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Advanced Coursework Table A Humanities

Semestr 2 2020 unit of study availability

Some Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences units of study originally intended to run in Semester 2, 2020 are no longer available.

A full and up-to-date list of units of study available in Semester 2, 2020 from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, can be found on this webpage.
 

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition Session

Table A Advanced Coursework Humanities

Advanced Coursework requires completion of a minumum of 24 credit points, including;
(i) a research, community, industry and entrepreneurship project of at least 12 and up to 36 credit points.
Students must complete at least 24 credit points from a single subject area relevant to Table A;
Languages and cultures; or Literature, Arts and Media; or Philosophy and Historical inquiry.
Students can complete 4000-level electives or project units of study where relevant.

Languages and cultures

Advanced coursework units of study

SLCS4201
Languages, Societies, Institutions
6    P ARBC3998 or ARBC3999 or ASNS3998 or ASNS3999 or CHNS3998 or CHNS3999 or EUST3998 or EUST3999 or FRNC3998 or FRNC3999 or GRMN3998 or GRMN3999 or BBCL3998 or BBCL3999 or HBRW3998 or HBRW3999 or JCTC3998 or JCTC3999 or INMS3998 or INMS3999 or ICLS3998 or ICLS3999 or ITLN3998 or ITLN3999 or JPNS3998 or JPNS3999 or KRNS3998 or KRNS3999 or MGRK3998 or MGRK3999 or SPAN3998 or SPAN3999
Semester 1
SLCS4205
Cross-Cultural Literature and Film
6    P ARBC3998 or ARBC3999 or ASNS3998 or ASNS3999 or CHNS3998 or CHNS3999 or EUST3998 or EUST3999 or FRNC3998 or FRNC3999 or GRMN3998 or GRMN3999 or BBCL3998 or BBCL3999 or HBRW3998 or HBRW3999 or JCTC3998 or JCTC3999 or INMS3998 or INMS3999 or ICLS3998 or ICLS3999 or ITLN3998 or ITLN3999 or JPNS3998 or JPNS3999 or KRNS3998 or KRNS3999 or MGRK3998 or MGRK3999 or SPAN3998 or SPAN3999
Semester 2

Advanced coursework project units of study

SLCS4301
Translation in Practice
12    P ARBC3998 or ARBC3999 or CHNS3998 or CHNS3999 or FRNC3998 or FRNC3999 or GRMN3998 or GRMN3999 or BBCL3998 or BBCL3999 or HBRW3998 or HBRW3999 or INMS3998 or INMS3999 or ITLN3998 or ITLN3999 or JPNS3998 or JPNS3999 or KRNS3998 or KRNS3999 or MGRK3998 or MGRK3999 or SPAN3998 or SPAN3999
Semester 1
Semester 2
SLCS4303
Experiences in Multicultural Australia
12    P ARBC3998 or ARBC3999 or ASNS3998 or ASNS3999 or CHNS3998 or CHNS3999 or EUST3998 or EUST3999 or FRNC3998 or FRNC3999 or GRMN3998 or GRMN3999 or BBCL3998 or BBCL3999 or HBRW3998 or HBRW3999 or JCTC3998 or JCTC3999 or INMS3998 or INMS3999 or ICLS3998 or ICLS3999 or ITLN3998 or ITLN3999 or JPNS3998 or JPNS3999 or KRNS3998 or KRNS3999 or MGRK3998 or MGRK3999 or SPAN3998 or SPAN3999
Semester 1
Semester 2

Literature, Arts and Media

Advanced Coursework units of study

SLAM4003
SLAM Advanced Seminar A
6    P ARHT3998 or ARHT3999 or ARIN3998 or ARIN3999 or FILM3998 or FILM3999 or LNGS3998 or LNGS3999 or PRFM3998 or PRFM3999

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
SLAM4004
SLAM Advanced Seminar B
6    P ARHT3998 or ARHT3999 or ARIN3998 or ARIN3999 or FILM3998 or FILM3999 or LNGS3998 or LNGS3999 or PRFM3998 or PRFM3999

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2

Advanced Coursework project units of study

SLAM4001
SLAM Project: Pasts, Presents, Futures A
6    P ARHT3998 or ARHT3999 or ARIN3998 or ARIN3999 or FILM3998 or FILM3999 or LNGS3998 or LNGS3999 or PRFM3998 or PRFM3999 or ENGL3998 or ENGL3999

