308415 (v.2) Indigenous Australian Research - Honours Dissertation 492-1


Area:

Centre for Aboriginal Studies

Credits:

50.0

Contact Hours:

16.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Individual Study:

6 x 1 Hours Weekly

Seminar:

5 x 3 Hours Once-only

Fieldwork:

1 x 1 Hours Once-only
 

Syllabus:

A semester of intensive research in an Indigenous Australian context and writing of the dissertation. Enable students to enact their research knowledge, skills and understandings by demonstrating their ability to plan and implement an effective and culturally appropriate small scale research and development project in an Aboriginal context. The research in which they engage should have benefits for those who are the focus of the research activities. It should also draw on an Aboriginal knowledge base that is relevant to the contexts studied. Students are required to undertake a supervised reading program relevant to their specialised topic, under the guidance of their supervisor.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

90311 Indigenous Studies

HECS Band (if applicable):

1

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Not Online

Result Type:

Pass/Fail

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y    
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y    
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area