Undergraduate - UnitATS2563 - Global consumption, sex and race

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 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
Organisational Unit	Sociology
Monash Passport category	Research Challenge (Investigate Program)
Offered	Not offered in 2014
Coordinator(s)	TBA

Notes

Previously coded GND2070

Outcomes

Students successfully completing this unit will have gained

a foundational understanding of feminist debates in the area of postcolonialism, cross-cultural consumption and sexed and raced identities;
an understanding of the historical links between imperialism and globalization;
skills in the critical analysis of popular discourses, such as advertising, news production and other media and popular cultural forms;
enhanced skills in verbal and written communication;
enhanced skills in the formulating, conducting and presenting of individual research projects.

Assessment

Written work: 80%
Class Participation/presentation: 20%

Chief examiner(s)

TBA

Workload requirements

2 hours (1 x 2 hour seminar) per week

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

Sociology
International studies

Prohibitions

ATS3563