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Unit of Study IST00211 - Independent Study - College of Indigenous Australian Peoples I (2014)

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Unit description

Provides students with a self-directed study of the negotiated subject area. The proposed area of study is directly linked to units within the Bachelor of Indigenous Studies course. The Independent Study will require the student to undertake two written assessment items (see below). The student will be required to conduct independent research on the subject area with supervision from the Unit Assessor.

Unit content

Research topics to be negotiated between lecturer and student.

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Lismore Session 1,  2 Session 1,  2

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 understand and define identified subject matter
2 clearly articulate arguments for that support topic area
3 explore and investigate concepts in relation to the identified research topic
4 understand and define cultural competency in the context of the research topic.

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

  1. understand and define identified subject matter
    • GA2:
    • GA6:
    • GA7:
  2. clearly articulate arguments for that support topic area
    • GA2:
    • GA6:
    • GA7:
  3. explore and investigate concepts in relation to the identified research topic
    • GA2:
    • GA6:
    • GA7:
  4. understand and define cultural competency in the context of the research topic.
    • GA2:
    • GA6:
    • GA7:

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