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Unit of Study CLST1001 - Perspectives on Australia (2024)

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Unit description

Introduces students to Australian culture and society. Key ideas and aspects of the Australian experience are studied through Australian cultural studies, Indigenous studies, literature, media, history, sociology, political science, visual arts, music and environmental studies. Particular attention is paid to the significance of identity, place and culture in Australia and to the nature of historical and contemporary Australian social values.

Unit content

Module 1: Situating Australia

Module 2: Landscape, belonging and localism

Module 3: The land of the fair go?

Module 4: Australian culture / Australian cultures?

Module 5: Sporting cultures

Module 6: Australia and the world

 

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Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
Term3
Term3
Online
Term3
N/A

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

identify and describe the key issues and debates in contemporary Australia

analyse key issues in Australian society in terms of the themes of identity, belonging and diversity

apply a critical approach to questions of Australian culture and society

reflect critically on their own experience of cultural engagement

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