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HAB206

Enrolment
Unit Code
Unit Title
HAB201 Special Topic in Aboriginal Studies A
HAB206 Indigenous Tasmania: Local issues in a global context
HAB207 Indigenous Community Development
HAB208 Indigenous Justice Issues
(Not Offered 2010)
HAB210 Indigenous Tourism
(Not Offered 2010)
HAB211 Van Diemen's Land: Contested History, Contested Place
(Not Offered 2010)
HAB213 Aboriginal Health and Well Being
HAB216 Australia's Ancient Aboriginal Past
HAB232 Aboriginal Australia and Gender Relations
(Not Offered 2010)
HAB240 Aboriginal Arts: From Rock Painting to Gallery
HAB247 Aboriginal Education
(Not Offered 2010)
HAB252 Indigenous Life Histories

2010  HAB206  Indigenous Tasmania: Local issues in a global context

Unit Level: Intermediate

Available as a Student Elective: Yes

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See also   HAB306

SPECIAL NOTE:  may be taken as part of the Police Studies and Social Ecology major, or as an elective in other courses

OFFERINGS

Unit Sem 1 Sem 2 Full Yr Spring Summer Winter
HAB206 H,L
Distance(H,L,W,I,N)

Key Semester Dates
Semester Note Start Date Census Date Final WW Date* End Date
Sem 2 12-JUL-2010 10-AUG-2010 30-AUG-2010 15-OCT-2010

*The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (see Withdrawal dates explained for more information).

This unit can be taken in other courses
About Census Dates

DESCRIPTION

This unit considers a range of issues germane to contemporary Aboriginal Tasmania, and locates these issues within national and global contexts. Topics considered may include demographics, land rights and native title, land management, management of heritage, the return of human remains, language reclamation, cultural reclamation, identity politics economic development, community development, and issues of sovereignty and governance.

WEIGHT:  12.5%

ASSESSMENT: HAB206
Int: 1,000 word essay (15%), tutorial presentation and information literacy exercise (10%), 2,000 word essay (35%), 2 hr exam (40%); dist ed: 1,000 word essay (20%), 2,000 word essay (40%), 2 hr exam (40%)

HAB306
Int: 1,000 word essay (15%), tutorial presentation and information literacy exercise (10%), 2,500 word essay (35%), 2 hr exam (40%); dist ed: 1,000 word essay (20%), 2,500 word essay (40%), 2 hr exam (40%)

TEACHING PATTERN: Hbt: 1 hr lecture weekly, 1.5 hr tutorial weekly (13 weeks); Lton: 2 hr lecture fortnightly, 1.5 hr tutorial weekly; dist ed: study sessions tba

FLEXIBLE & ONLINE STUDY OPTIONS
Note: Class attendance may still be required

   Web supported - H,I,L,N,W
Online access to some part of this unit online is optional
About Flexible Study Options

REQUISITE INFO
Prereq 25% at level 100 in Aboriginal Studies major or cognate if completing the major. 25% at level 100 in any discipline in any faculty if taking as an elective.
M.Excl HHB241/341, HGE230/330, HSP206/306

TEXTS
Information about any textbook requirements for Semester (Sem 2) will be available from mid April 2010

STAFF: Wendy Aitken

FEES
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KEY

Units are offered in attending mode unless otherwise indicated (that is attendance is required at the campus identified). A unit identified as offered by distance, that is there is no requirement for attendance, is identified with a nominal enrolment campus. A unit offered to both attending students and by distance from the same campus is identified as having both modes of study.

Campus - H Hobart, L Launceston, W Burnie. Study Centre - V Sydney, R Rozelle. Distance units may also have a campus identifier of I Isolated, N Interstate, O Overseas. Units delivered in Transnational Education (TNE) Programs have a campus identifier of A Hangzhou, F Fuzhou, G Shanghai, J Indonesia, K KDU Malaysia, Q Kuwait or Z New Zealand.

Special approval is required for enrolment into TNE Program units - campuses A, F, G, J, K, Q and Z click here for more information.



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