Academic Skills Plus - GENY0001
Faculty: DVC (A) Board of Studies
School: The Learning Centre
Course Outline: www.lc.unsw.edu.au
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
Equivalent: GENY0003, HUMS0001, REGZ0001
CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
Available for General Education: Yes (more info)
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Description
The course will give you an opportunity to apply what you learn to a particular topic. For GENY0001 the topic is Comedy Through the Ages. By examining theories about humour and examining humour in a range of historical contexts, including Western, Eastern and Indigenous contexts, you will gain a deeper understanding not only about what makes something funny, but about the functions of humour itself.
Weekly readings will be provided and you will also be expected to do your own outside reading. The 3 hour class will begin with a one hour lecture on the week’s ‘comedy’ topic followed by a two hour skills focused tutorial.
GENY0001 is not a prerequisite for GENY0002 or GENY0003. All three courses use similar academic skills material but have different themes.