Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Justine Lloyd
Nicholas Harrigan
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
130cp at 1000 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
Social movements are an important presence in contemporary societies. How are they organised? Why do they emerge? What shapes their development? This unit provides a framework for answering these questions. It focuses on both the history of social activism, including campaigns like the suffragettes and civil rights movement through to the Arab Spring and climate campaigning; as well as prominent theories and concepts for understanding the rise and success of social movements. As part of the assessment students will examine a contemporary campaign, looking first-hand at how movements organise and evaluating their success. This unit also allows students to progress to a PACE unit where they have the opportunity to work in a placement with a social change organisation. |
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – 10 marks out of 100 credit 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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Workshop/online discussion participation | 20% | No | ongoing |
Reading Reflection | 20% | Yes | Monday 14 Mar 10am |
Campaign Analysis Outline | 20% | No | Monday 11 April 10am |
Campaign Analysis | 40% | No | Monday 6 June 10am |
Assessment Type 1: Participatory task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 24 hours
Due: ongoing
Weighting: 20%
Students will participate in a range of preparatory and/or in-class learning activities throughout the session, including taking notes on weekly readings to prepare for tutorials and/or posting in response to discussion questions online. Students are required to actively discuss their responses to these required readings in class or online and within on-campus sessions.
Refer to iLearn for further information
Assessment Type 1: Summary
Indicative Time on Task 2: 18 hours
Due: Monday 14 Mar 10am
Weighting: 20%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)
This task requires students to answer a question in relation to their weekly responses to readings from the first part of the unit.
See Ilearn for more information.
Assessment Type 1: Plan
Indicative Time on Task 2: 25 hours
Due: Monday 11 April 10am
Weighting: 20%
Campaign Analysis Outline: Short plan (750 words) plus reference list for campaign analysis
Assessment Type 1: Report
Indicative Time on Task 2: 50 hours
Due: Monday 6 June 10am
Weighting: 40%
Campaign Analysis: Written Report (2000wds) OR Conference Presentation (8-10mins) plus abstract (250-500wds)
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
This course is offered in two modes: (1) In person-scheduled-weekday; (2) Online-scheduled-weekday.
The main difference between these two modes is that, in addition to listening to lectures and completing course activities,
Lectures are recorded and start in Week 1. All lecture recordings will be available via ECHO360's Active Learning Platform (accessible via iLearn).
Online discussion board activities for external students start in Week 1.
As above, there will be 2x 1 hr classes synchronously via zoom for external students.
These two online sessions will take place at the following times:
Week 3: Thursday 10 Mar 4-5pm (Topic: intro to tutor and fellow students; overview of ethics protocol used for primary data collection in this unit)
Week 10: Thursday 12 May 4-5pm (Topic: debrief of ethics protocol used for primary data collection in this unit; q&a about final assessment tasks)
Preparation for, engagement with and attendance at these zoom sessions is compulsory for all students and contributes to your participation mark. If you cannot attend at these times please let your tutor know as soon as possible beforehand.
The following technologies are used in this unit...
Make sure that you regularly check your student email for correspondence with teaching staff and course announcements.
iLearn
Important information about the weekly schedule, course readings and assessment are all available on the course iLearn page. If you do not have access, please contact IT help. You are required to check iLearn and your student email regularly for course updates and information.
Turnitin
All written assessments need to be submitted online via Turnitin only. A link to Turnitin is available via the Assessments tab on the iLearn page. Please contact the convenor if you cannot find it (do not leave it until the day of the assessment). There is no need to submit a hard copy of the assessment or to include a cover sheet.
Grademark
Feedback will be made available online via GradeMark. It will take four forms (in no particular order): specific comments in the text of your paper; overall comments; a score on a qualitative rubric (that cannot be used to calculate your mark numerically); and a numeric score. Once you have received your assignment back, please make sure that you have access to these forms of feedback.
Leganto
Leganto is the electronic system for accessing unit readings that can be accessed via the iLearn page. Readings are allocated via topic. As well as the required readings for each topic, you may find recommended and optional readings. The required readings are available in pdf or electronic format. If you are not able to access the readings, please contact the unit convenor via email.
WEEK |
(Week beginning) Monday |
Theme |
TOPIC |
Online Activity (external students) |
1 |
21-Feb |
intro |
Unit Overview and Introduction |
Introductions |
2 |
28-Feb |
history |
A Brief History of Social Action in Australia |
Reading discussion |
3 |
7-Mar |
theories |
Social Movement Theory |
Reading discussion + zoom session Thursday 10 Mar 4-5pm
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4 |
14-Mar |
theories |
Mass politics, mass organizing |
Reading discussion |
5 |
21-Mar |
methods |
Action Research |
Reading discussion |
6 |
28-Mar |
theories |
New Social Movement Theory |
Reading discussion |
7 |
4-Apr |
strategies |
Direct Action and Nonviolence |
Reading discussion |
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11-Apr |
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mid-semester break |
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18-Apr |
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mid-semester break |
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8 |
25-Apr |
strategies |
Global Justice: from Alt Globalisation to Trump |
Reading discussion |
9 |
2-May |
strategies |
Green washing and Pinkwashing: Corporations and Movements |
Reading discussion |
10 |
9-May |
strategies |
New Media, New Strategies/ |
Reading discussion + zoom session Thursday 12 May 4-5pm
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11 |
16-May |
consolidation |
Conclusion |
Wrap-up |
12 |
23-May |
Presentations |
Student Conference |
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13 |
30-May |
Presentations |
Student Conference |
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Unit information based on version 2022.02 of the Handbook