EDUC 1012 - Preparation for the Study of Social Sciences

Course Details

Course Code	EDUC 1012
Course	Preparation for the Study of Social Sciences
Coordinating Unit	School of Education
Term	Semester 2
Level	Undergraduate
Location/s	North Terrace Campus
Units	3
Contact	Up to 3 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange	N
Restrictions	This class is only open for students in the 最新糖心Vlog Preparatory Program or Wilto Yerlo Preparatory Program.
Assessment	Short Media Analysis; Essay; Group class presentation; Online discussion board; Class participation

Course Staff

Course Coordinator: Ms Amy Robinson

Lecturer/Tutor (Archaeology/History/Criminology/Spanish Studies): Miss Kami Neira
Email: k ami.neira@adelaide.edu.au

Lecturer/Tutor (History/最新糖心Vlogn & Asian History Studies/Comparative Education): Miss Rachel Bleeze
Email: r achel.bleeze@adelaide.edu.au

Course Timetable

The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .

Course Learning Outcomes

This course aims to prepare students for undergraduate study in the Humanities and Social Sciences in an inclusive manner recognizing social diversity.

At the successful completion of this course, students should be able to achieve the following outcomes in the following areas:

Knowledge

1. Identify a range of disciplines within the Humanities and Social Sciences and participate in some discipline-specific discussions.
2. Discuss various theories and concepts from Humanities and Social Sciences and apply them to specific examples from real life.
3. Identify particular issues in political and historical events such as a national election.

Problem Solving Skills, Critical and Creative Thinking

4. Relate identity categories to their own life and social being, articulate how they perform these identities and discuss ‘Other’ identities in an academic setting.
5. Reflect on their own life experiences and position in society and apply some of the concepts from this course to themselves.
6. Connect relevant theories to wider cultural and social phenomena.

Working Alone and Collaboratively

7. Work collaboratively and in groups more comfortably and confidently than before.
8. Work individually at an undergraduate level more comfortably and confidently than before.
Communication
9. Discuss culture and human systems in an academic setting.
10. Communicate both verbally and in written form.
11. Critically analyse media representations and academic arguments in more depth than previously.

最新糖心Vlog Graduate Attribute	Course Learning Outcome(s)
Deep discipline knowledge informed and infused by cutting edge research, scaffolded throughout their program of studies acquired from personal interaction with research active educators, from year 1 accredited or validated against national or international standards (for relevant programs)	1, 2, 3, 4, 9
Critical thinking and problem solving steeped in research methods and rigor based on empirical evidence and the scientific approach to knowledge development demonstrated through appropriate and relevant assessment	2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11
Teamwork and communication skills developed from, with, and via the SGDE honed through assessment and practice throughout the program of studies encouraged and valued in all aspects of learning	4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11
Career and leadership readiness technology savvy professional and, where relevant, fully accredited forward thinking and well informed tested and validated by work based experiences	1, 2, 3, 6, 11
Intercultural and ethical competency adept at operating in other cultures comfortable with different nationalities and social contexts able to determine and contribute to desirable social outcomes demonstrated by study abroad or with an understanding of indigenous knowledges	4, 5, 6, 7, 9
Self-awareness and emotional intelligence a capacity for self-reflection and a willingness to engage in self-appraisal open to objective and constructive feedback from supervisors and peers able to negotiate difficult social situations, defuse conflict and engage positively in purposeful debate	4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11

Required Resources

Weekly readings will be available via MyUni

Recommended Resources

While there are no wider readings, it is important to become proficient in using the university library to find appropriate texts for a range of subjects in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Please use the Library online tutorials for assistance with this: .

Online Learning

Substantial activity will be undertaken through the online environment. Due to a very early timetable for lectures, some lectures may be delivered via narrated Powerpoint files and will available via MyUni. There is a blog assignment that requires summary and analysis of a reading throughout the semester, and comments on others' blogs to enhance online discussion. It is essential that you are familiar with MyUni and engage with it regularly toperform well in this course.

Learning & Teaching Modes

Students are required to attend a one-hour lecture (or engage with it online if delivered in this way) and they must attend the two-hour tutorial for this course.

