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This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.
This unit helps students develop the critical thinking and writing skills needed for university through exploring contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander popular culture and creative works. Students examine novels, comics, and film through Indigenous Futurism, learning to analyse creative works and express their ideas clearly. The unit introduces key concepts like sovereignty, identity, and representation, opening pathways to courses in media, literature, Visual/performing arts, and social sciences.
Must be enrolled in course C28 University Preparation Course. Must be enrolled in or have passed UPU0002.
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies
This unit will be dealing with materials and resources produced by Indigenous peoples. It will be taught as a collaboration between Academic Pathway Programs and Kurongkurl Katitjin Centre so there will be access to culturally appropriate materials and engagement with Aboriginal staff. Students will be working in an interactive and dynamic learning environment by using a seminar format and a focus on small group work. Generic skill development will include critical and creative thinking, cross cultural competency and reflexivity, global perspectives and enhancing digital literacy.
GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio | Curation Portfolio A | 20% |
| Portfolio | Curation Portfolio B | 30% |
| Essay | Final Essay | 40% |
| Review | Peer review | 10% |
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio | Curation portfolio A | 20% |
| Portfolio | Curation Portfolio B | 30% |
| Essay | Final Essay | 40% |
| Review | Peer review | 10% |
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.
Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.
Breaches of academic integrity can include:
Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.
ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.
All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.
In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.
Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.
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This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.
This unit helps students develop the critical thinking and writing skills needed for university through exploring contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander popular culture and creative works. Students examine novels, comics, and film through Indigenous Futurism, learning to analyse creative works and express their ideas clearly. The unit introduces key concepts like sovereignty, identity, and representation, opening pathways to courses in media, literature, Visual/performing arts, and social sciences.
Must be enrolled in course C28 University Preparation Course. Must be enrolled in or have passed UPU0002.
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies
This unit will be dealing with materials and resources produced by Indigenous peoples. It will be taught as a collaboration between Academic Pathway Programs and Kurongkurl Katitjin Centre so there will be access to culturally appropriate materials and engagement with Aboriginal staff. Students will be working in an interactive and dynamic learning environment by using a seminar format and a focus on small group work. Generic skill development will include critical and creative thinking, cross cultural competency and reflexivity, global perspectives and enhancing digital literacy.
GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio | Curation Portfolio A | 20% |
| Portfolio | Curation Portfolio B | 30% |
| Essay | Final Essay | 40% |
| Review | Peer review | 10% |
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio | Curation portfolio A | 20% |
| Portfolio | Curation Portfolio B | 30% |
| Essay | Final Essay | 40% |
| Review | Peer review | 10% |
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.
Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.
Breaches of academic integrity can include:
Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.
ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.
All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.
In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.
Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.
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