Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
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| Online | N/A |
Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
Faculty/College
Unit aim
Introduces students to the origins and concepts that inform race theory and the ways that race is employed to impel, explain and justify colonial intrusion and violations. Issues of racism and eugenics are examined in the Australian context.
Unit content
Topic 1: Origins of Racism
Topic 2: Race Theory
Topic 3: Eugenic Practice and Colonialism
Topic 4: Eugenic Discourse
Topic 5: Everyday (offhand) Racism
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: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | describe and interpret race theory and deconstruct the origins of anti-racism in English speaking communities |
| 2 | describe the eugenic structures embedded in colonising movements and apparent in Australian policy and practices regarding Aboriginal people |
| 3 | describe racial discourse in Australia as informed by eugenic practice. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- describe and interpret race theory and deconstruct the origins of anti-racism in English speaking communities
- describe the eugenic structures embedded in colonising movements and apparent in Australian policy and practices regarding Aboriginal people
- describe racial discourse in Australia as informed by eugenic practice.
Prescribed texts
- No prescribed texts.