Supporting graduates who:

  • can communicate effectively with a variety of audiences
  • can skilfully use information to engage in discussions
  • can work collaboratively, making positive and meaningful contributions.

Experienced through curriculum that supports and enables:

  • communication of knowledge, skills, and ideas respectfully and effectively to a range of audiences, in different professional contexts, by written, oral, and digital means
  • development of information skills with an ability to search, locate, interpret, and synthesise a range of scholarly literature and research
  • effective engagement in diverse groups and teams working towards shared goals.
Participatory Media Production Project

Team or Group based

Participatory Media Production Project

This authentic assessment sees students work collaboratively in groups to engage an external participant group in the production of media output based on topical and generative themes selected by the organisation participant through processes of facilitation and discussion.

Post-graduate
Class size of 20-40
Open
Team or Group based
External Client Engagement and Report

Team or Group based, Peer-assessed, Sequence

External Client Engagement and Report

In small groups (2-4) students liaise with an external client organisation and conduct stakeholder engagement to produce a report or output that aligns with client needs. In the case of COMU7013, students design, conduct, analyse, and report on, a participatory needs and opportunity assessment relating to a simple, real-world issue.

Post-graduate
Class size of 10-20
Open
Team or Group based, Peer-assessed, Sequence
Educational Video Project

Team or Group based

Educational Video Project

Students work in pairs to create a short (3 minute) educational video for presentation during a scheduled tutorial time. Students choose for the topic of their video a real-life context that allows them to explore and teach a concept relevant to the course.

First year, Second year, Third year, Post-graduate
Class size of 20-40
Open
Team or Group based
International Field School

Assessment method

International Field School

This learning experience (and accompanying assessment) sees students travel to an oversees destination and engage in extended, experiential learning. Students are required to complete a combination of on-site assessment such as practical fieldwork, fieldwork journals and presentations, as well off-site assessment such as final research essays based on fieldwork.

Second year, Third year
Class size of 10-20
Open
Online Disputation

Assessment method

Online Disputation

Appropriated from traditional philosophical teaching methods, this assessment sees students complete three 'disputations' throughout the semester in which they articulate and debate opposing positions in relation to a set question or topic based on course content. The aim is to deepen students understanding of, and ability to articulate, core course concepts.

Second year, Third year
Class size of 100-500
Open
Simulation and 500 word group commentary

Team or Group based, Sequence

Simulation and 500 word group commentary

Underpinned by active learning pedagogies that seek to marry theory and practice, this assessment sees students participate in a three-phase simulation exercise during the tutorial program (Weeks 9-11). Marks are allocated for participation and a 2-page group reflection to be completed after the completion of the simulation.

Second year, Third year
Class size of 10-20
Open
Team or Group based, Sequence
Writing Project: Development Process and Final Submission

Peer-assessed, Sequence

Writing Project: Development Process and Final Submission

Designed with an explicit focus on developing writing skills in first year students, this assessment adopts a design approach to a staged writing project. This assessment is divided into several scaffolded tasks that must be completed and submitted cumulatively throughout the semester.

First year
Class size of 100-500
Open
Peer-assessed, Sequence
Short Creative Writing Piece

Peer-assessed

Short Creative Writing Piece

This assessment is primarily designed to test students' compositional dexterity by focusing on emulating the selected genre. A portion of the overall mark is allocated for originality and creativity. While students must adhere to stylistic requirements they are free to write on a topic of their choosing, thus offering a personalised approach to learning.

First year
Class size of 80-100
Open
Peer-assessed
Blog Entries

Sequence

Blog Entries

Underpinned by a pedagogical commitment to feedback rich assessment, this assessment sees students complete 10 blog posts throughout the semester; student's receive detailed feedback for five of these and are given the opportunity to incorporate this feedback into a revised version of the blog post prior to marking.

Third year
Class size of 20-40
Open
Sequence
Poster and discussion

Peer-assessed, Sequence

Poster and discussion

Students choose a specific theory, or theoretical perspective, and apply this to an object analysis (of a cultural object, practice, or phenomena). This analysis is to be presented in the format of a poster. Students field questions from staff and students in relation to their poster during a roaming exhibition stanalysis (of a cultural object, practice, or phenomena). This analysis is to be presented in the format of a poster. Students field questions from staff and students in relation to their poster during a roaming exhibition style Q&A.

Third year
Class size of 20-40
Secure
Peer-assessed, Sequence