Cultural Competency: Challenging Racism in Australian and Indigenous Contexts

Course aim

To enable students to critically theorise and develop practical applications in cultural competency from an Indigenous perspective.

Course content

Students will extend their knowledge of Australian Indigenous culture and knowledges and its relation to issues in  race, ethnicity, migration and identity politics. The students will critically analyse Australia as a nation of diversity through an understanding of theories in whiteness studies and anti-racism. The students will apply principles of culturally competency through the development of a training package in cultural competency incorporating theories in race, ethnicity, migration, whiteness studies and anti-racism.

Textbook(s)

Fozdar, F. Wilding, R. & Hawkins, M 2012, Race and ethnic relations, 3, Oxford University Press, Victoria, Australia

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST (INTENSIVE)
Workshop	6 hours x 5 days
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External (Online activities)	3 hours x 10 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Essay, Learning log/Journal, Portfolio

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4A)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.