ATS1515 Reading across cultures
Faculty of Arts
ATS1515 Reading across cultures is a level 1, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2021 in Semester 2 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2021
- Semester 2
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2021 handbook entry. See the 2024 entry.
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Requisites
Before ATS1515
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After ATS1515
No unit lists ATS1515 as a prerequisite in the 2021 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prohibition: ATS2515, ATS3515
Overview
Literature is often seen as an aspect of a specific culture, but some of the world's most memorable and significant literary works are about journeys between cultures and the crossing of boundaries beyond one's own cultural horizons. This unit is an investigation of a number of key literary and cultural texts that explore concepts of cultural difference and offer insights into diverse cultural environments. These texts produce new and provocative ways of looking at how humans have negotiated and continue to negotiate cultural identities in, transnational and global contexts. This unit offers you the opportunity to study a range of texts that bring to light connections between and among cultures.
Offerings in 2021
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Clayton | On campus |
Assessment
- Guided reading activityAssignment20%
- Reading ReflectionAssignment30%
- Research EssayResearch assignment50%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
critically evaluate literary and cultural texts from a variety of different cultures;
- 2
understand these texts in terms of their geographical, historical and socio-political contexts;
- 3
discuss and analyse these texts from literary, theoretical and critical perspectives;
- 4
demonstrate an appreciation of the notion of cross-cultural literary communication.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials24 hours
- Teaching approachActive 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 actively applying their knowledge, skills and attributes in interactive, collaborative and reflective activities.
Learning resources
Required resources
There are required texts for this unit. Required texts are usually available for purchase through the University Bookstore (https://www.monash.edu/retail/books) and are sometimes available for short-term loan or as eBooks through the library (https://www.monash.edu/library).
Where it fits
ATS1515 is part of 1 area of study in the 2021 handbook.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Mridula Nath Chakraborty
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Mridula Nath Chakraborty
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS1515?
ATS1515 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ATS1515 offered?
In 2021, ATS1515 runs in Semester 2 at Clayton.
How much work is ATS1515?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does ATS1515 have an exam?
No. ATS1515 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.
Which majors and minors include ATS1515?
ATS1515 is part of Cultural competence.