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
SLAM4002
SLAM Project: Pasts, Presents, Futures B
6    P SLAM4001

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
FASS4901
Advanced Industry and Community Project A
6    A Depth of knowledge in at least one discipline (major).
C FASS4902
Intensive February
Intensive July
FASS4902
Advanced Industry and Community Project B
6    A Depth of knowledge in at least one discipline (major).
C FASS4901
Semester 1
Semester 2

Philosophical and Historical inquiry

Advanced coursework units of study

SOPH4002
SOPHI Advanced Seminar A
6    P HSTY3998 or HSTY3999 or ANHS3998 or ANHS3999 or GCST3998 or GCST3999 or ARCO3998 or ARCO3999 or PHIL3998 or PHIL3999
Semester 1
Semester 2
SOPH4003
SOPHI Advanced Seminar B
6    P HSTY3998 or HSTY3999 or ANHS3998 or ANHS3999 or GCST3998 or GCST3999 or ARCO3998 or ARCO3999 or PHIL3998 or PHIL3999
Semester 1
Semester 2

Advanced coursework project units of study

SOPH4001
SOPHI Project Unit
12    P HSTY3998 or HSTY3999 or ANHS3998 or ANHS3999 or GCST3998 or GCST3999 or ARCO3998 or ARCO3999 or PHIL3998 or PHIL3999
Semester 1
Semester 2
FASS4901
Advanced Industry and Community Project A
6    A Depth of knowledge in at least one discipline (major).
C FASS4902
Intensive February
Intensive July
FASS4902
Advanced Industry and Community Project B
6    A Depth of knowledge in at least one discipline (major).
C FASS4901
Semester 1
Semester 2

Table A Advanced Coursework Humanities

Advanced Coursework requires completion of a minumum of 24 credit points, including;
(i) a research, community, industry and entrepreneurship project of at least 12 and up to 36 credit points.
Students must complete at least 24 credit points from a single subject area relevant to Table A;
Languages and cultures; or Literature, Arts and Media; or Philosophy and Historical inquiry.
Students can complete 4000-level electives or project units of study where relevant.

Languages and cultures

Advanced coursework units of study

SLCS4201 Languages, Societies, Institutions

Credit points: 6 Session: Semester 1 Classes: 1x2hr seminar/week Prerequisites: ARBC3998 or ARBC3999 or ASNS3998 or ASNS3999 or CHNS3998 or CHNS3999 or EUST3998 or EUST3999 or FRNC3998 or FRNC3999 or GRMN3998 or GRMN3999 or BBCL3998 or BBCL3999 or HBRW3998 or HBRW3999 or JCTC3998 or JCTC3999 or INMS3998 or INMS3999 or ICLS3998 or ICLS3999 or ITLN3998 or ITLN3999 or JPNS3998 or JPNS3999 or KRNS3998 or KRNS3999 or MGRK3998 or MGRK3999 or SPAN3998 or SPAN3999 Assessment: 1x participation (5%), 3x800wd total equivalent online quizzes on key concepts (10%), 1x1200wd annotated bibliography (20%), 1x2500wd research assignment (40%), 1x1500wd equivalent oral presentation (25%) Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) day Faculty: Arts and Social Sciences
What is the relationship between language, society and institutions? How does understanding language help us understand the working of institutions? This unit equips students with knowledge and skills to address these questions by focusing on language use in institutions such as the workplace, family, media, and religion in different societies.
SLCS4205 Cross-Cultural Literature and Film

Credit points: 6 Session: Semester 2 Classes: 1x2hr seminar/week Prerequisites: ARBC3998 or ARBC3999 or ASNS3998 or ASNS3999 or CHNS3998 or CHNS3999 or EUST3998 or EUST3999 or FRNC3998 or FRNC3999 or GRMN3998 or GRMN3999 or BBCL3998 or BBCL3999 or HBRW3998 or HBRW3999 or JCTC3998 or JCTC3999 or INMS3998 or INMS3999 or ICLS3998 or ICLS3999 or ITLN3998 or ITLN3999 or JPNS3998 or JPNS3999 or KRNS3998 or KRNS3999 or MGRK3998 or MGRK3999 or SPAN3998 or SPAN3999 Assessment: 1x2500wd research essay (45%), 1x1500wd group presentation (25%), 1x2000wd discussion board (online) (30%) Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) day Faculty: Arts and Social Sciences
This unit will look at theoretical approaches to the notion of cross-culturalism and its realisations in literature and film. We will examine how these media are able to combine and create elements from different cultural perspectives. We will also examine questions such as: how do cross-cultural perspectives manifest themselves in literary and cinematic productions? What do the notions of the familiar and the foreign entail?

