Unit of Study COMM1002 Pop: Encounters with the Arts and Humanities (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

SCU College
Placement

No

Unit description

Introduces students to the Arts and Humanities by using a range of approaches from the Humanities and Creative Arts to think about popular culture. Through a series of encounters with advertising and music video students develop skills in creativity, cultural analysis and critical reflection.

Unit content

Topic 1: Introducing the Arts, Humanities and popular culture

The Arts, the Humanities and the world around us
Popular culture

Topic 2: Culture and Society

Communication and Cultural Studies
History
Politics and Society

Topic 3: Creative arts

Creative Writing
Media Studies
Art and Design
Contemporary Music

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2024

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

Demonstrate knowledge of a number of approaches the Arts and Humanities use to understand the world and our relationship with it

Demonstrate skills in cultural analysis

Demonstrate an understanding of the role of creativity in the Arts and Humanities

Demonstrate an ability to critically reflect on one’s place within contemporary culture

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