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Unit of Study INDG3001 - Caring for Country (2024)

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    This unit has a compulsory 5-day residential for internal and online students. Enrolment numbers are capped and priority will be given to final year students. Students can email enquiry@scu.edu.au for more information.

Unit description

Explores Indigenous philosophies, knowledges, systems and processes as they apply to country, land and the environment to position Indigenous Worldviews as legitimate bodies of knowledge alongside western paradigms.

Unit content

Module 1: Introduction

Module 2: Country and People

Module 3: Impacts of British Invasion

Module 4: Biodiversity and Heritage

Module 5: Indigenous Property Rights and Responses

Module 6: Residential

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online
Term3,5
Term3,5

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:

examine the relationships between people, land and environment

discuss and evaluate Indigenous knowledge systems including biocultural diversity and sustainable resource management

analyse and assess the impact and effectiveness of international declarations, Federal and State/Territory laws on Indigenous participation in natural and cultural resource management

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