QUT002 QUT You: Walking on Country
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| Unit code: | QUT002 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 6 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| CSP student contribution | $1,020 |
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| Domestic tuition unit fee | $1,512 |
| International unit fee | $1,914 |
Unit Outline: Semester 2 - 6 Week D 2024, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | QUT002 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 6 |
| Coordinator: | Christopher Emzin | ca.emzin@qut.edu.au |
Overview
In this unit, you will explore the place in which QUT is situated, reflect on its culture both past and present, and discover knowledge embedded in place. Meeanjin, also known as Brisbane, is Country to the Turrbal and Yugara peoples, and home for many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, affectionately regarded as the Brisbane Blacks. This unit will allow you to ‘choose your own adventure’ to explore the varying ways in which to think of the significance of place, geologically, historically, culturally, and politically. You will experience an unsettling of the primacy of ‘Western’ framings of knowledge, environment, community and climate. In so doing, you will gain a deeper understanding of the oldest continuous living culture in the world, the sophistication and strength of Indigenous world views, and arrive at a fuller appreciation of the value of co-existing knowledge systems which can help us as we journey to a sustainable and racially just society.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Explore the significance of First Nations knowledges of and connections to Country with reference to your discipline.
- Critically reflect on your experiences visiting sites of significance around Meeanjin.
Content
In this unit, you will explore important elements of Meeanjin’s cultural, social, political, and natural history through virtual and physical excursions, supported by tutorials and online learning materials. You will learn about and reflect on the following topics:
1) The value and significance of First Nations people's knowledges, perspectives, and experiences of, and relationship to, Meeanjin.
2) An appreciation of the varying ways to think about Country, and the processes that have and continue to shape the greater Meeanjin area geologically, culturally, and politically.
3) The challenges and possibilities associated with building a future-proof, equitable, and sustainable Meeanjin.
Learning Approaches
This unit employs a learning philosophy revolving around active, experiential learning which foregrounds Indigenous sovereignty. Your active engagement and participation in the experiences outlined below are intended to inspire critical reflection on imaginings of Indigenous presence and place, on a personal and professional level, with peers and teachers, which in turn will enable you to integrate and apply the concepts and ideas in a meaningful way.
The unit offers the following experience modalities:
1) Self- and teacher-guided virtual excursions to sites of cultural, historic, and natural significance.
2) Self-guided site visits that align with your own disciplinary interests.
3) Interactive online resources such as discussion forums, as well as synchronous collaborative tutorials.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Through your excursions, online activities and tutorials, you will be guided through critical self-reflection. You will gain formative feedback from your teaching staff and peers through scaffolded workshop activities that are designed to support your learning. The teaching team will also provide you with written and/or verbal (as audio or video recording) feedback on your assessment.
Assessment
Overview
You will create a video presentation that responds to your experiences visiting sites of significance around Meeanjin/Brisbane. The video should demonstrate that you are thinking critically and creatively about the different knowledge systems that shape your relationship to Country. For example, you may wish to reflect on the continuing Indigenous presence in Meeanjin; or your reconfigured understandings of time, place, and environment; or to describe the challenges associated with building a future-proof, equitable, and sustainable Meeanjin.
Unit Grading Scheme
S (Satisfactory) / U (Unsatisfactory)
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Walking on Country – A Video
You will create a 5-7 minute video presentation that responds to your experiences visiting sites of significance around Meeanjin/Brisbane. Your video should reference at least two peer-reviewed articles.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
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.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Costs
There will potentially be minor costs (<$100) associated with site admission and/or public transport.
Resources
This unit does not require the use of a specific textbook. Each learning experience (virtual or physical site visit) will be associated with site-specific information, provided by QUT and/or the partner organisation administering the site. For required additional literature research, students are strongly encouraged to use the QUT Library.
All assessment items are to be submitted in electronic form. Therefore, students will benefit from having personal access to a computer with basic software (word processing, photo and video acquisition) and internet access. Please, note that QUT also provides these facilities in highest quality to all students on campus.
Resource Materials
Software
Students will require software for: a) creating a virtual journal, and b) the recording and potentially editing of short videos.
Risk Assessment Statement
In general, learning activities in this unit are associated with low, and occasionally moderate, risks. The main risk categories include risks associated with moving in the natural environment (e.g., driving, exposure to the elements, physical activity) and risks related to potentially confronting topics, situations, and materials that may cause distress to learners, especially Indigenous students. The specific risks are controlled by the nature of the site visit. Therefore, each physical and virtual experience will involve a tailored risk assessment provided to participants well in advance of the activity to enable appropriate management procedures. Since journey experiences change over time, specific risk management information will be updated or newly developed each term.
Standards/Competencies
This unit is designed to support your development of the following standards\competencies.
Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineer
1: Knowledge and Skill Base
Relates to: Walking on Country – A Video
3: Professional and Personal Attributes
Relates to: Walking on Country – A Video
Relates to: Walking on Country – A Video
Relates to: Walking on Country – A Video
Relates to: Walking on Country – A Video
Unit Outline: Semester 2 - 6 Week D 2024, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | QUT002 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 6 |
| Coordinator: | Christopher Emzin | ca.emzin@qut.edu.au |
Overview
In this unit, you will explore the place in which QUT is situated, reflect on its culture both past and present, and discover knowledge embedded in place. Meeanjin, also known as Brisbane, is Country to the Turrbal and Yugara peoples, and home for many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, affectionately regarded as the Brisbane Blacks. This unit will allow you to ‘choose your own adventure’ to explore the varying ways in which to think of the significance of place, geologically, historically, culturally, and politically. You will experience an unsettling of the primacy of ‘Western’ framings of knowledge, environment, community and climate. In so doing, you will gain a deeper understanding of the oldest continuous living culture in the world, the sophistication and strength of Indigenous world views, and arrive at a fuller appreciation of the value of co-existing knowledge systems which can help us as we journey to a sustainable and racially just society.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Explore the significance of First Nations knowledges of and connections to Country with reference to your discipline.
- Critically reflect on your experiences visiting sites of significance around Meeanjin.
Content
In this unit, you will explore important elements of Meeanjin’s cultural, social, political, and natural history through virtual and physical excursions, supported by tutorials and online learning materials. You will learn about and reflect on the following topics:
1) The value and significance of First Nations people's knowledges, perspectives, and experiences of, and relationship to, Meeanjin.
2) An appreciation of the varying ways to think about Country, and the processes that have and continue to shape the greater Meeanjin area geologically, culturally, and politically.
3) The challenges and possibilities associated with building a future-proof, equitable, and sustainable Meeanjin.
Learning Approaches
This unit employs a learning philosophy revolving around active, experiential learning which foregrounds Indigenous sovereignty. Your active engagement and participation in the experiences outlined below are intended to inspire critical reflection on imaginings of Indigenous presence and place, on a personal and professional level, with peers and teachers, which in turn will enable you to integrate and apply the concepts and ideas in a meaningful way.
The unit offers the following experience modalities:
1) Self- and teacher-guided virtual excursions to sites of cultural, historic, and natural significance.
2) Self-guided site visits that align with your own disciplinary interests.
3) Interactive online resources such as discussion forums, as well as synchronous collaborative tutorials.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Through your excursions, online activities and tutorials, you will be guided through critical self-reflection. You will gain formative feedback from your teaching staff and peers through scaffolded workshop activities that are designed to support your learning. The teaching team will also provide you with written and/or verbal (as audio or video recording) feedback on your assessment.
Assessment
Overview
You will create a video presentation that responds to your experiences visiting sites of significance around Meeanjin/Brisbane. The video should demonstrate that you are thinking critically and creatively about the different knowledge systems that shape your relationship to Country. For example, you may wish to reflect on the continuing Indigenous presence in Meeanjin; or your reconfigured understandings of time, place, and environment; or to describe the challenges associated with building a future-proof, equitable, and sustainable Meeanjin.
Unit Grading Scheme
S (Satisfactory) / U (Unsatisfactory)
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Walking on Country – A Video
You will create a 5-7 minute video presentation that responds to your experiences visiting sites of significance around Meeanjin/Brisbane. Your video should reference at least two peer-reviewed articles.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
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.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Costs
There will potentially be minor costs (<$100) associated with site admission and/or public transport.
Resources
This unit does not require the use of a specific textbook. Each learning experience (virtual or physical site visit) will be associated with site-specific information, provided by QUT and/or the partner organisation administering the site. For required additional literature research, students are strongly encouraged to use the QUT Library.
All assessment items are to be submitted in electronic form. Therefore, students will benefit from having personal access to a computer with basic software (word processing, photo and video acquisition) and internet access. Please, note that QUT also provides these facilities in highest quality to all students on campus.
Resource Materials
Software
Students will require software for: a) creating a virtual journal, and b) the recording and potentially editing of short videos.
Risk Assessment Statement
In general, learning activities in this unit are associated with low, and occasionally moderate, risks. The main risk categories include risks associated with moving in the natural environment (e.g., driving, exposure to the elements, physical activity) and risks related to potentially confronting topics, situations, and materials that may cause distress to learners, especially Indigenous students. The specific risks are controlled by the nature of the site visit. Therefore, each physical and virtual experience will involve a tailored risk assessment provided to participants well in advance of the activity to enable appropriate management procedures. Since journey experiences change over time, specific risk management information will be updated or newly developed each term.
Standards/Competencies
This unit is designed to support your development of the following standards\competencies.
Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineer
1: Knowledge and Skill Base
Relates to: Walking on Country – A Video
3: Professional and Personal Attributes
Relates to: Walking on Country – A Video
Relates to: Walking on Country – A Video
Relates to: Walking on Country – A Video
Relates to: Walking on Country – A Video
Unit Outline: Semester 2 - 6 Week D 2024, Online
| Unit code: | QUT002 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 6 |
Overview
In this unit, you will explore the place in which QUT is situated, reflect on its culture both past and present, and discover knowledge embedded in place. Meeanjin, also known as Brisbane, is Country to the Turrbal and Yugara peoples, and home for many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, affectionately regarded as the Brisbane Blacks. This unit will allow you to ‘choose your own adventure’ to explore the varying ways in which to think of the significance of place, geologically, historically, culturally, and politically. You will experience an unsettling of the primacy of ‘Western’ framings of knowledge, environment, community and climate. In so doing, you will gain a deeper understanding of the oldest continuous living culture in the world, the sophistication and strength of Indigenous world views, and arrive at a fuller appreciation of the value of co-existing knowledge systems which can help us as we journey to a sustainable and racially just society.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Explore the significance of First Nations knowledges of and connections to Country with reference to your discipline.
- Critically reflect on your experiences visiting sites of significance around Meeanjin.
Content
In this unit, you will explore important elements of Meeanjin’s cultural, social, political, and natural history through virtual and physical excursions, supported by tutorials and online learning materials. You will learn about and reflect on the following topics:
1) The value and significance of First Nations people's knowledges, perspectives, and experiences of, and relationship to, Meeanjin.
2) An appreciation of the varying ways to think about Country, and the processes that have and continue to shape the greater Meeanjin area geologically, culturally, and politically.
3) The challenges and possibilities associated with building a future-proof, equitable, and sustainable Meeanjin.
Learning Approaches
This unit employs a learning philosophy revolving around active, experiential learning which foregrounds Indigenous sovereignty. Your active engagement and participation in the experiences outlined below are intended to inspire critical reflection on imaginings of Indigenous presence and place, on a personal and professional level, with peers and teachers, which in turn will enable you to integrate and apply the concepts and ideas in a meaningful way.
The unit offers the following experience modalities:
1) Self- and teacher-guided virtual excursions to sites of cultural, historic, and natural significance.
2) Self-guided site visits that align with your own disciplinary interests.
3) Interactive online resources such as discussion forums, as well as synchronous collaborative tutorials.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Through your excursions, online activities and tutorials, you will be guided through critical self-reflection. You will gain formative feedback from your teaching staff and peers through scaffolded workshop activities that are designed to support your learning. The teaching team will also provide you with written and/or verbal (as audio or video recording) feedback on your assessment.
Assessment
Overview
You will create a video presentation that responds to your experiences visiting sites of significance around Meeanjin/Brisbane. The video should demonstrate that you are thinking critically and creatively about the different knowledge systems that shape your relationship to Country. For example, you may wish to reflect on the continuing Indigenous presence in Meeanjin; or your reconfigured understandings of time, place, and environment; or to describe the challenges associated with building a future-proof, equitable, and sustainable Meeanjin.
Unit Grading Scheme
S (Satisfactory) / U (Unsatisfactory)
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Walking on Country – A Video
You will create a 5-7 minute video presentation that responds to your experiences visiting sites of significance around Meeanjin/Brisbane. Your video should reference at least two peer-reviewed articles.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
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.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Costs
There will potentially be minor costs (<$100) associated with site admission and/or public transport.
Resources
This unit does not require the use of a specific textbook. Each learning experience (virtual or physical site visit) will be associated with site-specific information, provided by QUT and/or the partner organisation administering the site. For required additional literature research, students are strongly encouraged to use the QUT Library.
All assessment items are to be submitted in electronic form. Therefore, students will benefit from having personal access to a computer with basic software (word processing, photo and video acquisition) and internet access. Please, note that QUT also provides these facilities in highest quality to all students on campus.
Resource Materials
Software
Students will require software for: a) creating a virtual journal, and b) the recording and potentially editing of short videos.
Risk Assessment Statement
In general, learning activities in this unit are associated with low, and occasionally moderate, risks. The main risk categories include risks associated with moving in the natural environment (e.g., driving, exposure to the elements, physical activity) and risks related to potentially confronting topics, situations, and materials that may cause distress to learners, especially Indigenous students. The specific risks are controlled by the nature of the site visit. Therefore, each physical and virtual experience will involve a tailored risk assessment provided to participants well in advance of the activity to enable appropriate management procedures. Since journey experiences change over time, specific risk management information will be updated or newly developed each term.
Standards/Competencies
This unit is designed to support your development of the following standards\competencies.
Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineer
1: Knowledge and Skill Base
Relates to: Walking on Country – A Video
3: Professional and Personal Attributes
Relates to: Walking on Country – A Video
Relates to: Walking on Country – A Video
Relates to: Walking on Country – A Video
Relates to: Walking on Country – A Video