Unit Synopsis
In this unit, you will explore traditional and contemporary performing arts practices of the Aboriginal, Torres Strait and South Sea Islander communities of Australia. You will consider how these arts fit into the Australian and international creative industries. You will examine case studies of Aboriginal, Torres Strait and South Sea Islander creative artists. You will reflect on the place of Aboriginal, Torres Strait and South Sea Islander art within contemporary Australian society.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 1 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
There are no pre-requisites for the unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Written Assessment | 50% |
| 2. Presentation and Written Assessment | 50% |
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
Past Exams
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Term 2 - 2020 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 11.11% response rate.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Source: Unit Coordinator
Unless CQU can employ a culturally appropriate lecturer for this unit, it is imperative that the Unit Coordinator remains supported and able to engage artists of Aboriginal and Islander heritage to support this unit.
CQU must continue to ensure that delivery of this unit includes inviting guest artists of Aboriginal and/or Islander heritage to speak to this unit around their own arts practices and their cultural and community connections to country. These guest artists should both reflect the diversity of creative arts disciplines (Dance, Theatre, Music, F&TV, Visual Arts) and also the diversity of Australian First Nations peoples (Aboriginal, Torres Strait and South Sea Islander Australians).
In 2020, guest speakers of Aboriginal and South Sea Islander descent were engaged to provide creative and cultural content to support the integrity of this unit.
Source: Student evaluation.
Good variety of resources used in this unit.
There are no recommendations as this unit will not be offered in 2021 and is not planned for future delivery moving forward.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Describe the role of traditional Aboriginal, Torres Strait and South Sea Islander music, visual arts, and dance within Aboriginal, Torres Strait and South Sea Islander cultures
- Describe the role of traditional and contemporary Aboriginal, Torres Strait and South Sea Islander art forms in the local, Australian, and international creative industries
- Discuss issues around branding, ownership and authenticity of Aboriginal, Torres Strait and South Sea Islander art forms.
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| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment | • | • | • |
| 2 - Presentation and Written Assessment | • | • | |
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Communication | • | • | • |
| 3 - Critical Thinking | • | ||
| 4 - Information Literacy | • | • | • |
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | • | • | • |
| 8 - Ethical practice | • | ||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| 2 - Presentation and Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | |||||||