and cultures. Drawing on a wide range of diverse and dynamic guest lecturers, this subject gives students an opportunity to encounter Australian Indigenous knowledges, histories and experiences through interdisciplinary perspectives. Across three thematic blocks - Indigenous Knowledges, Social and Political Contexts and Representation/Self-Representation - this subject engages contemporary cultural and intellectual debate. Social and political contexts will be considered through engagement with specific issues and a focus on Indigenous cultural forms, which may include literature, music, fine arts, museum exhibitions and performance, will allow students to consider self-representation as a means by which to disrupt and expand perceptions of Aboriginality.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of the subject students should have:
- demonstrated an informed awareness of the extent of the Indigenous presence in Australia and an understanding of the diverse histories of Aboriginal communities as well as commonalities;
- applied appropriate critical skills and methodologies to analyse and critique popular discourses and representations of Aboriginals;
- identified and engaged with common methods of research in the humanities and social sciences;
- approached critical debates in the humanities and social sciences with intellectual honesty, self-reflection and a respect for ethical scholarship;
- identified the strengths and weaknesses of scholarly arguments;
- communicated knowledge and arguments effectively in oral and written formats;
- worked effectively, in groups and independently, to identify, discuss and critically analyse key issues in the humanities and social sciences;
Generic skills
Students successfully completing this subject will:
- be able to critically think and analyse through recommended reading, essay writing and tutorial discussion;
- be able to research through competent use of the library and other information sources, and the definition of areas of inquiry and methods of research;
- be able to engage with the methodologies of the humanities and social sciences;
- have gained critical self awareness, and be open to new ideas and possibilities through learning how to construct an argument;
- be able to communicate knowledge and arguments intelligibly and economically through essay writing and tutorial discussion;
- have the ability to assess the strength of an argument through recommended reading, essay writing and tutorial discussion;
- have gained time management and planning skills through managing and organising workloads for recommended reading, essay and assignment completion.
Last updated: 22 March 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
100-181 Australian Indigenous Studies; MULT10001 Australian Indigenous Studies
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 22 March 2024
Assessment
Additional details
- A 500 word bibliographic exercise 15% (due in week 5)
- a 2000 word essay 45% (due in week 9)
- and a take home exam (1500 words) 40% (during the examination period)
- This subject has an attendance hurdle requirement of 75% tutorial attendance (9 out of 12 tutorials) and 100% skills workshop attendance (3 out of 3 skills workshops). Regular participation in tutorials is required. Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at 10% per day. All pieces of written work must be submitted to pass this subject.
Last updated: 22 March 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Coordinator Genevieve Grieves Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial per week; and a 2-hour skills workshop in each of semester weeks 1, 2 and 3 OR 4, 5 and 6 OR 7, 8 and 9. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017 Census date 31 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017
Time commitment details
Total expected time commitment is 170 hours across the semester, including class time.
Last updated: 22 March 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
A subject reader will be available.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Bachelor of Arts (Extended) Course Bachelor of Science (Extended) Informal specialisation Graduate Diploma in Arts - Australian Indigenous Studies Informal specialisation Graduate Certificate in Arts - Australian Indigenous Studies Informal specialisation Arts Foundation Subjects Major Australian Indigenous Studies - Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
Last updated: 22 March 2024