Disruption and Change (INDG90003)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
Overview
| Availability | April |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
This subject allows Fellows in the Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity (AFSE) program to explore contemporary relationships between Indigenous Peoples and settler societies from sociological, political, and social policy perspectives. Adopting a comparative perspective, the subject examines the dynamics of these relationships at national, regional, and global levels, with an emphasis on mechanisms for intervention and reform. It explores the impacts and management of dispossession, Indigenous movements for land rights and self-determination and general movements for reconciliation, enabling comprehensive assessment of the current state of research, policy, and practice.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, Fellows should be able to:
- Use theoretical concepts to consider social processes at work in contemporary social challenges concerning Indigenous peoples
- Develop a critical understanding of the ways in which social policy concerning Indigenous peoples constructs society's understandings, including our own
- Analyse contemporary political and economic narratives, theories and systems, how they have developed in settler societies and how they can be/have been challenged
- Develop a critical and informed perspective on the implications of social change for relevant contexts.
Generic skills
In this subject, Fellows will develop the following set of key transferable skills:
- Critical thinking and reasoning
- Creative thinking and innovation
- Problem solving
- Leadership
- Teamwork and professional networking and collaboration
- Self-reflection, career awareness and lifelong learning
- Enhanced writing and communication skills.
Last updated: 8 November 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Students must meet the following prerequisite:
Admission into one of the following: MC-SCL Master of Social Change Leadership, GC-SCL Graduate Certificate in Social Change Leadership
Corequisites
Non-allowed subjects
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: 8 November 2024
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Descriptive essay
| 2 weeks after intensive | 40% |
Annotated bibliography
| 5 weeks after intensive | 60% |
Attendance Hurdle requirement: 100% attendance at the intensive. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 8 November 2024
Dates & times
- April
Coordinator Dave Pollock Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 5 day intensive Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 25 March 2024 Pre teaching requirements During the pre-teaching period, students will be required to engage with materials posted on the LMS or in reading packs. Teaching period 8 April 2024 to 12 April 2024 Last self-enrol date 27 March 2024 Census date 8 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 26 April 2024 Assessment period ends 19 May 2024 April contact information
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: 8 November 2024
Further information
- Texts
- Related Handbook entries
- Links to additional information
The Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity Program: https://socialequity.atlanticfellows.org/
- 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.
Please note Single Subject Studies via Community Access Program is not available to student visa holders or applicants
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Additional information for this subject
This subject is only available for CAP enrolment to Fellows admitted to the Graduate Certificate in Social Change Leadership. Permission from the Course Coordinator, Master of Social Change Leadership is required to enrol.
Last updated: 8 November 2024