This course is designed to encourage students to engage in a critical analysis of the development of modern cities, in particular Sydney. It will trace Sydney's development from a "colonial outpost" into the "thriving metropolis" it is today. The course will examine how the forces of colonization, migration, modernization and globalization have affected the city and its inhabitants. Students will gain insights into the changing dynamics and identities of its inhabitants, and will also look at the forces which have shaped Sydney's relationship with the rest of the world. The course is organized thematically, with each theme examining different aspects of the city. It begins with an introduction to the city, then a discussion of Sydney as a colonial city, moving into an analysis of its identities, impact of migration and finally its commerce, cityscape and urban future. The course ultimately intends to help students contextualize their travels and encounters in the city, and will help them develop informed interpretations of Sydney while they are here.
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SDNY 3013 |
Geography, History, International Relations, Political Science, Sociology |
This course provides an insight into many of the major movements and accomplishments that have occurred in Australian art. Each topic will look at specific works of art and the historical and sociological context in which they were produced. The influence of international art movements on Australian art and artists will be examined. The major ideas and debates regarding Aboriginal art will be introduced, focusing on the themes of tradition, identity and place. The course also explores the influence and contribution to Australian art history of feminism and multiculturalism. By exploring different approaches to Australian art students will gain a greater understanding of Australian society and culture and how it reveals itself through art.
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SDNY 3002 |
Art History |
This course examines contemporary Australian cinema and its attempt to describe a uniquely Australian identity. The course thus has two interrelated points of inquiry. First, we will attempt to appreciate the context of Australian cinema – from modes of production to distribution. Second, the course will investigate the notion of an Australian identity as it is expressed in some of the most significant films in the Australian tradition. We will look at Australian genre cinema, the 70s Renaissance and recent transformations in the Australian film industry. The course will focus specifically on the theme of national identity and the growing debates around what constitutes a national cinema. Indeed, a question to be explored is the extent to which Australian films have reflected or determined Australian values. Comparisons with appropriate U.S. values and films are encouraged.
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SDNY 3003 |
Anthropology, Film, Sociology |
This course examines the government and politics of Australia and Australian engagement in Asia. It will do so by surveying similarities with and differences from the North American democratic model and by examining Australia’s substantial and abiding interests in the Asian region. By the end of the course, students will be aware of the magnitude of the influence that the Asia Pacific region has had on Australian foreign policy. Comparisons with the United States of America will be encouraged.
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SDNY 3011 |
History, International Relations, Political Science |
Using contemporary issues in Australia - race, immigration, culture, environment, politics and foreign policy - the course explains the historical origins of issues & provides critical analysis. This course begins in 2010 and looks back into Australia’s past, asking and answering a series of questions to explain contemporary attitudes and events, as part of an ongoing dialogue between the present and the past. What aspects of our colonial history help explain Australia early in the twenty-first century? What aspects of twentieth-century history will guide Australia in the twenty-first century? What is black armband history? Why do Indigenous Australians remain a disadvantaged group in society? What is the history of class, race and ethnicity in Australian society? What type of immigrants should we encourage? Why have refugees become such an important issue? Why is gender parity and sexual liberation important? What is popular culture and how does it change? How do governments decide on foreign policy, overseas trade policy and foreign aid? What are our obligations and expectations in time of war? What is the place of nationalism in Australia? We ask these and other contemporary questions, and provide historical answers based on an Aboriginal history that dates back 60,000 years and a recent history beginning in 1788.
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SDNY 3014 |
Anthropology, History |
This course covers a wealth of literature from the Australian, Asian and South Pacific region, from Australia’s earliest colonial outback and horsemen stories to the city-focused cosmopolitanism of the 1980s, to the aboriginal literature of the 1990s, and in the 2000s, the contemporary Torres Strait and Polynesian literatures’ reformulations of place that respond to both contemporary and traditional understandings of islands, archipelagoes, and identity.
The course is divided into two ‘modules’, or sections. These modules broadly reflect the shift in theoretical and thematic emphases of literature from the nineteenth century to mid-twentieth century, to the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. In this way the course modules cover a full range of Australian and Asian texts from several centuries, and make explicit the key concerns of the changing time periods. Interweaved across both of these modules is discussion of the relevant political and social issues of the region and their representation in literature, from the past to the present. Students will examine the ways in which national and ethnic identity, gender, sexuality and class are depicted in the set texts.
The texts chosen for study are from a range of literary genres, allowing students to study the ways that literary ideas and depictions of the world are informed by parameters of genre. The genres represented here include: traditional poetic forms such as the ballad; short stories, both stand-alone and ‘themed’; contemporary experimental poetry; and the novel.
Students will be encouraged to consider the issues of ‘now’, namely the anxieties shared by many nations and ethnicities in the Asia-Pacific region concerning the environment and globalization, as they are depicted in literature from across the region.
