ARTS 1007 - The Enquiring Mind

North Terrace Campus - Semester 1 - 2020

The Enquiring Mind gives students a solid foundation in skills that will be crucial to both their university studies and working lives, including critical thinking, creative problem-solving, collaboration, resilience, research, and communication. The course develops these skills through an exploration of issues related to social and cultural change in the recent past and into the future. Students will work in teams to share ideas and perspectives throughout the course. In their individual work, students will have considerable choice over the specific topics they choose to explore, how they access information, and how they present their findings. This allows students to tailor their Enquiring Mind experience to their own strengths and interests. In the process, students will build academic literacies relevant to their areas of study, giving them the confidence to fully engage in their chosen disciplinary fields.

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Course Details

Course Code	ARTS 1007
Course	The Enquiring Mind
Coordinating Unit	Arts Faculty Office
Term	Semester 1
Level	Undergraduate
Location/s	North Terrace Campus
Units	3
Contact	Up to 3 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange	Y
Assessment	Academic portfolio 1: Personal futures (20%), Academic portfolio 2: Representing futures (20%), Academic portfolio 3: Working futures (20%), Academic portfolio 4: Future challenges (20%), Class participation (10%), Group presentation (10%)

Course Staff

Course Coordinator: Dr Kirsty Whitman

Course Timetable

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

A full timetable of activities for this course can be accessed through Course Planner.

Compulsory 2-hour weekly seminars will be complimented by a range of online material.

Changing Seminars
Please note that especially at the beginning of the semester if you wish to change seminars it is essential that you change via Access Adelaide so that your enrolment can be properly updated in MyUni. Speaking to or emailing your Tutor or Course Coordinator is a courtesy but it is not sufficient action to formally change seminars; you must switch to a class in Access Adelaide that has space in it.

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:

1	Think and write critically about subjective claims, and argue in written and spoken forms a position using evidence based on research.
2	Locate, access and evaluate information including both primary and secondary source material.
3	Communicate with sensitivity to equity and diversity.
4	Reflect on feedback provided by tutors and peers.
5	Use technology appropriate for university research and communication.
6	Apply creativity to solving defined interdisciplinary problems.
7	Locate their ongoing education in a rapidly changing university and career environment.
8	Collaborate effectively in teams.

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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, 5, 6
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	1 - 8
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	1 - 8
Career and leadership readiness technology savvy professional and, where relevant, fully accredited forward thinking and well informed tested and validated by work based experiences	4, 6, 8
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	1, 3, 4, 8
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	3, 6, 8

Learning & Teaching Modes

Compulsory two-hour weekly seminars complemeted by a range of online material and activities.

Workload

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

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Learning Activities Summary

Schedule
Week 1	Introduction: Fundamentals of free speech/expression
Week 2	The body
Week 3	Visual art
Week 4	Social movements
Week 5	Social Problems
Week 6	Music
Week 7	Communities and cultures: dealing with difference
Week 8	Presentation of the self/identity: dealing with difference
Week 9	Dissent, protest, activist
Week 10	No lecture. Seminars still held during this week to undertake Group Presentations.
Week 11	No lecture. Seminars still held during this week to undertake Group Presentations.
Week 12	No lecture. Seminars may still be held if there are any remaining Group Presentations.

Specific Course Requirements

Attendance
The Enquiring Mind is available as a first year course. No prerequisities are required. Lectures and other activities will by online through MyUni.

In addition to the online lectures each student participates in a 2-hour seminar each week, which is an essential and compulsory component of the course. Attendance is regarded as absolutely necessary as mandatory structured learning activities are scheduled within seminars. Seminar participation is therefore an important part of the assessment scheme of this course. As a result students who are absent for more than 2 seminars without adequate explanation will be ineligible to pass the course.

Referencing of Written Work
This course will use the Harvard referencing system; see the guide in Resources in MyUni, or download from Harvard Referencing Guide

Small Group Discovery Experience

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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

Assessment Task	Task Type	Weighting	Learning Outcome
Reflective Journal	Individual; formative/summative	20%	3,4,5,7
Draft Paragraph	Individual; formative/summative	10%	1,2
Essay	Individual; formative/summative	30%	1,2,4,6
Team Project	Team; formative/summative	30%	1,3,5,6,8
Class Participation	Individual formative/summative	10%	1,3,5,8

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Due to the current COVID-19 situation modified arrangements have been made to assessments to facilitate remote learning and teaching. Assessment details provided here reflect recent updates.

Assessment Task	Weighting
Academic Portfolio 1: Personal Futures (750 words)	20%
Academic Portfolio 2: Representing Futures (750 words)	30%
Academic Portfolio 3: Future Challenges (1000 words)	30%
Group Presentation	10%
Discussion Board Participation	10%

Assessment Related Requirements

The draft paragraph is a hurdle requirment for the essay. You will be unable to proceed to the essay until you have passed your draft paragraph.

Assessment Detail

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Submission

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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 .

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