LIDIS5298 Intermediate Interdisciplinary Special Topics Course Descriptor

Course Overview

This course is designed to provide opportunities for students to address advanced material in emerging special interest topic areas not represented in the main curriculum.

The special topics made available from time to time will be informed by factors such as emerging global trends, faculty research, and student interest.

Although the learning outcomes and assessment types for this course are fixed, they are designed to apply to a wide range of different topic areas that may be addressed in an interdisciplinary way.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

Knowledge and Understanding

Subject Specific Skills

Transferable and Employability Skills

Teaching and Learning

This course has a dedicated Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) page with a syllabus and range of additional resources (e.g. readings, question prompts, tasks, discussion boards) to orientate and engage students in their studies.

The teaching and learning activities for this course are:

• 40 scheduled hours (lectures, seminars, and scheduled assessment activities)
• 110 private study hours (with regular structured assignments)

Faculty hold regular Office Hours, which are opportunities for students to drop in or sign up to explore ideas, raise questions, or seek targeted guidance or feedback, individually or in small groups.

Students are expected to attend and participate in all the teaching and learning activities for this course and to manage their directed learning and private study.

Indicative total learning hours: 150

Assessment

Both formative and summative assessment are used as part of this course, with purely formative opportunities typically embedded within interactive teaching sessions or office hours.

Summative Assessments

For any instance of the course, there will be only one AE1 assessment activity and one AE2 assessment activity. These will be confirmed by the start of the course.

Further information about the assessments can be found in the Course Syllabus.

Feedback

Students will receive formative and summative feedback in a variety of ways, written (e.g. marked up on drafts or through email) or oral (e.g. as part of interactive teaching sessions or in office hours).

Indicative Reading

Note: a range of indicative readings will be stated when any specific instance of the course is made available.

Indicative Topics

Note: a range of indicative topics will be stated when any specific instance of the course is made available.