Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Amanda Wise
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
40 credit points at 1000 level
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
We live in an age of super-diversity. How do we build a thriving multicultural nation where people from diverse racial, cultural and religious backgrounds are able to co-exist peacefully in a just society free from racism and discrimination? The first part of this unit explores current debates on superdiversity, urban multicultures, and new patterns of global migration. We consider the challenges of migrant and refugee settlement, barriers to social mobility and patterns of inequality among racial and ethnic minorities. We will compare different models of multiculturalism and integration before shifting attention to everyday multiculturalism and the daily lived experience of religious and cultural difference. The second part of the unit examines the sociology of race, discrimination and racism – from the structural to the everyday. Students will be introduced to concepts such as intersectionality and post-colonial sociology and we will investigate issues facing Aboriginal people in Australia today. We explore what sociology has to say about the surge in national populisms and the rise of the far right and why it is that race, immigration, and religion so commonly animate such movements. We also consider the role of social media in this resurgence. Finally, the unit explores anti-racism and the tools available to challenge discrimination and seek racial justice. |
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
LATE 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 non-timed sensitive assessment (incl essays, reports, posters, portfolios, journals, recordings etc). Late submission of time sensitive tasks (such as tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, scheduled practical assessments/labs etc) will only be addressed by the unit convenor in a Special consideration application. Special Consideration outcome may result in a new question or topic.
WORD LIMITS For all assessments, the word limit is + / - 10%, NOT including bibliography.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Research essay | 40% | No | Week 13 |
Learning reflections | 30% | No | Ongoing |
Quizzes | 30% | No | Weeks 4, 8 & 11 |
Assessment Type 1: Essay
Indicative Time on Task 2: 50 hours
Due: Week 13
Weighting: 40%
Students complete a research essay from set topics.
Assessment Type 1: Reflective Writing
Indicative Time on Task 2: 20 hours
Due: Ongoing
Weighting: 30%
Students are asked to maintain a diary style blog of reflections on readings, concepts, new ideas, set resources, and current affairs relevant to the unit, and notes from seminar discussions.
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: Weeks 4, 8 & 11
Weighting: 30%
Three quizzes over the course of the semester
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
Delivery and resources: Lectures; face to face and Zoom seminars; audio-visual, news, and case study resources in iLearn, unit readings and compulsory documentaries in Leganto.
ON CAMPUS/Internal: 3 hour on campus seminar. Lectures will be integrated into the 3 hour seminar block.
FULLY ONLINE / External + OUA: Online asynchronous: online students are fully online/virtual and have no timetabled classes. All virtual materials are pre-recorded for access at any time. Students enrol Fully Online/Virtual or equivalent external mode. Students studying in fully online mode will have access to recorded lectures and must complete learning diaries. Optional Zoom sessions may be offered during semester.
Weekly topics (draft, subject to minor change of topics or order)
Week 1: Multicultural Australia
Week 2: Indigenous Australia & Settler Colonialism
Week 3: Race, Ethnicity & Cultural Identity
Week 4: Racism & Intersectionality
Week 5: Racism & Sport
Week 6: Nationalism, Populism & the Far Right
Week 7: Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Immigration control
Week 8: Migrant workers, Exploitation & Precarity
Week 9: Migrant and refugee settlement and integration
Week 10: Everyday Multiculturalism: Co-existence & Living Diversity
Week 11: Anti-Racism & 'Cultural Competence', 'Diversity Training'.
Week 12: Multiculturalism: 'Tolerance' to 'Social Justice'
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Date | Description |
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25/07/2022 | On the delivery and resources page the line pertaining to seminars for on campus students was missing. Only just picked it up |
Unit information based on version 2022.03 of the Handbook