lst3ttv reflecting on violence
REFLECTING ON VIOLENCE
LST3TTV
2020
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
This course examines competing accounts of violence in the academic research, mass media, and everyday conversation. It asks why the news media focuses on extreme cases of violence, and how this produces social panics around particular problems while concealing other more serious issues. It shows how patterns of everyday talk about violence cause people to worry about specific risks to their safety and not others, and why anxieties about violence often lead to demands for certain kinds of law enforcement. The course explores how accounts of violence in even non-scholarly cultural forms like films and television series, are actually based on complex underlying theories of psychology and society. Even in apparently neutral and objective academic research, it reveals a range of unrecognised assumptions that shape how we understand the world. The course includes a focus on violence and gender, examining changing ways of understanding sexual and intimate-partner violence, and exploring issues of masculinity and violence.
SchoolHumanities and Social Sciences (Pre 2022)
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorAnthony Collins
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 3 - UG
Available as ElectiveNo
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Capstone subjectNo
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Prerequisites 60 credit points of level 2 LST or LCR or LAW or Humanities and Social Sciences Subjects or with coordinator's approval
Co-requisitesN/A
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Career Ready
Career-focusedNo
Work-based learningNo
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Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorAnthony Collins
Class requirements
LectureWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.00 hours lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
TutorialWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.00 hour tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tutorial presentation and participation (400 word equivalent) | N/A | N/A | No | 10 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3 |
Weekly quiz on prescribed materials (800 word equivalent) | N/A | N/A | No | 20 | SILO1 |
Reflective essay (1200 words) | N/A | N/A | No | 30 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3 |
Critical analysis essay (1600 words) | N/A | N/A | No | 40 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3 |