The Academic Practice of Research and Critical Analysis
UndergraduateUNE-HASS1012025
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The Academic Practice of Research and Critical Analysis
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, students will be able to:
- demonstrate an understanding of the methodology, value and relevance of critical social analysis and critical thinking;
- demonstrate an understanding of the various academic research purposes, methods and ethics across a range of disciplines in the Humanities, Art and Social Sciences;
- apply critical social analysis, and key research techniques to a range of controversial and contested issues;
- display skills in autonomy, evaluation, analysis, argument;
- act as informed and discerning participants within the community of scholars; and
- demonstrate well-developed skills in written communication.
- Topics will be available to enrolled students in the subjects Learning Management System site approximately one week prior to the commencement of the teaching period.
This subject was previously known as Controversies: Foundations of Critical Social Analysis.
This subject introduces you to the skills for critical and successful undergraduate research. You will examine how critical social analysis and critical thinking in the Humanities is broadly defined: how it is conducted, how it is different from scholarship in the physical sciences, and why it matters. During your studies, you will explore specific research purposes, methods, techniques, and ethics, across a range of disciplines, and this knowledge and skillset will be developed through considering a range of controversial and contested social issues (such as the 'history wars', nationalism and identity, and sexual norms and practices). You will investigate selected disciplines and how they vary in terms of core concepts, perspectives, methods of analysis and argument. In considering these topics you will build on your capacity for critical engagement in issues of great public importance, and reflect upon the task of critical social analysis and research.
Assessment 1: 500 words. Evaluating Research . Relates to Learning Outcomes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
Assessment 2: 1500 words. Critical Review. Relates to Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 6;
Assessment 3: 2000 words. Essay. Relates to Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 6.- Assessment 1 - Critical Review (30%)
- Assessment 2 - Essay Plan (20%)
- Assessment 3 - Essay (50%)
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