James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2019

IA1011 - Indigenous Australians

Credit points: 03
Year: 2019
Student Contribution Band: Band 1
Administered by:

This subject includes an excursion onto country for internal students. This will incur an additional cost to students of up to $100.

This subject focuses on the continuity of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, knowledge and traditions across time and place. It explores Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' traditional understanding of their place in the world. Students will have opportunities to develop awareness of how traditional knowledge, forms of social organisation and cultural practices continue to shape contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge, cultural practices and priorities. As the gateway subject to the Indigenous Studies major, this subject aims to provide introductory insights into the diverse and complex traditional knowledge and social systems, as the basis from which to understand the experience of colonisation and the contemporary priorities of Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander people, in Level 2 & 3 subjects. The subject includes excursion onto country for internal students for which students will incur an additional cost of up to $100.

There are additional charges for this subject; please contact the School for details.

Learning Outcomes

Assumed
Knowledge:
N/A
Prerequisites:NIL
Corequisites:NIL
Inadmissible
Subject
Combinations:
IA1007; IA1015

Availabilities

Townsville, , Study Period 1
Census Date 28-Mar-2019
Contact hours:
  • 13 hours
  • 26 hours
  • 8 hours
Assessment:presentations (20%); tutorial attendance and participation (20%); essays (40%); annotations x 4 (20%).

, Study Period 1
Census Date 28-Mar-2019
Contact hours:
  • 13 hours - Online
  • 26 hours - Online discussion boards
  • 8 hours
Method of Delivery:WWW - LearnJCU
Assessment:presentations (20%); tutorial attendance and participation (20%); essays (40%); annotations x 4 (20%).

Cairns, , Study Period 1
Census Date 28-Mar-2019
Contact hours:
  • 13 hours
  • 26 hours
  • 8 hours
Assessment:presentations (20%); tutorial attendance and participation (20%); essays (40%); annotations x 4 (20%).

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.