This course gives students experience in writing and completing assessments in a range of styles and genres, from the formal scholarly essay to exams and will even give students the opportunity to do a small amount of their own creative fiction writing.
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SDNY COLT 3312 |
English |
This course will increase the understanding of basic concepts and principles regarding communication between people from different racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds within Australia, including Aboriginal, and immigrant populations. The course will use theory and research in the area of intercultural communication, and will help you develop this knowledge in understanding and improving human interaction in both the study abroad environment and international contexts. It will develop effective intercultural communication skills for learning abroad in Australia, and focus on a study of the social, structural and historical dimensions of relations between and among racial, ethnic and gender groups in contemporary Australian society. This course is designed to increase student’s awareness and appreciation for the complexity of intercultural communication skills in everyday situations. It offers a critical perspective on current theory and research in intercultural communication. The primary objective of the course is to develop cultural relativist attitude.
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SDNY 3012 |
Communications, Psychology, Sociology |
The objectives of this course are to introduce the student to the theoretical analysis of international trade, trade policy and some practical implications for international business and globalisation in Australia and Pacific Rim neighbours. After these analyses, students should be able to assess more objectively major international trade issues, particularly as they may affect Australia and the U.S.
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SDNY 3004 |
Business, Economics, International Relations |
This course reflects the increasing amount of international marketing carried out by a wide and diverse range of organizations. Starting with why organizations may wish to expand their activities across national boundaries, students develop knowledge to identify which markets to enter, the methods of market entry available, and the management and control implications. The student will be encouraged to perceive the role of a global marketing manager, and to make decisions that could affect the outcome of a global marketing plan. This includes the international marketing environment and the international marketing mix, namely product, pricing, distribution and promotion, as well as emerging issues in international trade such as trading blocs, trade barriers, and the standardisation versus customisation dilemma.
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SDNY 3015 |
Business, Communications, Marketing |
The Learning through Internships Program is an educational experience that gives students the opportunity to apply classroom learning to the workplace and social environment of the host culture, to expand professional skills and earn academic credit. The Focus Seminars and Regional Identities lectures and activities which make up an important part of the program are designed to provide theory and practice around societal themes which inform and enrich the internship experience.
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SDNY 3006 |
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This course is designed to encourage students to engage in a critical analysis of sociological methods and analysis suited to exploring the particulars of peoples, movements and situations in relation to contemporary issues of change in Australia. It explores the comparative perspectives between culture and society and also analyses the various constructions of Australian identity. It engages with sociological and public debates around the notions of ethnicity, gender, migration, identity, and the media in Australia.
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SDNY 3008 |
Anthropology, Sociology |
This course is a creative writing workshop keyed to exploring the experience of travelling and living abroad in Sydney in either verse or prose texts. Along with the writing workshops, we will also read and discuss texts that focus on Australia in general and Sydney specifically from both native and foreign perspectives, noting particularly the literary techniques and strategies that various writers have used to express their experiences and observations. The class sessions will be divided almost equally between the reading and critical evaluation of selected texts and a written response to the stimuli. Half of our weekly time will be devoted to the examination of a text dealing with various authors’ experiences of Australia. These texts will provide us with a forum for discussing each author’s relationship to and the literary expression of place. The other half of our class time will function as a writer’s workshop in response to the set texts: each student will present his/her own work orally (accompanied by photocopies) to the group for reactions, critique, and suggestions for revision.
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SDNY CWRT 3315 |
Creative Writing |
mplete a part-time or full-time internship in your major. Plus, as our program dates match the US academic calendar, you will be able to return to campus and not be behind.
As one of the largest internship providers in Sydney, CAPA built an extensive network of internship sites in businesses, nonprofit, and nongovernmental organizations. Intern with locals and enhance your resume! Build professional skills and gain perspective as you engage a network of international contacts in your field.
The most important way in which CAPA helps you engage with the local culture is through our innovative MyEducation program. A calendar of events, centered around key themes, provides students with a tool to help personalize their experience in Sydney. This is done through guest lectures, guided excursions, and opportunities to engage the local culture. See the native fruit bats in the Royal Botanic Gardens, get inspired by a wonderful, magical performance at the Sydney Opera House or be enthralled by one of the best Aboriginal art collections in the world at the Art Gallery of New South Wales as you integrate all the unique experiences Sydney has to offer.
-outings to museums, theaters, film festivals, and lectures
The intention is to empower you to make specific connections between classroom theory and the outside world.
MyEducation activities are either staff-led or self-directed. Every week, one item will be selected as the MyEducation Event of the Week, and further information will be given on this highlighted event in hand-outs and in a weekly email, delivered directly to your inbox!
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