EL5039 - Australian Society and Culture
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | Discipline of English |
This subject aims to provide a critical understanding of institutions that shape Australian life and to the various disciplines through which that life has been studied.Topics include: problems of sources and methods in Australian studies; political and social history since 1945; problems of dependence; the Australian way of life; social class in Australia; meanings of multiculturalism; the mass media; patronage and the arts; the universities; Australian literature; Australian history; Australian art; Australian anthropology; cultural diplomacy and the uses of Australian studies.
Learning Outcomes
- to acquire an understanding of disciplines (art history, anthropology, sociology etc) which have been brought to the study of Australian society and culture;
- to develop skills of oral and written presentation;
- to encourage an informed understanding of institutions that shape Australian society and culture;
- to foster student initiative in directing the lines of inquiry and analysis into this material and in selecting topics on which they wish to write.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
- The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
- The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
- A coherent and disciplined body of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics in at least one discipline area;
- The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning processes and products;
- The ability to learn independently and in a self-directed manner;
- A commitment to lifelong learning and intellectual development.
| Prerequisites: | Acceptance into graduate or postgraduate program |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | EL2039 and EL3039 |
Availabilities | |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 31-Aug-2007 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Assoc. Professor Stephen Torre. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); tutorial attendance and participation (10%); essays (40%). |
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