CWB113 Writing Australia

Unit Outline: Semester 2 2024, Kelvin Grove, Internal

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:

1. Develop a broad and coherent understanding of a range of literature from contemporary Australia.
2. Demonstrate reflective and analytical ways of thinking about the social, cultural and ethnic contexts of contemporary Australian writing.
3. Interpret and communicate ideas effectively through the skills of critical textual analysis.

Content

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

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
You will receive formative feedback on your progress in this unit during tutorials and discussions throughout the semester. Weight 0%

Assessment

Overview

Faculty Assessment Information
To access the Creative Industries Faculty Assessment Information please refer to the Canvas site for this unit.

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 is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.

Assessment: Essay

Essay based on topics related to the texts in the unit.

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.

Resources

Risk Assessment Statement

All students and staff are required to complete the Tier 1 CIF General Health and Safety Induction for access to campus buildings and facilities. This must be completed online.

http://Canvas.qut.edu.au/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_group=community&url=%2Fwebapps%2FCanvas%2Fexecute%2FcourseMain%3Fcourse_id%3D_89661_1

There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit.