Unit

School Of Social Sciences And Psychology

Working with Cultural DifferencesWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 101664.2

Discipline: SOCIETY AND CULTURE NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED

Student Contribution Band: 1

Level: 1

Credit Points: 10

Equivalent Units
400616 - Working with Cultural Differences in Educational Settings (UG), 700140 - Working with Cultural Differences (WSTC)

About this Unit
This unit is designed to develop student awareness of culture, identity and difference in the Australian context. Students are introduced to and expected to develop a working knowledge of the concepts of culture, identity, power relations, whiteness and difference. From these theoretical bases, issues of identity and difference and power relations are explored in the Australian context with particular focus on Indigenous/non-Indigenous relations and multiculturalism. In addition, the effects of socially constructed differences of race, gender, class, and sexuality are explored.