ATS1052 Interdisciplinary collaboration in a global world
Faculty of Arts
ATS1052 Interdisciplinary collaboration in a global world is a level 1, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2024 in Semester 2 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2024
- Semester 2
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2024 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before ATS1052
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After ATS1052
No unit lists ATS1052 as a prerequisite in the 2024 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Students must be enrolled in the Bachelor of Global Studies single or double degree.
Overview
The magnitude and complexity of global challenges requires that we address them in an interdisciplinary way. In this unit, students will explore a specific global issue, such as the water crisis, through a range of disciplinary perspectives, including (but not limited to) commerce, gender studies, history, law, political studies, postcolonial studies and sociology. Collaborating with peers from different Specialisations, students will approach an issue like the water crisis from different angles: for example, the commerce of bottled water, gender and sanitation, indigeneity and waterways. Within this framework, students will build on their skills to critically analyse global issues and how they impact local communities, and work in a diverse team towards developing creative solutions.
Offerings in 2024
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Clayton | On campus |
Assessment
- Quiz/QuizzesOther15%
- PortfolioFolio60%
- Presentation25%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Communicate clearly and effectively across disciplines
- 2
Reflect upon your own perspective and context and how it differs from others
- 3
Critically analyse global issues using a transdisciplinary framework
- 4
Gather, review and interpret information to identify key challenges and formulate a research question at an introductory level
- 5
Develop and manage an interdisciplinary project that addresses a global issue at an introductory level
- 6
Collaborate with peers from different programs.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials24 hours
- Lectures12 hours
- Teaching approachEnquiry-based learning
- Teaching approachCase-based teaching
- Teaching approachActive learning
- Teaching approachResearch activities
- Teaching approachProblem-based learning
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. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
This unit engages students in enquiry-based learning, where they will be encouraged to use their own knowledge to develop and engage in a process of enquiry, study and research to identify areas to be investigated and an approach to doing so.
This unit includes case-based teaching, where students apply their knowledge and engage in analytical and reflective thinking to solve complex contextual scenarios. Activities are often designed so that there is not one clear answer, but students need to work together to examine, analyse and make decisions to resolve the situation.
This unit engages students in actively applying their knowledge, skills and attributes in interactive, collaborative and reflective activities.
This unit allows students to develop their research skills by engaging in structured inquiry using a systematic approach and discipline-specific methodologies.
This unit includes problem-based learning approaches, where students engage in research, integrate theory and practice and apply knowledge and skills to develop viable solutions in response to a problem or set of problems.
Learning resources
Required resources
This unit requires access to a laptop that meets minimum specifications (https://www.monash.edu/esolutions/students/bring-your-own-device-byod). Free specialist software is available via MoVE (https://www.monash.edu/learning-teaching/innovation/learning-technologies/move).
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Associate Professor Kevin Foster
- Chief Examiners
- Associate Professor Kevin Foster
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS1052?
ATS1052 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ATS1052 offered?
In 2024, ATS1052 runs in Semester 2 at Clayton.
How much work is ATS1052?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does ATS1052 have an exam?
No. ATS1052 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.