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Unit of Study HUM71001 - Indigenous Scholarship (2017)

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Unit description

Develops time management and academic skills relevant to the successful completion of assignments and projects in Indigenous Knowledge (IK). Referencing, citation and writing skills will be developed through learning based modules. Issues of academic conduct and plagiarism will be discussed.

Unit content

Topic 1: Digital literacy and communicating at University
Topic 2: Time management, learning theories, peers and collaboration
Topic 3: Academic culture, ethics, rigor and integrity
Topic 4: Reading, notetaking, critical thinking and reflection
Topic 5: The role of evidence, paraphrasing, quoting, in text citation and referencing
Topic 6: Academic skills, structuring sentences and paragraphs, writing annotated bibliographies, essay planning and writing
Topic 7: Reflecting on Indigenous and  non-Indigenous scholarship

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Location Domestic International
Lismore Session 1 Session 1
Online Session 1 N/A

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 develop and apply independent learning and self-management strategies to the study of Indigenous Knowledge
2 identify and use different forms of communication relevant to IK studies
3 demonstrate an understanding of principles of academic integrity to individual and collaborative indigenous and non-indigenous work.

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

  1. develop and apply independent learning and self-management strategies to the study of Indigenous Knowledge
    • GA1:
    • GA5:
  2. identify and use different forms of communication relevant to IK studies
    • GA6:
  3. demonstrate an understanding of principles of academic integrity to individual and collaborative indigenous and non-indigenous work.
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA6:

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