What is Power?
36 hours Face to Face + Blended
One Semester or equivalent
Hawthorn
Available to incoming Study Abroad and Exchange students
Overview
This cross-disciplinary, team-taught unit introduces the core themes and breadth of the Politics, Power & Technology major. It introduces fundamentals of political philosophy and presents critical perspectives on the question of power drawn from a range of scholarly approaches.
Requisites
Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Review the structures, dynamics and relationships of power in society, politics and international relations.
- Apply theoretical models to the analysis of power.
- Critically evaluate different perspectives on practical issues and problems.
- Perform logical analysis and develop well-informed arguments.
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
---|---|---|---|
Live Online Lecture |
1.00 | 8 weeks (wks 5-12) | 8 |
On-campus Lecture |
1.00 | 4 weeks (wks 1-4) | 4 |
On-campus Class |
2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
Specified Activities Various |
5.00 | 12 weeks | 60 |
Unspecified Activities Independent Learning |
4.50 | 12 weeks | 54 |
TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
---|---|---|---|
Essay Plan and Bibliography | Individual | 10% | 1,2,3,4 |
Group Discussions | Individual | 10% | 1,2,3,4 |
Quizzes | Individual | 20% | 1,2,3 |
Essay | Individual | 40% | 1,2,3,4 |
In Class Presentation | Individual | 20% | 1,2,3,4 |
Content
- Conceptions of Power
- Social Power
- Power at Work: Capital & Labour
- The Origin of Politics and the History of Democracy
- Political Ideologies
- Political Institutions
- Democracy & Accountability
- Power in International Relations
- Race, Colonialism and Gender
- Power & Technology
- Power, Agency & Structure
- Graduate Attribute – Communication Skills: Verbal communication
- Graduate Attribute – Communication Skills: Communicating using different media
- Graduate Attribute – Digital Literacies: Information literacy
- Graduate Attribute – Digital Literacies: Technical literacy
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.