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Cultural Contexts: Communities and Cultures in Action

Undergraduate | MAQ-MECX350 | 2018

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Gather up what you've learnt across your cultural studies and think about how you can extend that knowledge. Reflect on your methodologies and approach. Explore cultural studies' legal arenas. Direct your skills towards a new research project.

Study method
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Assessments
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Entry requirements
Prior study needed
Duration
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Cultural Contexts: Communities and Cultures in Action

About this subject

  • At the end of this subject students will be able to:

    1. apply cultural studies research questions and methods to chosen contexts, including cultural representations, policies and relevant texts of associated community groups
    2. develop critical and analytical skills that enable students to identify key problems or issues within a field, research the chosen field and gather relevant information and propose strategies for creative solutions using culturally appropriate methods of communication suited to that context
    3. reflect critically on their own experiences and use those experiences as a source of information for further cultural studies research.

Entry requirements

Prior study

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

one of

and one of

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Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

  • MAQ-CLT370 (Not currently available)

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

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