INDG19017 - Political Philosophy and Indigenous Perspectives

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Through the study of political philosophy at an introductory level, you will be able to identify, describe and critically analyse the most relevant and influential ideologies and arguments. You will explore these in relation to the history of coloniser/colonised relations in Australia including issues of invasion, assimilation, self-determination, national identity, treaties and land rights. The unit will focus on Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander thinkers and activists as well as their relationship to key political ideologies as the lens through which to understand and interpret political events. Following their consideration and analysis of the issues from a variety of perspectives, you will be able to demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of various cultural and political issues that are central to Australia's past, present and future.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 3
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites 18 credit points

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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2024

There are no availabilities for this unit on or after Term 3 - 2024

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).

Assessment Overview

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. 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%).

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2016 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 57.14% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 77.78% 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: Moodle
Feedback
Very knowledgeable lecturer who was very approachable.
Recommendation
Course discontinued
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Moodle
Feedback
"Where do I start? Without doubt this has been the one of the best structured, informative and relative courses that I have done at CQU. This course has provided challenges to conventional ways of thinking, introduced concepts that develop learning and understanding and further the development of critical thinking skills. The information from the lectures and materials have been without peer and the structure of the assessments together with the feedback received ensured that all students were able to grasp the concepts and progress through the course.

All students,including myself, that completed this course will have an understanding of power relations and who gets what and why. They should also understand the Indigenous position as to the effect of colonisation and the loss of power resulting from this. I commend this course for any student that will have interactions with not just Indigenous Australians but all of society."
Recommendation
Course discontinued
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Identify and critically analyze a variety of influential political ideologies and arguments;
  2. Describe some of the ways in which coloniser/colonised relations have been interpreted using various ideologies as an interpretative lens;
  3. Articulate and explain a variety of Indigenous perspectives on the key issues and controversies.

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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3
1 - Written Assessment • • •
2 - Written Assessment • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3
1 - Communication • • •
2 - Problem Solving •
3 - Critical Thinking • • •
7 - Cross Cultural Competence • • •
8 - Ethical practice • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 - Written Assessment • • • • •
2 - Written Assessment • • • • •