EUB113 Writing Australia
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| Unit code: | EUB113 |
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| Equivalent(s): | CWB113, KWB109 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| CSP student contribution | $578 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $3,528 |
| International unit fee | $4,368 |
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2025, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | EUB113 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | CWB113, KWB109 |
| Coordinator: | Ana Duffy | av.duffy@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This unit aims to improve your analytical and creative, oral and written communication skills. It is important for you to understand how Australian identity has been written, rewritten and remains contested by engaging with and evaluating a range of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australian writings. This unit provides you with opportunities to read, explore, discuss and evaluate a number of classic and contemporary Australian texts. Upon completing this unit you can understand and critically interrogate texts pertinent to contemporary Australian society and culture.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Develop a broad and coherent understanding of a range of literature from contemporary Australia.
- Demonstrate reflective and analytical ways of thinking about the social, cultural and ethnic contexts of contemporary Australian writing.
- Interpret and communicate ideas effectively through the skills of critical textual analysis.
Content
This unit provides you with opportunities to read, explore, discuss and critically evaluate a number of Indigenous and non-Indigenous texts written and published in Australia in the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries. Upon completing this unit, you will be able to understand and critically engage with fictional texts pertinent to Australian culture, history and society.
Learning Approaches
This unit will be conducted via a mixture of lectures, discussions, films, guest presentations and tutorials. Emphasis will also be placed on your research and investigation in relevant areas. In tutorial sessions you will receive feedback from tutors on assessment items, and tutors will also liaise and consult with you regarding your major assessment.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided to you:
- through a range of formative exercises and discussion in key workshops
- by comments on summative assessment work in addition to criteria sheets
- via grading against a criteria sheet, and
- via feedback from peers and, where relevant, stakeholders.
Assessment
Overview
This unit comprises of 3 assessment pieces:
- A take home exam
- A reflective journal
- An essay.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Take Home Exam
Two short written essays to complete for take-home exam.
Assessment: Reflective Journal
Journal of analytical and creative responses to questions about the set texts.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Essay
Essay based on topics related to the texts in the unit.
This assessment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Resource Materials
Prescribed text(s)
Grant, Stan (2016), Talking to My Country, Harper Collins Australia.
Lucashenko, Melissa (2013), Mullumbimby, University of Queensland Press.
Malouf, David (1982), Fly Way Peter, Vintage Books.
O'Grady, Emily (2018), The Yellow House, Allen & Unwin.
Winton, Tim (2008), Breath, Penguin Books Australia.
van Neerven, Ellen (2016), Comfort Food, University of Queensland Press.
Recommended text(s)
Recommended and reference Works.
Resources will be made available online. See weekly Canvas announcements.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with the general conduct of this unit. Workplace health and safety protocols in relation to computer and laboratory use will apply.
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2025, Online
| Unit code: | EUB113 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | CWB113, KWB109 |
Overview
This unit aims to improve your analytical and creative, oral and written communication skills. It is important for you to understand how Australian identity has been written, rewritten and remains contested by engaging with and evaluating a range of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australian writings. This unit provides you with opportunities to read, explore, discuss and evaluate a number of classic and contemporary Australian texts. Upon completing this unit you can understand and critically interrogate texts pertinent to contemporary Australian society and culture.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Develop a broad and coherent understanding of a range of literature from contemporary Australia.
- Demonstrate reflective and analytical ways of thinking about the social, cultural and ethnic contexts of contemporary Australian writing.
- Interpret and communicate ideas effectively through the skills of critical textual analysis.
Content
This unit provides you with opportunities to read, explore, discuss and critically evaluate a number of Indigenous and non-Indigenous texts written and published in Australia in the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries. Upon completing this unit, you will be able to understand and critically engage with fictional texts pertinent to Australian culture, history and society.
Learning Approaches
This unit will be conducted via a mixture of lectures, discussions, films, guest presentations and tutorials. Emphasis will also be placed on your research and investigation in relevant areas. In tutorial sessions you will receive feedback from tutors on assessment items, and tutors will also liaise and consult with you regarding your major assessment.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided to you:
- through a range of formative exercises and discussion in key workshops
- by comments on summative assessment work in addition to criteria sheets
- via grading against a criteria sheet, and
- via feedback from peers and, where relevant, stakeholders.
Assessment
Overview
This unit comprises of 3 assessment pieces:
- A take home exam
- A reflective journal
- An essay.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Take Home Exam
Two short written essays to complete for take-home exam.
Assessment: Reflective Journal
Journal of analytical and creative responses to questions about the set texts.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Essay
Essay based on topics related to the texts in the unit.
This assessment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Resource Materials
Prescribed text(s)
Grant, Stan (2016), Talking to My Country, Harper Collins Australia.
Lucashenko, Melissa (2013), Mullumbimby, University of Queensland Press.
Malouf, David (1982), Fly Way Peter, Vintage Books.
O'Grady, Emily (2018), The Yellow House, Allen & Unwin.
Winton, Tim (2008), Breath, Penguin Books Australia.
van Neerven, Ellen (2016), Comfort Food, University of Queensland Press.
Recommended text(s)
Recommended and reference Works.
Resources will be made available online. See weekly Canvas announcements.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with the general conduct of this unit. Workplace health and safety protocols in relation to computer and laboratory use will apply.