Undergraduate - UnitATS3369 - Indigenous Australian human rights

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2012 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Offered	Gippsland Second semester 2012 (Day) Gippsland Second semester 2012 (Off-campus)
Coordinator(s)	Sadie Heckenberg

Notes

Previously coded AIS3808

Synopsis

This unit will assist students to acquire analytical and research skills which will enable them to examine and discuss objectively the application of human rights in Australia, in both a general sense and specifically in relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This unit also aims to assist students to examine their knowledge and understanding of human rights, and which human rights Australian citizens can expect to have applied on their behalf by Australian Governments.

Assessment

Essay (2250 words): 50%
Examination (2 hours): 50%
Third-year students will be expected to demonstrate more sophisticated analytical skills and submit work which demonstrates that they have read more extensively.

Chief examiner(s)

Sadie Heckenberg

Contact hours

2 hours (1 x 2 hour seminar) per week

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Australian Indigenous studies

Prerequisites

12 points at first year in any discipline

Prohibitions

AIS2808, AIS3808, ATS2369, GSC3804