Workload

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

1 x 1-hour lecture per week
1 x 2-hour tutorial per week
10 hours of independent study per week

Total: 156 hours

Learning Activities Summary

Schedule
	Lecture	Tutorial
Week 1	Introduce the Social Sciences: Examine what the Social Sciences are? (Kami Neira)	Class introductions, class discussion on what students hope to achieve. Introduction to course, course outline, assessments. What are the Social Sciences? Class discussion and analysis/critique of argument examples. In-class case study, Horror Films and how they have influenced gender perspectives. Dracula Clip Rosemary's Baby Clip The Conjuring Clip Alien Clip (Kami Neira)
Week 2	Criminology - what is it? (Kami Neira)	Establish what Criminologists actually do, Examine how media portrayal has confused our understanding of Criminology, Analyse why the Law system needs Criminology, Terrorism, why does it depend on statistics? Criminal Minds Clip Law & Order Clip (Kami Neira)
Week 3	Criminology – Case Study: Mexico, an in-depth look at cultural stereotypes and the impact they have (Kami Neira)	Introduce the Geography, Establish Cultural practices, Terrorism – its existence: but why is it there? Drug Cartels: Power over the US and its governments, Law Enforcement, can there be control? Vice Clip Big Boots Clip Pan's Labyrinth First Screening for tutorial 1 in Week 3 (Kami Neira)
Week 4	Politics – Fascism in Spain: Pan’s Labyrinth (Kami Neira)	Fascism, the second-world and its functions, the Franco Era – ‘neo-Dark Ages’, Discussion: the film in relation to how it highlights the turmoil in the country Pan's Labyrinth Second Screening for tutorial 2 in week 4 (Kami Neira)
Week 5	Spanish Language, Latin America & Linguistics (Kami Neira)	Latin American, who is part of it? The Geopolitical nature of the ‘Americas’, Basic Introduction to the Language – Syllabus: vowels, pronunciation, greetings and likes, Linguistic challenges – the dreaded rolling of the ‘R’s (Kami Neira)
Week 6	Sociology – Equality: Sex, Colour & Everything In-Between (Kami Neira)	What is equality from a sociological point of view, Karl Marx, the theory and the practice – equality? Gender, Race and the Other: the social effects of the "different" and how anthropologist and sociologists look at it (Kami Neira)
Week 7	HISTORY (WWII) (Rachel Bleeze)	Week 7 commences a three week study on resistance and collaboration in Europe during World War Two. This week centres on a study of various primary sources, which will enable students to gain an understanding of people’s opinions, the reasons behind their actions, and the role of society during the period of time being studied. Within this analysis, students will gain a deeper understanding of how and to what extent History can be categorised as an academic discipline with the social sciences.
Week 8	HISTORY (WWII) (Rachel Bleeze)	Working from the issues and themes discussed previously, Week 8 and 9 will concentrate on an analysis of The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man’s Survival in Warsaw, 1939-45 by Wladyslaw Szpilman. Issues and themes to be discussed include, but are not limited to, resistance, music, Jewish ghettos, and the Holocaust. Additional primary sources will be incorporated into the analysis of selected book chapters, which will allow students to heighten their understanding of the relevant events from multiple perspectives.
	Mid-semester break
Week 9	HISTORY (WWII) (Rachel Bleeze)	Continued work from Week 8 on The Pianist.
Week 10	EDUCATION (Rachel Bleeze)	This week commences a three week study on the field of education. Whilst exploring overarching ideas and concepts regarding education, this week will concentrate on education in 最新糖心Vlog. Questions that will be considered include: What is Education? What should ‘education’ aim to achieve? What models, systems and types of education are evident in 最新糖心Vlog? In regards to the latter, what differences and similarities are seen between various approaches? This will provide a foundation to explore different areas of education in Week 11 and 12.
Week 11	EDUCATION (COMPARATIVE EDUCATION) (Rachel Bleeze)	This week will concentrate on an examination of comparative education as an academic field of study. Questions that will be considered, include: what insights and advantages can be drawn from using this type of approach in educational research? Conversely what limitations does this approach possess? As well as, to what extent do various stakeholder groups utilize this type of research?
Week 12	EDUCATION (PEDAGOGY) (Rachel Bleeze)	This week takes an interdisciplinary approach by focusing on the role of pedagogy within learning, teaching and education. Furthermore, this week will study how the concept of freedom intersects with this practice/method. Questions considered include: what is pedagogy; and why is it important? How and to what extent does pedagogy allow more ‘freedom’ with education? (Rachel Bleeze)

