Unit of Study CLST1003 Doing Cultural Studies (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Education
Placement

No

Unit description

Introduces students to contemporary Cultural Studies. Students examine the value of knowledge and its relationship to cultural and everyday contexts. Through specific engagements with social, political and cultural understandings of identity, the unit focuses on power, place and ethics. Students are equipped with the necessary tools to critically engage in the complex world of the twenty first century.

Unit content

• What is culture?

• What is Cultural Studies?

• Contesting power

• Representation and making meaning

• The cultural politics of race and ethnicity

• Gender, sexuality and cultural studies

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Online	Term1	N/A

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

understand contemporary concepts and theories of culture

identify key issues in local, global and/or national cultures

reflect on a range of texts and practices with attention to their cultural meaning

critically analyse an everyday cultural practice or site, demonstrating an awareness of the ethical dimensions of cultural studies

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Proposal	35%
Project	55%
Quiz	10%

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Domestic

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