Advanced coursework project units of study

SLCS4301 Translation in Practice

Credit points: 12 Session: Semester 1,Semester 2 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/week Prerequisites: ARBC3998 or ARBC3999 or CHNS3998 or CHNS3999 or FRNC3998 or FRNC3999 or GRMN3998 or GRMN3999 or BBCL3998 or BBCL3999 or HBRW3998 or HBRW3999 or INMS3998 or INMS3999 or ITLN3998 or ITLN3999 or JPNS3998 or JPNS3999 or KRNS3998 or KRNS3999 or MGRK3998 or MGRK3999 or SPAN3998 or SPAN3999 Assessment: 1xequivalent to 2000wd translation project plan and review presentation (10%), 1x20 minute pre-submission translation presentation (20%), 1x3000wd reflection paper (30%), 1x5000wd final translation (40%) Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) day Faculty: Arts and Social Sciences
In this project-based unit, students will produce translations into English from other language sources, or vice-versa. By engaging in outreach with an external organization (i. e. educational, cultural, tourist, healthcare, charitable) under the supervision of an academic, students will identify relevant areas-i. e. literary, scientific, health, industry-and undergo theoretical- and applied-translation training based on established methods within the field. Building on their existing language skills, students will learn how to research specialised subjects to produce high-quality translations that are ready for dissemination or presentation by the counterpart institution.
SLCS4303 Experiences in Multicultural Australia

Credit points: 12 Session: Semester 1,Semester 2 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/week Prerequisites: ARBC3998 or ARBC3999 or ASNS3998 or ASNS3999 or CHNS3998 or CHNS3999 or EUST3998 or EUST3999 or FRNC3998 or FRNC3999 or GRMN3998 or GRMN3999 or BBCL3998 or BBCL3999 or HBRW3998 or HBRW3999 or JCTC3998 or JCTC3999 or INMS3998 or INMS3999 or ICLS3998 or ICLS3999 or ITLN3998 or ITLN3999 or JPNS3998 or JPNS3999 or KRNS3998 or KRNS3999 or MGRK3998 or MGRK3999 or SPAN3998 or SPAN3999 Assessment: 1x20mins oral presentation (20%), 1x8000wd project report (50%), 1x2000wd reflection paper (20%), 1x participation (10%) Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) day Faculty: Arts and Social Sciences
What linguistic and cultural influences have shaped multicultural Australia? How can we map the presence and impact of different linguistic and cultural groups in our society? This unit provides students with the necessary tools to address these questions by engaging with languages, local histories and cultural identities of migrant communities.

Literature, Arts and Media

Advanced Coursework units of study

SLAM4003 SLAM Advanced Seminar A

Credit points: 6 Session: Semester 1,Semester 2 Classes: 1x2hr seminar/week or equivalent Prerequisites: ARHT3998 or ARHT3999 or ARIN3998 or ARIN3999 or FILM3998 or FILM3999 or LNGS3998 or LNGS3999 or PRFM3998 or PRFM3999 Assessment: 1x6000wd or equivalent Written assessments (100%) Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) day Faculty: Arts and Social Sciences
Note: Department permission required for enrolment
In consultation with the unit of study coordinator, students enrolled in this unit will select a seminar offered within the School of Literature Art and Media, which they will undertake as part of their BAdvSt Fourth Year program.
SLAM4004 SLAM Advanced Seminar B

Credit points: 6 Session: Semester 1,Semester 2 Classes: 1x2hr seminar/week or equivalent Prerequisites: ARHT3998 or ARHT3999 or ARIN3998 or ARIN3999 or FILM3998 or FILM3999 or LNGS3998 or LNGS3999 or PRFM3998 or PRFM3999 Assessment: 1x6000wd or equivalent Written assessments (100%) Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) day Faculty: Arts and Social Sciences
Note: Department permission required for enrolment
In consultation with the unit of study coordinator, students enrolled in this unit will select a seminar or topic of study offered within the School of Literature Art and Media, which they will undertake as part of their BAdvSt Fourth Year program.

