ATS4171 · Advanced readings in media and communications studies

Overview

The unit provides you with an opportunity to engage with a key work in the area of media and communications in a detailed and sustained way. Over the semester, you will read the entirety of one important book, meeting weekly to analyse and critique the text while working collectively to deepen an understanding generated through individual reading. The unit's focus will be on developing both a sophisticated understanding of a challenging text and a nuanced and carefully considered critical response to its argument, all at the level of the work as a whole.

Areas of study: Communications and media studies

Offerings

The Handbook publishes no offerings for this unit.

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

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. Skills in the comprehension and critical analysis of extended scholarly work;
2. The ability to work collaboratively to critically evaluate an argument and debate the implications of research findings;
3. Higher skills in the formulation, structuring and written presentation of scholarly argument;
4. An enhanced ability to conduct independent research and critically engage with research findings;
5. A detailed understanding of a key issue or debate in the discipline.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 288 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.

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