Specific Course Requirements

To pass this course, students must attend at least 75% of tutorials; in cases of absence for medical or compassionate reasons, documentation must be provided and students must still attend at least 50% of classes. If students fail to attend the minimum required number of tutorials, they will be considered to have not completed an assignment (see below).

Small Group Discovery Experience

The 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide has committed to a pedagogical approach termed the “Small Group Discovery Experience”, indicating that the SHDE will be a core component in a credit-bearing course of every undergraduate program, and that it will be part of every first-year level from 2014. Since the UPP is not an award-based program, it is not strictly required to include an SGDE in the UPP.

However, since the UPP is designed to prepare students for first-year study, and the SGDE will be a core component of all first-year study, it is important for the UPP to provide some preparation in Small Group Discovery. These should be of a scaffolded, preparatory nature as befits each course within the program, and the philosophy and program objectives of the UPP. The Program has been designed to include preparation for small group work and research activity in many of its courses.

The 最新糖心Vlog's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:

Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
Assessment must maintain academic standards.

Assessment Summary

1. Identify a range of disciplines within the Humanities and Social Sciences and participate in some discipline-specific discussions.
2. Discuss various theories and concepts from Humanities and Social Sciences and apply them to specific examples from real life.
3. Identify particular issues in political and historical events such as a national election.

Problem Solving Skills, Critical and Creative Thinking

4. Relate identity categories to their own life and social being, articulate how they perform these identities and discuss ‘Other’ identities in an academic setting.
5. Reflect on their own life experiences and position in society and apply some of the concepts from this course to themselves.
6. Connect relevant theories to wider cultural and social phenomena.

Working Alone and Collaboratively

7. Work collaboratively and in groups more comfortably and confidently than before.
8. Work individually at an undergraduate level more comfortably and confidently than before.
Communication
9. Discuss culture and human systems in an academic setting.
10. Communicate both verbally and in written form.
11. Critically analyse media representations and academic arguments in more depth than previously.

Assessment Task	Task Type	Due	Weighting	Submission	outcomes
Participation Quizzes	Formative	Ongoing	10%	MyUni	7-11
Minor Essay	Summative (1000 words)	Thursday 5pm Week 4	25%	MyUni	1-3,11
Annotated Bibliography	Formative (800 words)	Monday 5pm Week 9	15%	MyUni	4-6
Major Essay	Summative (2000 words)	Thursday 5pm Week 12	50%	MyUni	1-3

Assessment Related Requirements

Students must attempt all assessment tasks to pass this course. Since the 最新糖心Vlog Preparatory Program is designed to prepare students for success at 最新糖心Vlog, completing and submitting all assignments is central to the intended learning outcomes of the program and each course within it. Often, at least attempting and submitting assignments in the face of difficulty or adversity is enough for success at 最新糖心Vlog and the UPP encourages this resilience by employing this policy in select courses. Please note that the absolute last date for the submission of assignments in Semester 1 is the end of Swot Vac week, which is one week after the final assignment is due.

If a student fails to submit all assessment tasks and would otherwise have received a grade greater than 45, they will be given a nominal grade of 45 (Fail) for that course in that semester. This will permit them to undertake additional assessment (formerly called academic supplementaryassessment) at the Course Coordinator’s discretion, as per policy at

It is not necessary to apply for additional assessment; this assessment will usually consist of the missed pieces of assessment, but the course coordinator may require more. As per policy, if the student passes the additional assessment to the Course Coordinator’s satisfaction, the maximum grade they can get for the course is 50 (Pass). If a student’s raw grade is below 45, regardless of whether all tasks have been attempted, this score will stand unless exceptional, documented circumstances apply as per the 最新糖心Vlog’s Modified Arrangements for Coursework Assessment: /student/exams/mod_arrange.html

Substantial non-engagement in this course (evidenced by repeated non-attendance at tutorials and failure to submit assessments) may result in students being withdrawn from the 最新糖心Vlog Preparatory Program and being required to apply for reinstatement if they wish to continue.