Advanced Coursework project units of study

SLAM4001 SLAM Project: Pasts, Presents, Futures A

Credit points: 6 Session: Semester 1,Semester 2 Classes: 1 x 2hr seminar/week Prerequisites: ARHT3998 or ARHT3999 or ARIN3998 or ARIN3999 or FILM3998 or FILM3999 or LNGS3998 or LNGS3999 or PRFM3998 or PRFM3999 or ENGL3998 or ENGL3999 Assessment: 1x1500wd Short essay (25%), 1x1500wd Project proposal (25%), 1x1500wd equivalent Project portfolio (25%), 1x1500wd equivalent Research Proposal Presentation (25%) Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) day Faculty: Arts and Social Sciences
Note: Department permission required for enrolment
Each student will develop, in consultation with their teacher, a project involving the application of contemporary scholarship in their discipline to a question arising within their disciplinary specialisation, for example: issues concerned with cultural, institutional or digital archives (with links to Fisher Library or other libraries/online data repositories/community organisations); the creation and development of contemporary practice[s]; or how cultural practices, from arts-based work through to the practice of language, address futures, dystopian, utopian or otherwise.
SLAM4002 SLAM Project: Pasts, Presents, Futures B

Credit points: 6 Session: Semester 1,Semester 2 Classes: 1 x 2hr seminar/week Prerequisites: SLAM4001 Assessment: 1x4500wd Portfolio (75%), 1x1500wd equivalent Presentations (25%) Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) day Faculty: Arts and Social Sciences
Note: Department permission required for enrolment
Each student will complete, in consultation with their teacher, a project involving the application of contemporary scholarship in their discipline to a question arising within their disciplinary specialisation, for example: issues concerned with cultural, institutional or digital archives (with links to Fisher Library or other libraries/online data repositories/community organisations); the creation and development of contemporary practice[s]; or how cultural practices, from arts-based work through to the practice of language, address futures, dystopian, utopian or otherwise.
FASS4901 Advanced Industry and Community Project A

Credit points: 6 Session: Intensive February,Intensive July Classes: 1x3hr workshop/week Corequisites: FASS4902 Assumed knowledge: Depth of knowledge in at least one discipline (major). Assessment: 1x1500wd Individual statement (20%), 1x2500wd Group proposal (40%), 1x20mins Group proposal presentation (20%), 1x Group participation mark (20%) Mode of delivery: Block mode Faculty: Arts and Social Sciences
In this unit students work collaboratively in interdisciplinary teams on authentic, complex problem-based projects developed with project partners. Students will conduct self-directed research to address industry problems or identify industry opportunities which will provide context for their final recommendations. The unit will enhance a student's problem-solving ability through experiential evidence-based teaching approaches focused on project management, professional conduct, reflective practices and collaboration. This experience will equip students with a toolkit to become more adaptive and agile in responding to dynamic industry and community organisational environments.
FASS4902 Advanced Industry and Community Project B

Credit points: 6 Session: Semester 1,Semester 2 Classes: 1x3hr workshop/week Corequisites: FASS4901 Assumed knowledge: Depth of knowledge in at least one discipline (major). Assessment: 1x1500wd Individual statement (20%), 1x5000wd Final group report (40%), 1x20mins Final group presentation (20%), 1x Group participation mark (20%) Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) day Faculty: Arts and Social Sciences
In this unit students work collaboratively in interdisciplinary teams on authentic, complex problem-based projects developed with project partners. Students will conduct self-directed research to address industry problems or identify industry opportunities which will provide context for their final recommendations. The unit will enhance a student's problem-solving ability through experiential evidence-based teaching approaches focused on project management, professional conduct, reflective practices and collaboration. This experience will equip students with a toolkit to become more adaptive and agile in responding to dynamic industry and community organisational environments.

Philosophical and Historical inquiry

Advanced coursework units of study

SOPH4002 SOPHI Advanced Seminar A

Credit points: 6 Session: Semester 1,Semester 2 Classes: 1x2hr seminar/week Prerequisites: HSTY3998 or HSTY3999 or ANHS3998 or ANHS3999 or GCST3998 or GCST3999 or ARCO3998 or ARCO3999 or PHIL3998 or PHIL3999 Assessment: 1x1500wd Seminar Presentation (25%), 1x3000wd Written Assessment (50%), 1x1500wd Literature Review (25%) Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) day Faculty: Arts and Social Sciences
This unit provides research training, methodological understanding and problem-solving scenarios for students seeking to enhance the skills acquired in History, Philosophy, Archaeology, Ancient History, or Gender and Cultural Studies. Emphasis is placed on developing the ability to apply methods of philosophical, historical, cultural, gender or archaeological inquiry to contemporary problems and to communicate findings to non-academic audiences.
SOPH4003 SOPHI Advanced Seminar B

Credit points: 6 Session: Semester 1,Semester 2 Classes: 1X2hr seminar/week Prerequisites: HSTY3998 or HSTY3999 or ANHS3998 or ANHS3999 or GCST3998 or GCST3999 or ARCO3998 or ARCO3999 or PHIL3998 or PHIL3999 Assessment: 1x1500wd Seminar Presentation (25%), 1x3000wd Written Assessment (50%), 1x1500wd Literature Review (25%) Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) day Faculty: Arts and Social Sciences
This unit provides research training, methodological understanding and problem-solving scenarios for students seeking to enhance the skills acquired in History, Philosophy, Archaeology, Ancient History, or Gender and Cultural Studies. Emphasis is placed on developing the ability to apply methods of philosophical, historical, cultural, gender or archaeological inquiry to contemporary problems and to communicate findings to non-academic audiences.

Advanced coursework project units of study

SOPH4001 SOPHI Project Unit

Credit points: 12 Session: Semester 1,Semester 2 Classes: 2x2hr seminar/week Prerequisites: HSTY3998 or HSTY3999 or ANHS3998 or ANHS3999 or GCST3998 or GCST3999 or ARCO3998 or ARCO3999 or PHIL3998 or PHIL3999 Assessment: 1x8000wd Research Project (60%), 1x2000wd Literature Review (20%), 1x2000wd (equivalent) Seminar Presentation (20%) Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) day Faculty: Arts and Social Sciences
What can the perspectives you bring from your studies in History, Philosophy, Gender and Cultural Studies, Archaeology and Ancient History bring to the framing and explanation of a contemporary issue? In this project unit students will develop a research project within their discipline, bringing to bear a range of methods in order to offer solutions to a broader contemporary social, economic or political question. Emphasis will be given to the ways discipline-specific approaches to research can be formally presented and communicated to non-specialist audiences.
FASS4901 Advanced Industry and Community Project A

Credit points: 6 Session: Intensive February,Intensive July Classes: 1x3hr workshop/week Corequisites: FASS4902 Assumed knowledge: Depth of knowledge in at least one discipline (major). Assessment: 1x1500wd Individual statement (20%), 1x2500wd Group proposal (40%), 1x20mins Group proposal presentation (20%), 1x Group participation mark (20%) Mode of delivery: Block mode Faculty: Arts and Social Sciences
In this unit students work collaboratively in interdisciplinary teams on authentic, complex problem-based projects developed with project partners. Students will conduct self-directed research to address industry problems or identify industry opportunities which will provide context for their final recommendations. The unit will enhance a student's problem-solving ability through experiential evidence-based teaching approaches focused on project management, professional conduct, reflective practices and collaboration. This experience will equip students with a toolkit to become more adaptive and agile in responding to dynamic industry and community organisational environments.
FASS4902 Advanced Industry and Community Project B

Credit points: 6 Session: Semester 1,Semester 2 Classes: 1x3hr workshop/week Corequisites: FASS4901 Assumed knowledge: Depth of knowledge in at least one discipline (major). Assessment: 1x1500wd Individual statement (20%), 1x5000wd Final group report (40%), 1x20mins Final group presentation (20%), 1x Group participation mark (20%) Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) day Faculty: Arts and Social Sciences
In this unit students work collaboratively in interdisciplinary teams on authentic, complex problem-based projects developed with project partners. Students will conduct self-directed research to address industry problems or identify industry opportunities which will provide context for their final recommendations. The unit will enhance a student's problem-solving ability through experiential evidence-based teaching approaches focused on project management, professional conduct, reflective practices and collaboration. This experience will equip students with a toolkit to become more adaptive and agile in responding to dynamic industry and community organisational environments.