Notice
As part of Phase 3 of our return to campus plan, most units will now run tutorials, seminars and other small group learning activities on campus for the second half-year, while keeping an online version available for those students unable to return or those who choose to continue their studies online.
To check the availability of face to face activities for your unit, please go to timetable viewer. To check detailed information on unit assessments visit your unit's iLearn space or consult your unit convenor.
Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Lecturer and convenor
Charlotte Overgaard
Tutor
Saartje Tack
Tutor
Phillipa Bellemore
Guest Lecturer
Justine Lloyd
Guest Lecturer
Selvaraj Velayutham
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
In this unit you are introduced to the analysis of everyday situations such as the home, the street, work, shopping, community, neighbourhoods, and various sites of leisure and entertainment. We also reveal and scrutinize the many tools and props that we use to negotiate these everyday activities (eg, clothes, mobile phones, automobiles, computers, furnishings etc) and explore the hidden social forces that shape our lives.
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Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Online Quizzes | 20% | No | Weekly from week 2 to 11 |
Reflection essay | 20% | No | Sunday week 6 |
Participation | 20% | No | Weekly |
Take-home Exam | 40% | Yes | Sunday week 13 |
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 4 hours
Due: Weekly from week 2 to 11
Weighting: 20%
Students complete weekly quizzes which test lecture and reading material.
Assessment Type 1: Essay
Indicative Time on Task 2: 30 hours
Due: Sunday week 6
Weighting: 20%
A reflective essay on an everyday space.
Assessment Type 1: Participatory task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: Weekly
Weighting: 20%
Students are expected to participate in the weekly exercises, discussions and tasks as directed
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 60 hours
Due: Sunday week 13
Weighting: 40%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)
At the end of the course, students will have a take-home exam consisting of short answers to questions. The exam will cover content from the whole course.
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
There is no text book in this unit.
All readings are available through Leganto.
Week |
Clusters |
Lecture and tutorial topics |
Assignments |
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Introduction to the everyday |
Making something out of nothing |
Tutorials start |
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The meaning of everyday life |
Weekly quizzes start |
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3 |
Studying the mundane |
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4 |
Spaces |
Homes |
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5 |
Cities |
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6 |
Living in consumer society |
Stuff! |
Essay due |
7 |
You are what you eat |
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8 |
Coffee and class |
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9 |
Fitting in and standing out |
Love, marriage and friends |
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10 |
Bodies, gender |
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11 |
A unique identity and looking good |
Last weekly quiz |
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12 |
Play lists and phones |
Last tutorial |
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13 |
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No new material |
Take home exam |
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19/07/2020 | - |