Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | Term4 | Term4 |
| Online | Term4 | Term4 |
Unit description
Explore theoretical positioning and the science behind a range of local and global issues with a strong focus on sustainability and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders histories and cultures acknowledging the scientific knowledge of Australia’s First Peoples. The unit enables opportunities for creative and critical thinking, researching, collaboratively seeking solutions to local ecological issues and being actively involved in science and technology skills and processes in everyday worlds and local communities.
Unit content
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: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | cultivate understanding of Indigenous theories and sciences |
| 2 | critically interrogates theoretical underpinnings and the science behind a range of local and global issues |
| 3 | work scientifically and technologically seeking solutions to local/global ecological issues |
| 4 | engages in collaborative research within the community seeking solutions to local/global ecological issues |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- cultivate understanding of Indigenous theories and sciences
- critically interrogates theoretical underpinnings and the science behind a range of local and global issues
- work scientifically and technologically seeking solutions to local/global ecological issues
- engages in collaborative research within the community seeking solutions to local/global ecological issues
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Teaching and assessment
Fee information
Domestic
Commonwealth Supported courses
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International
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