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FASS1000: Studying Arts and Social Sciences
2025 unit information
What does it mean to study Arts and Social Sciences? In this unit, we begin with a central claim: that the disciplines that make up Arts and Social Sciences are fundamental to understanding our world and the challenges it faces. Through a set of engaging topics, we ask the foundational questions underpinning our areas of study: what does it mean to be part of a university community? How do we think, read, create, speak, and act, critically? How do we engage in and solve complex, often multifaceted problems, individually and in collaboration with others? How will you build the key communication and interpersonal skills to make a difference in a complex and challenging world?
Unit details and rules
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Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Arts and Social Sciences |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Evaluate key arguments concerning the purpose of the University and the role of the study of Arts and Social Sciences in contributing to this purpose.
- LO2. Understand how university rules and procedures apply to your behaviour and assessment (including what academic honesty means).
- LO3. Develop and demonstrate skills of critical thinking, critical reading, and research practice in engaging with a diverse set of texts and media forms (including AI generated material).
- LO4. Understand and apply skills of arguing well including techniques of persuasion, use of evidence/data, oral and written communication and creative thinking.
- LO5. Collaborate competently and appropriately in University settings.
Unit availability
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Semester 1 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney | |
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Semester 2 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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