UnitLevel 5Postgraduate

ATI5451 Cultural economy in practice

Faculty of Arts

ATI5451 Cultural economy in practice is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts. It isn't offered in 2024. It has no prerequisites.

Credit points
6
Offered in 2024
Not offered
Workload
144 hours
per semester

This is the 2024 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.

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Requisites

Before ATI5451

Prohibitions

You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.

After ATI5451

No unit lists ATI5451 as a prerequisite in the 2024 handbook.

Enrolment rules

Pre-requisite: Must be enrolled in course code A6034

Equivalent units

The same content under another code. Only one of them counts.

Overview

Taking a cultural economy approach, this research-led unit seeks to equip students with conceptual and methodological tools for the analysis and understanding of the variety of functions of culture in contemporary society. The approach encompasses theory and methods drawn from political economy, sociological and cultural studies. It equips students with skills to identify, generate and contribute to debates about the practices surrounding culture, the conceptual, political and practical purposes it serves and the values it generates for a variety of interests and contexts. The unit is formulated to be responsive to live debates and directions of current work and issues in the field, exploring current scholarly agendas to nurture an inter-disciplinary research community through a workshop-based pedagogy.

Offerings in 2024

The 2024 handbook lists no offerings for ATI5451.

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    Identify and operationalise a research agenda for current issues and challenges in the cultural economy;

  2. 2

    Identify and deploy effectively a repertoire of methods for researching the cultural economy;

  3. 3

    Engage critically in scholarly debates about the nature and direction of the cultural economy at local, national and global level;

  4. 4

    Communicate effectively a breadth and depth of analysis applied to cultural economy issues, debates and research for a range of audiences.

Workload and teaching

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for ATI5451?

ATI5451 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.

When is ATI5451 offered?

ATI5451 has no offerings listed in the 2024 handbook.

How much work is ATI5451?

The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
5
Study level
Postgraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Arts
Organisational unit
MFJ Graduate Studies
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 4
Study abroad
Not available
Handbook years
202220232024202520262027