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Unit of Study COM20001 - Sensory Cultures (2014)

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Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

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:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 identify key concepts and discourses relating to vision, hearing, touch, taste and smell
2 articulate the relationship between sense experience and its cultural context
3 understand the social and political implications of different sensory practices and techniques
4 examine qualities of vision, hearing, touch, taste and smell and consider how they relate to each other
5 critically analyse how places, texts and creative practices use sense experience to convey meaning.

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

  1. identify key concepts and discourses relating to vision, hearing, touch, taste and smell
    • GA1:
  2. articulate the relationship between sense experience and its cultural context
    • GA7:
  3. understand the social and political implications of different sensory practices and techniques
    • GA1:
    • GA7:
  4. examine qualities of vision, hearing, touch, taste and smell and consider how they relate to each other
    • GA2:
  5. critically analyse how places, texts and creative practices use sense experience to convey meaning.
    • GA1:
    • GA2:

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