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Unit of Study CLST2006 - Road Trip (2021)

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  • Enrolment information

    The unit includes an intensive with off campus activities. Participants will be provided with relevant information and training prior to the commencement of the field trip to ensure important health and safety aspects have been conveyed to participants. The real-time road trip is only suitable for those students with the resources and interest to travel. Travel will be kept to a minimum, but will be at the student's own expense. Students unable to participate in real-time travel will have the option to undertake a virtual trip. A condition of enrolment is adherence to the unit requirements prior to departure: (1) assignment 1 must be submitted and completed to a satisfactory standard; (2) emergency contacts/pre-existing health conditions and medication use must be submitted to the School by the specified due date; (3) commitment to follow the SCU policy on code of conduct and safety advice as outlined in the unit guidebook.

Unit description

Learn the history and culture of a particular place through a real-time or virtual visit. The unit may include multiple stops at multiple destinations, or be a more immersive experience at just one location. The location and staffing will change from year to year and may be in a rural or metropolitan area.

Unit content

  • Cultural and geographical history
  • Representing the past and places
  • Ethics, personal and social responsibility
  • Field research skills: observation, interaction, evidence, recording and analysis
  • Interpretation
  • Critical reflection

 

 

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2021

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:

demonstrate an ethical sense of social responsibility and citizenship

employ skills of field observation, recording, self-reflection, questioning and analysis

analyse how historical and/or environmental factors have shaped the community

understand how the history of a place is represented to the public