Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | Session 2 | Session 2 |
| Lismore | Session 2 | Session 2 |
| Online | Session 2 | Session 2 |
Unit description
Introduces students to key ideas and discussions in philosophy through analysing popular screen culture, including digital devices. Students will identify and critically engage with philosophical debates in contemporary contexts and media.
Unit content
- Evaluating knowledge and reasoning
- Speech and debate online
- Digital identities
- Privacy in cyberspace
- Ethics of data and Artificial Intelligence
- Digital divides
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.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | engage in cultural analysis in the study of popular screen culture and identify the philosophical views being expressed | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
| 2 | relate key issues and debates in philosophy to their intellectual and cultural contexts | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
| 3 | critically engage with contemporary contexts and issues in the media using debates in philosophy | Intellectual rigour | Ethical practice | |||||
| 4 | clearly and concisely articulate different philosophical views and arguments in writing | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | ||||
| 5 | engage in constructive discussion relating to philosophical debates. | Communication and social skills | ||||||
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
Domestic
Commonwealth Supported courses
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Commencing 2020 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 1
Fee paying courses
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International
Please check the international course and fee list to determine the relevant fees.