Lecture Quizzes

Assessment Type ¹: Quiz/Test Indicative Time on Task ²: 20 hours Due: Week 3, Week 6, Week 9, Week 12 Weighting: 30%

Students will be required to complete a total of four Quizzes based on lecture content. Details will be provided on the iLearn site. On successful completion you will be able to:

• Comprehend settler colonialism and race and racism in an Australian context
• Discuss the social, cultural and political issues that drive Indigenous activism
• Appreciate the diversity of contemporary Indigenous identities and cultures
• Interrogate colonial discourses about race and gender
• Examine own relationship to colonial power structures and knowledge

Essay Intro

Assessment Type ¹: Plan Indicative Time on Task ²: 20 hours Due: 3 October Weighting: 20%

Students will write an introduction paragraph in preparation for their major essay. Further details will be provided on the iLearn site.

On successful completion you will be able to:

• Comprehend settler colonialism and race and racism in an Australian context
• Discuss the social, cultural and political issues that drive Indigenous activism
• Appreciate the diversity of contemporary Indigenous identities and cultures
• Interrogate colonial discourses about race and gender
• Examine own relationship to colonial power structures and knowledge

Major Essay

Assessment Type ¹: Essay Indicative Time on Task ²: 40 hours Due: 7 November Weighting: 40%

Students will write a 1500 word essay. Details will be provided on the iLearn site

On successful completion you will be able to:

• Comprehend settler colonialism and race and racism in an Australian context
• Discuss the social, cultural and political issues that drive Indigenous activism
• Appreciate the diversity of contemporary Indigenous identities and cultures
• Interrogate colonial discourses about race and gender

¹ If you need help with your assignment, please contact:

• the academic teaching staff in your unit for guidance in understanding or completing this type of assessment
• the Writing Centre for academic skills support.

² Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation

Participation

Assessment Type ¹: Participatory task Indicative Time on Task ²: 10 hours Due: Weekly Weighting: 10%

Weekly participation in tutorial. Further details will be outlined in iLearn.

On successful completion you will be able to:

• Comprehend settler colonialism and race and racism in an Australian context
• Discuss the social, cultural and political issues that drive Indigenous activism
• Appreciate the diversity of contemporary Indigenous identities and cultures
• Interrogate colonial discourses about race and gender
• Examine own relationship to colonial power structures and knowledge

Late Assessment Submission Penalty 

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a mark of ‘0’ (zero) will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical issue.   

This late penalty will apply to written reports and recordings only. Late submission of time sensitive tasks (such as tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, scheduled practical assessments/labs will be addressed by the unit convenor in a Special consideration application.

Terminology protocols for Indigenous Studies

In Australia there are two distinct Indigenous peoples: Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islander people.

When writing about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders do not use the acronym ‘ATSI’, write in full. Capital letters should always be used when referring to Aboriginal peoples and or Torres Strait Islander peoples. 

While Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander are acceptable terms to use, it should be recognised that these are collective terms and often used improperly to impose a single identity on the many different communities.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people generally prefer to be known by the language/cultural groups or communities, to which they belong, that is, own names rather than terms such 'the Aboriginals' or 'the Islanders'. For example, Aboriginal people in the area surrounding Macquarie University may refer to themselves as Dharug. It is important that you always check the correct name or terms to use for people in the area/region.

The use of incorrect, inappropriate or dated terminology is to be avoided as it can give offence. Many historical terms or those in common usage some years ago are now not acceptable, including terms such as 'aborigine' ‘native’, ‘savage’ and ‘primitive’. Similarly, do not use the terms ‘half-caste’, ‘part-Aborigine/Aboriginal’ or any reference to skin colour or physical features, as they do not signify that a person is Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander and may cause offence. When quoting from academic or other sources that uses inappropriate, dated terminology or racists language, use (sic) directly after the inappropriate term of phrase, thus calling attention to the fact that it has been sourced from the original and that you understand it to be outdated, inappropriate or problematic in the contemporary context.

 

For more information please refer to the Terminology Guide available in iLearn.

ABST1000 weekly material (weekly topic descriptions, weekly readings and weekly tutorial questions can be accessed at: http://ilearn.mq.edu.au/. 

Students are required to watch online lectures via Echo360 and respond to the weekly tutorial questions in online forums or face to face or Zoom tutorials.  If you are unable to attend a tutorial please email your tutor and let them know about your situation, your tutor may decide to set you some work to catch up.

The library provides study skills support. Information about library resources and study skills is available at: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/study

PC and Internet access are required. Basic computer skills (e.g. internet browsing) and skills in word processing are also a requirement.

Please consult teaching staff for any further, more specific requirements.