Living Culture

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. evaluate disciplinary knowledge of the practice of Cultural Studies, in particular, the concepts and thinkers that are central to the field.

  2. analyse cultural texts and practices from everyday life.

  3. demonstrate a critical awareness of the material effects of ways of knowing, and a capacity to intervene in those processes.

  4. demonstrate commitment to the problematisation of inequality.

  5. synthesise the ideas of others, present ideas in a coherent manner, and offer evidence to support their arguments.

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Macquarie University

Entry requirements

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-CLT110 (Not currently available)

• MAQ-MECX120-Living Culture (no longer available)

Others

If you have no prior university experience, you should complete BAR100 Academic Learning Skills or COM10006 Academic Literacies: Learning and Communication Practice before starting this subject.

Additional requirements

• Other requirements -

  Students who have an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion under Macquarie University's Academic Progression Policy are not permitted to enrol in OUA units offered by Macquarie University. Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

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

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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