GSC1612

Knowledge and context

(ART)

Offered subject to final approval

6 points + Second semester + Gippsland + Prerequisites: GSC1611

Synopsis: This subject will draw from the various disciplines in which the Diploma students are enrolled. It will explore different disciplinary approaches to knowledge to develop student's understanding of the importance and relationships between context and knowledge. It will critique different paradigms of knowledge to explore differences or similarities between scientific, humanities or social sciences perspectives. Students will identify, compare, contrast and discuss different discplinary approaches to knowledge and be familiar with the relationships between knowledge and context.

Assessment: Oral presentation (500 words): 10% + Essay (750 words): 20% + Essay (1250-1500 words): 30% + Examination (2 hours): 40%.