SCI2030 Indigenous science: Science through the eyes of Australia’s First Peoples
Faculty of Science
SCI2030 Indigenous science: Science through the eyes of Australia’s First Peoples is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Science, offered in 2020 in Semester 2 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 2
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
- Workload
- 12 hours
- per semester
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Overview
This unit introduces you to the presence of science in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander practices and shows you the amazing traditions and technology that Australia’s First Peoples developed over millennia. You will develop a deeper appreciation of both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledges and the fact that science itself is a culture.
Cultural competency is now seen as a key employability skill. This unit will instil in you an understanding of how traditions (and the science that is part of them) can easily be lost when a culture or opinion is allowed to dominate at the cost of others. As such you will leave the unit with a deeper appreciation of different traditions and knowledges and better prepared to take on knew knowledge, and appreciate different views and approaches towards science.
There is also a strong focus on developing your communications skills, another key employability skill. The uptake and understanding of science concepts will be assessed by how well you can articulate their ideas in a wide range of assessments.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Clayton | On campus |
Assessment
- Workshop and field work associated activities25%
- Reflections20%
- Assignment22.5%
- Group project32.5%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Identify science found within traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander practices;
- 2
Communicate science found within traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander practices;
- 3
Reflect on their intercultural competence and how that can impact how people value other people’s knowledge and traditions;
- 4
Identify and communicate key events post-colonisation which have impacted Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander’s ability to use their traditional practices for the good of their communities, and to recognise the importance of these changes
- 5
Design a culturally appropriate science communication piece in lines with a need in an non-Indigenous community or, to communicate Indigenous science to a non-Indigenous audience.
Workload and teaching
- Workshops24 hours
- Teaching approachOnline learning
- Teaching approachField trips
- Teaching approachActive learning
Total of 12 hours per week.
This will be made up of an average of two hours per week preparation, for the workshop, two hours per week at the workshop, two hours post workshop study and 6 hours per week average on the assessment pieces.
Online learning will be used to illustrate and explain concepts and to highlight links between learning material and how we can respectfully approach new concepts and sources of information as scientists
The field trip is cancelled for 2020 due to travel restrictions. The assessment has been modified slightly to compensate for this change in workload.
Active learning will occur in workshops
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Jasmina Lazendic-Galloway
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Angela Ziebell
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for SCI2030?
SCI2030 has no prerequisites.
When is SCI2030 offered?
In 2020, SCI2030 runs in Semester 2 at Clayton.
How much work is SCI2030?
The handbook expects about 12 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does SCI2030 have an exam?
No. SCI2030 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.