Assessment Detail

Annotated Bibliography
An annotated bibliography is a list of citations (books, articles, and documents). Each citation is followed by a brief descriptive and evaluative paragraph, the 'annotation'. These annotations will revolve around sources from the Social Sciences, and the purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited. More information will be provided in class.

Major Essay
Students will be required to write an essay incorporating a range of sources; and will encompass question from topics throughout the semester. More details will be provided in class.

Minor Essay
Students will be required to write a short essay concerning the first four weeks of the semester. More details will be provided in class.

Quiz Participation
Participation will be graded via quizzes, with students given a formative grade mid-semester. The quizzes will focus on both Lecture and Tutorial information.

Submission

All assignments will be electronically submitted via MyUni, except (obviously) for Participation.

Students may be granted extensions to assignments on medical or compassionate grounds; documentation to support these ground will be required. Requests for extension must be made before the due date; requests for extension submitted after the due date will not be considered. All extension requests must be submitted to the Course Coordinator (Amy Kay Robinson: a my.kay.robinson@adelaide.edu.au); any extensions granted by the lecturer or tutor will not be considered valid.
All extension requests will be administered according to the Modified Arrangements for Coursework Assessment Policy:

For a concise information sheet on this policy, please visit

Penalties for Late Submission

Unless the Course Outline states otherwise when an assessment is submitted after the due date, and without an extension, 5% of the total mark possible will be deducted for every 24 hours or part thereof that it is late, including each day on a weekend. For example, an essay that is submitted after the due date and time but within the first 24 hour period, and that has been graded at 63%, will have 5% deducted, for a final grade of 58%. An essay that is more than 24 hours late will lose 10%, etc. Hard copy submissions made after 5.00pm on a Friday will be assumed to have been submitted on the next business day and will be penalised 5% per day for every day including weekend days and public holidays. This penalty may be increased where the assignment is to be completed ina period of less than a week.

This course aims to return assessed work within 2 weeks of its submission, although this cannot be guaranteed. The resubmission of assignments is not possible for this course, except in exceptional circumstances as approved by the Course Coordinator.

Course Grading

Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
Grade	Mark	Description
FNS		Fail No Submission
F	1-49	Fail
P	50-64	Pass
C	65-74	Credit
D	75-84	Distinction
HD	85-100	High Distinction
CN		Continuing
NFE		No Formal Examination
RP		Result Pending

Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.

Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.

Final results for this course will be made available through .

The 最新糖心Vlog places a high priority on approaches to learning and teaching that enhance the student experience. Feedback is sought from students in a variety of ways including on-going engagement with staff, the use of online discussion boards and the use of Student Experience of Learning and Teaching (SELT) surveys as well as GOS surveys and Program reviews.

SELTs are an important source of information to inform individual teaching practice, decisions about teaching duties, and course and program curriculum design. They enable the 最新糖心Vlog to assess how effectively its learning environments and teaching practices facilitate student engagement and learning outcomes. Under the current SELT Policy (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/101/) course SELTs are mandated and must be conducted at the conclusion of each term/semester/trimester for every course offering. Feedback on issues raised through course SELT surveys is made available to enrolled students through various resources (e.g. MyUni). In addition aggregated course SELT data is available.

This section contains links to relevant assessment-related policies and guidelines - all university policies.

Students are reminded that in order to maintain the academic integrity of all programs and courses, the university has a zero-tolerance approach to students offering money or significant value goods or services to any staff member who is involved in their teaching or assessment. Students offering lecturers or tutors or professional staff anything more than a small token of appreciation is totally unacceptable, in any circumstances. Staff members are obliged to report all such incidents to their supervisor/manager, who will refer them for action under the university's student鈥檚 disciplinary procedures.

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