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Unit of Study LAW72014 - Struggles, Movements, and the Idea of Communism (2020)

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    Knowledge of Marxist theory would be an advantage. Students must attend 4 days of intensive teaching. This unit may be offered in a Session (13 weeks) or Study Period (7 weeks), please note if offered in a Study Period it will have a heavier estimated student workload per week. Please refer to the SCU Unit webpages for further information prior to enrolling.


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 Explain a theoretical approach to political struggles
2 Demonstrate an understanding of the nature of politics
3 Investigate the role of networked media in political struggle
4 Describe and examine the idea of contemporary communism

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

  1. Explain a theoretical approach to political struggles
    • GA1:
  2. Demonstrate an understanding of the nature of politics
    • GA5:
  3. Investigate the role of networked media in political struggle
    • GA1:
  4. Describe and examine the idea of contemporary communism
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA5: