Undergraduate - UnitATS2354 - Interrogating racism: Indigenous Australians and the state

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 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	Monash Indigenous Centre
Offered	Clayton First semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Jeremy Ash

Synopsis

The unit focuses on theories of race and issues of ethnicity, prejudice and racism, with particular emphasis on the continuities and discontinuities of discourses on 'race' in Australia; language use in a multicultural context; the uses of opinion polls; the representation of Indigenous people in the media and other forms of popular culture; multiculturalism and Indigenous people. The value of an interdisciplinary approach to these topics is highlighted.

Outcomes

Upon completion of this unit students should have gained an understanding of:

the relationship between Indigenous Australians and social institutions
how theories of race and experiences of racism continue to impact upon Indigenous people;
in addition engaged with issues of research and research methodologies in relation to racism and prejudice in contemporary Australia.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.