Program Overview

Course Description

The course assists in the development of a comprehensive knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, cultures, and histories through Australia's development. The course content covers the early years of the interactions between the British and Aboriginal peoples through to the Federation of Australia and its aftermath, but is taught from an Aboriginal studies lens.

Course Content

Students will examine Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, examining issues such as:

• Identity
• Cultural heritage
• Family structures
• Invasion
• Changing lifestyles

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Develop an understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander identity, histories, and cultural heritage.
2. Disseminate introductory level information about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their historical relations with non-Indigenous Australians.
3. Describe the range of ideas about treatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
4. Research unfamiliar topics using a range of research tools.

Availability

The course is available in:

• Semester 1
  • Location: Callaghan
  • Delivery mode: Face to Face
  • Location: Ourimbah
  • Delivery mode: Face to Face

Contact Hours

The course includes:

Lecture

• Offerings: F2F-CAL-SEM1, F2F-OUR-SEM1
• Duration: 1 hour(s) per week
• Number of sessions: 12 week(s)
• Starting week: 1
• Delivery mode: Face to Face On Campus

Self-Directed Learning

• Description: Self-directed learning is the equivalent of face-to-face contact hours. It involves engagement with course materials that are delivered at a time that suits you via short videos, course notes, podcasts, reading, and other activities.
• Offerings: ONL-ONL-SEM2
• Duration: 100 hour(s) per term
• Number of sessions: 1 term
• Starting week: 1
• Delivery mode: Online

Tutorial

• Description: self-directed
• Offerings: ONL-ONL-SEM2
• Duration: 1 hour(s) per week
• Number of sessions: 12 week(s)
• Starting week: 1
• Delivery mode: Online

Tutorial

• Offerings: F2F-CAL-SEM1, F2F-OUR-SEM1
• Duration: 2 hour(s) per week
• Number of sessions: 11 week(s)
• Starting week: 2
• Delivery mode: Face to Face On Campus

Assessments

The course includes the following assessments:

• Library Research and Essay Plan
  • Type: Written Assignment
  • Weighting (%): 20
  • Individual or group work: Individual
• Annotated Bibliography
  • Type: Annotated Bibliography
  • Weighting (%): 20
  • Individual or group work: Individual
• Oral presentation
  • Type: Presentation
  • Weighting (%): 20
  • Individual or group work: Individual
• Essay
  • Type: Essay
  • Weighting (%): 40
  • Individual or group work: Individual

Course Details

• Study level: Enabling
• Course level: Enabling
• Units: 10
• College: Pathways and Academic Learning Support Centre
• School: Pathways and Academic Learning Support Centre