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Reading the Disciplines (ARTS10001)
Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 2
Overview
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This subject introduces a range of disciplines across the arts, social sciences and humanities that have informed the way Australian Indigenous peoples have come to be understood and responded to in policy and practice. In evaluating the impacts disciplinary knowledge has had on the lives of Indigenous peoples, students will engage with leading Indigenous research and researchers in various disciplines including criminology, anthropology, Indigenous studies, history, education, law, political science and sociology. This subject brings an analysis of both the contemporary and historical role of disciplinary knowledge as foundational to the settler colonial context of Australia into relation with innovative and generative disciplinary and inter-disciplinary research which critically foregrounds imagining a better future for Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal peoples.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students should:
- Demonstrate a critical engagement with the historical and ongoing role and utility of disciplinary and inter-disciplinary knowledge both within and beyond the Faculty of Arts in relation to Indigenous peoples
- Develop an introductory understanding of a wide range of disciplines including their foundational theories, respective modes of inquiry, epistemological limitations and strengths
- Apply critical and analytical skills and methods to the identification and engagement of the issues facing Indigenous peoples within complex changing social contexts
- Develop and apply the knowledge and practices developed in this subject when considering a specialisation or study
Generic skills
Students who successfully complete this subject should:
- Have developed their capacity to critically analyse ideas
- Have the skills to successfully access a variety of information sources and able to identify the quality and relevance of this information
- Have the skills to effectively analyse source material and use that material to formulate and support independent opinions
- Have the ability to successfully develop and defend their own views in both oral and written essay form
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Admission into the B-ARTSEXT Bachelor of Arts (Extended)
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
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: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Bibliographic Exercise
| Early in the teaching period | 20% |
Short Essay
| Mid semester | 30% |
Research Essay
| End of semester | 50% |
Hurdle requirement: Students must attend a minimum of 75% of classes in order to pass this subject. | N/A |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Coordinator Steve Kelly Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours A total of 36 contact hours over the semester: one 1 hour lecture and a 2 hour tutorial per week. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 24 July 2023 to 22 October 2023 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2023 Census date 31 August 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2023 Assessment period ends 17 November 2023 Semester 2 contact information
Time commitment details
Total expected time commitment is 170 hours across the semester, including class time.
What do these dates mean
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- Your tuition fees, academic transcript and statements.
- And for Commonwealth Supported students, your:
- Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 31 January 2024