ATS3111 · Global futures: Applied research and communication project

Overview

In this unit you will build on the foundations of level 1 and 2 Global Studies units, consolidating your knowledge of the global, of agency and of social change through an applied research and communication project. You will have the opportunity to explore one key issue in depth, connected broadly to place, displacement or borders, and understand how it manifests locally and the implications for change and global belonging. A particular focus will be on narrative and the collective imaginary: how do the stories we tell influence understanding, action, and possible futures? The unit will provide you with a forum to bring together both the discipline-specific and interdisciplinary skills that you have acquired over your degree, and to engage with diverse perspectives, including those external to the university, to reflect on what’s next. You will build on the synthesising of this knowledge to formulate a meaningful, ethical and imaginative response to your chosen issue in the field, producing a public communication for a real-world audience.

Areas of study: Global studies

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. apply interdisciplinary research, group work, and communication skills to understand, address and reimagine an issue with implications for global belonging;
2. collaborate effectively with peers and stakeholders in project work;
3. assess the role and impact of different cultural and disciplinary contexts in facilitating social change and possible futures;
4. analyse and critique different narratives about place, displacement and borders, and engage with storytelling as a transformative tool;
5. develop a professional communication piece, aimed at a real-world audience, which responds to and reimagines your chosen issue;
6. critically reflect upon your own position in a global world and as an agent of social change.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.