Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit convenor
Professor John Potts
Contact via 9850 2163
Y3A 165J
Tuesdays 11 - 1
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MRes
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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 students will develop a broad knowledge and understanding of the range of disciplines within MMCCS. To facilitate this knowledge students will explore a range of key thinkers and approaches that distinguish these disciplines. Students will also become familiar with the genealogical trajectory and historical contexts in which disciplines have been formed.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Unit Requirements and Expectations
Students attend and participate in a two-hour seminar each week beginning in Week 2. As participation in the process of learning is linked to and underpins the unit Learning Outcomes, you will need to either apply for Special Consideration to cover any missed seminars (if the disruption is greater than three days) or supply appropriate documentation to the unit convenor for any missed seminar (if less than three consecutive days).
Students will be expected to read and view materials posted by the Convenor/Lecturers at the iLearn page for this course.
Assessment tasks are aligned to the unit Learning Outcomes. Timely submission of assessment tasks is a unit requirement or penalties apply. 2% per day (including weekends) will be deducted for all late submissions unless Special Consideration (including a request for an extension) is approved.
There is no examination for this unit.
Submitting Assignments
Essay assignments are to be submitted via Turnitin.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Discipline Essay | 30% | No | 30th April |
Seminar Presentation | 20% | No | 4th June |
Written research proposal | 50% | No | 15th June |
Due: 30th April
Weighting: 30%
This essay of 2,000 words should define the discipline or sub-discipline in which the student's research interest resides. The report should describe the history and conventions of this discipline, as well as its scope, defining characteristics, debates, key research questions and modes of inquiry. A brief description of the existing scholarship within this discipline, relevant to the student's research question, should also be included. The essay should include references. Referencing guide and marking criteria are available on iLearn.
Due: 4th June
Weighting: 20%
A presentation delivered to the seminar group, outlining the student's proposed research question and its disciplinary context. The presentation should be of twenty minutes duration and take place in weeks 11-13.
Due: 15th June
Weighting: 50%
This written proposal, of 3,000 words, should outline the topic of the proposed MRes research project, to be delivered in Year Two. The proposal should outline the scope of the project and describe the methodology employed in the research. It should also identify how this project is situated within a disciplinary context, including the relevant published scholarly research and/or creative practice, and any cross-disciplinary research initiatives where applicable.
Readings will be provided by the convenor. Some readings are available online for download, as detailed in the Unit Schedule.
MECO700 Unit Schedule
Week 2: 5th March – Introduction to Disciplinary Contexts (John Potts)
Week 3: 12th March - Media Studies (Willa McDonald)
Reading: Jordan, M, ‘In a Post-Truth Election, Clicks Trump Facts’, The Conversation, October 26, 2016. Available at: https://theconversation.com/in-a-post-truth-election-clicks-trump-facts-67274
Gunn, E, ‘Twitter as arena for the authentic outsider: exploring the social media campaigns of Trump and Clinton in the 2016 US presidential election, European Journal of Communication, February 13, 2017. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0267323116682802
Background Reading: Graeme Turner and Stuart Cunningham, 'The Media and Communications in Australia Today', Chapter 1 in Turner and Cunningham, The Media and Communications in Australia, Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2010
Week 4: 19th March - Writing (Willa McDonald)
Reading: Gibson, Ross ‘The Known World’, TEXT Special issue, Symposium: Creative and practice-led research—status, future plans, Brien DL, Burr S & Webb J (eds) Oct. 2010. http://www.textjournal.com.au/speciss/issue8/Gibson.pdf
Macnamara, A., ‘Six rules for practice-led research’, TEXT: Journal of Writing and Writing Courses, Scott Brook and Paul Magee (ed's), Special Issue, Website Series, no. 4, 14 October 2012. http://www.textjournal.com.au/speciss/issue14/McNamara.pdf
Week 5: 26th March - Cultural Studies (Nicole Anderson)
Reading: Nicole Anderson and Katrina Schulnke, 'Introduction: Theory to Practice' in Anderson & Schulnke, Cultural Theory in Everyday Practice, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009
Week 6: Easter Break
Week 7: 4th April - Cultural Studies and Cultural Theory (Joseph Pugliese)
Reading: Patricia Hill Collins, ‘Intersectionality’s Definitional Dilemmas’, Annual Review of Sociology 2015.41: pp. 1 – 20.
MID-SEMESTER BREAK
Week 8: 30th April - Creative Arts Research (Kathryn Millard)
Reading: Janet Fulton & Elizabeth Paton, ‘The Systems Model of Creativity’ in McIntyre, Fulton J. and Paton Ed. The Creative System in Action, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016
Week 9: 7th May - Screen Studies (Karen Pearlman)
Reading: David Bordwell, ‘The Viewer’s Share: Models of Mind in Explaining Film’ (2012) at http://www.davidbordwell.net/essays/viewersshare.php
Week 10: 14 May - Music (Adrian Renzo)
Reading: Philip Tagg (2015) ‘Analysing Popular Music: Theory, Method and Practice’ at https://www.tagg.org/articles/pm2anal.html
Weeks 11 - 13: 21 May - 4 June - Student Presentations (John Potts)
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