ATS4374 · Honours specialist seminar

Overview

This unit serves both as an expansion of undergraduate background knowledge and as a preparation for further studies and research in the Journalism, Australian and/or Indigenous Studies. The unit content will focus on one or more broad topical themes to be advised beforehand. You will critically examine current research in the nominated field(s), and devise a research project to be approved by the lecturer.

Areas of study: Indigenous cultures and histories

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. Critically examine current research in a nominated field within their discipline;
2. Effectively locate and access relevant literature on the selected field of study;
3. Design and develop a minor research project that develops the knowledge in the field in some way;
4. Participate in seminars as required to discuss and develop their project collegially;
5. Effectively locate, access and review relevant literature on the selected field of research;
6. Produce a scholarly essay that clearly and cogently presents the outcomes of the research.

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.

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