Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Marika Kalyuga
Contact via email
Friday, 1pm-2pm
Tutor
Tatiana Oitzinger
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
39cp at 100 level or above
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This general education unit is conducted in English and no knowledge of Russian is required. The study material is designed to suit both students who want to study Russian culture in English and students who want to improve their knowledge of the Russian language. The unit examines how women of various social strata were affected by and shaped historical changes, and how women's lives are connected with broader cultural, social and political transformations. There is no examination at the end of this unit. Assessment is by two essays and two quizzes.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Indicative examples of assessment tasks will be available on iLearn.
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Quiz 1 | 20% | No | Wed,week5 |
Quiz 2 | 20% | No | Fri,week13 |
Essay 1 | 25% | No | Wed,week7 |
Essay 2 | 35% | No | Wed,week10 |
Due: Wed,week5
Weighting: 20%
Quiz 1 is based on the unit content up to and including the week of the quiz (i.e. seminars, essential readings and any other relevant materials). This quiz may include the following question types: multiple choice, true/false, short response and medium response.
Due: Fri,week13
Weighting: 20%
Quiz 2 is based on the unit content up to and including the week of the quiz (i.e. seminars, essential readings and any other relevant materials). This quiz may include the following question types: multiple choice, true/false, short response and medium response.
Due: Wed,week7
Weighting: 25%
Students are required to choose one question (out of two or more options) and respond to it in an essay. The essay question options, as well as all instructions will be provided in iLearn.
Due: Wed,week10
Weighting: 35%
Students are required to choose one question (out of two or more options) and respond to it in an essay. The essay question options, as well as all instructions will be provided in iLearn.
B. Engel, Women in Russia, 1700-2000 Cambridge University Press, 2004
The textbooks are available through the Co-op Bookshop at Macquarie University
Online Unit
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Technology
Students are required to have regular access to a computer and the internet. Mobile devices alone are not sufficient.
For students attending classes on campus we strongly encourage that you bring along your own laptop computer, ready to work with activities in your online unit. The preferred operating system is Windows 10.
Students are required to access the online unit in iLearn by the end of Week 1 and follow any relevant instructions and links for downloads that may be required. If applicable, students are required to download the relevant language package prior to Week 2.
Please contact your course convenor before the end of Week 1 if you do not have a suitable laptop (or tablet) for in-class use.
Week One |
Life of women in Russia in the times before and after Peter the Great |
Week Two |
The rule of Catherine the Great and her role in the continuation of reforms of Peter the Great. |
Week Three |
Women in cultural life, religious life and charity in Russia in the 18th - 19th centuries.
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Week Four |
The life of peasants and peasant women in Russia in the 18th century. Female characters in Russian fairy tales and Eastern Slavic mythology. |
Week Five |
New ideas about feminism. Women in the liberation and revolutionary movement in Russia in the second half of the 19th century. |
Week Six |
Women in revolution
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Week Seven |
The myth of the New Soviet Woman
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Week Eight |
Women in World War II
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Week Nine |
Stalinism and creation of mythical icon of woman-hero |
Week Ten |
Female characters in Russian and American films
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Week Eleven |
Women’s contribution to music of the Soviet era
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Week Twelve |
New Russia and its heroines |
Week Thirteen |
New Russia and its heroines |
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Our graduates will take with them the intellectual development, depth and breadth of knowledge, scholarly understanding, and specific subject content in their chosen fields to make them competent and confident in their subject or profession. They will be able to demonstrate, where relevant, professional technical competence and meet professional standards. They will be able to articulate the structure of knowledge of their discipline, be able to adapt discipline-specific knowledge to novel situations, and be able to contribute from their discipline to inter-disciplinary solutions to problems.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want our graduates to be capable of reasoning, questioning and analysing, and to integrate and synthesise learning and knowledge from a range of sources and environments; to be able to critique constraints, assumptions and limitations; to be able to think independently and systemically in relation to scholarly activity, in the workplace, and in the world. We want them to have a level of scientific and information technology literacy.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates should be capable of researching; of analysing, and interpreting and assessing data and information in various forms; of drawing connections across fields of knowledge; and they should be able to relate their knowledge to complex situations at work or in the world, in order to diagnose and solve problems. We want them to have the confidence to take the initiative in doing so, within an awareness of their own limitations.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want to develop in our students the ability to communicate and convey their views in forms effective with different audiences. We want our graduates to take with them the capability to read, listen, question, gather and evaluate information resources in a variety of formats, assess, write clearly, speak effectively, and to use visual communication and communication technologies as appropriate.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want our graduates to be aware of and have respect for self and others; to be able to work with others as a leader and a team player; to have a sense of connectedness with others and country; and to have a sense of mutual obligation. Our graduates should be informed and active participants in moving society towards sustainability.
This graduate capability is supported by:
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11/07/2018 | clarification of the assessment dates |