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IAS512 - Humanities and Social Science Project

2023

Sector

Higher Education

Discipline

Social Science

Unit Description

This unit provides an opportunity for students to develop a culture of critically reflexive independent project work with a socio-cultural focus. A framework is provided within which students can approach the guided study of a particular area of interest and specialisation at an introductory postgraduate level.
Students will be expected to apply a critical lens to their exploration of socio-cultural themes in philosophy, history, sociology, political science or communications and report on their findings. Critical analysis of relevant literature (and where relevant, sources of historical and archival data) will enable students to prepare a strong grounding for further study or engagement of the knowledge back into professional practice.

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.	Plan and execute an independent complex socio-cultural project.
2.	Apply critical thinking skills to socio-cultural project work.
3.	Formulate cogent arguments to justify concepts or methods of inquiry.
4.	Collaborate with other students to develop relevant components of the project work.
5.	Apply high level communication skills to present concepts and arguments in a public forum.
6.	Examine, revise and refine complex work in response to feedback.

Assessment Overview

	Assessment Task	Value (of total mark)	Related Learning Outcome/s
1.	Annotated bibliography (750 words)	10%	1,2,3
2.	Written proposal (1,500 words including the annotated bibliography)	15%	1,2,3,4,5
3.	Written project (4,000 words)	45%	2,4,5,6
4.	Presentation (30 mins)	30%	5,6

Unit Availability

Year	Semester	Att Mode	Location	Learning Method
2023	Semester 1	Internal	Casuarina Campus	OLR
2023	Semester 1	External	External Studies	OLR
2023	Semester 2	Internal	Casuarina Campus	OLR
2023	Semester 2	External	External Studies	OLR

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