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COMM327 Popular and Creative Culture

Updated: 17 April 2012

Unit Information
Additional Information

Credit Points	6
Offering	Not offered in 2013
Intensive School(s)	None
Supervised Exam	There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites	12cp at 100 level
Co-requisites	None
Restrictions	COMM427 or COMM527 or ECWG227 or ECWG327 or ECWG427 or WGCO327 or WGCO427
Notes	offered in even numbered years
Combined Units	COMM527 - Popular and Creative Culture
Coordinator(s)	Jane O'Sullivan (josulli@une.edu.au)
Unit Description	This unit introduces approaches to popular culture and the high-low labels imposed upon cultural practices and products. Students will analyse and critically and creatively respond to cultural texts and practices (such as visual narratives, celebrity, identity and genre and popular fiction) and examine how these work ideologically to position audiences, readers and participants.
Materials	Textbook information will be displayed approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the teaching period. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Disclaimer	Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.

Assessment

Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.

Learning Outcomes (LO)

Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

understand concepts of culture and the categorisation of cultural products and practices;
apply theoretical approaches in analysing and creating selected popular culture texts and practices;
understand accounts of ideology in the construction of national identity and in understandings of race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender and difference; and
identify and evaluate a range of critical subject positions, in the study of popular culture.

Graduate Attributes (GA)

	Attribute	Taught	Assessed	Practised
1	Knowledge of a Discipline Students will understand the application of theoretical approaches to the analysis of selected popular culture texts and practices.
2	Communication Skills Students will communicate effectively and confidently orally and in written forms.
3	Global Perspectives Students will have a knowledge of concepts of culture and the categorisation of cultural products and practices.
4	Information Literacy Students will critically evaluate information and the search process.
5	Life-Long Learning Students will practise intellectual curiosity, creativity and critical thinking.
6	Problem Solving Students will respond to Problem-Based Learning Scenarios.
7	Social Responsibility Students will understand accounts of ideology in the construction of national identity and in understandings of race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender and difference.