BA1001 - Time, Truth, and the Human Condition
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | College of Arts, Society & Education |
This core subject for the Bachelor of Arts investigates ideas of 'truth' and 'ways of knowing' as they have developed over time. We study how these ideas have evolved, mutated and collided with each other with relation to specific places, times and cultures. One key aim is to provide an overview history of attempts to understand the world, and to show how this history has led to present circumstances; another is to develop the skills required to continue this story. Discussions include both western and eastern traditions. Lecture topics range from competing ideas about our origins as a species to key philosophical, religious and scientific views of the world and the place of humanity within it.
Learning Outcomes
- explore a range of academic resources and evaluate their accuracy and relevance;
- draw connections between ideas of truth and their time and place;
- work independently and in a group;
- synthesize and communicate complex ideas using appropriate terms and technologies;
- compare different traditions of thought and associated ways of knowing.
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 23-Mar-2017 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Allison Craven |
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| Assessment: | assignment 1 (40%); tutorial participation (20%); assignment 2 (40%). |
| External, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 23-Mar-2017 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Allison Craven |
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| Method of Delivery: | WWW - LearnJCU |
| Assessment: | tutorial participation (20%); assignment 1 (40%); assignment 2 (40%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 23-Mar-2017 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Anna Hayes |
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| Assessment: | tutorial participation (20%); assignment 1 (40%); assignment 2 (40%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 51 | |
| Census Date 06-Apr-2017 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Allison Craven |
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| Assessment: | tutorial participation (20%); assignment 1 (40%); assignment 2 (40%). |
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An enrolment quota applies to this offering. |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.