This unit of study provides the foundations for students to develop the academic skills and capacity to experience success at university through an exploration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Western knowledge management conventions. It will introduce students to core skills required for successful communication in an academic context (reading, writing, listening and speaking), which include the ability to locate relevant information; summarise and paraphrase; and analyse and synthesise ideas. The ownership, representation and communication of knowledge in community, academic and professional contexts will be explored. Students will respond to a range of views presented by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lecturers and speakers, and visit culturally relevant, contemporary sites. The unit also emphasises the importance of reflection as a means of enhancing students' learning experiences.

A focus on persuasive and critical thinking and communication informs students' writing practise in this unit of study building upon the descriptive and analytical thinking skills developed in Indigenous Literacies in Academic Contexts A. Students will be introduced to research and digital literacy strategies while investigating topics of value to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and will learn how to locate and select ideas in appropriate academic sources and use those ideas effectively. Students will learn how to recognise diverse positions in their readings and to use evidence to develop and support their own positions in the development of persuasive essays or science reports. Students will examine ideas of attribution and collective and individual ownership of knowledge including the concept of Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property and be encouraged to develop a critical approach to knowledge representation. The concept of cultural safety within a range of contexts and processes will be explored. Visiting culturally relevant, contemporary sites and responding to a range of views presented by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lecturers and speakers will support learning in this unit of study.

This unit provides an introductory level of mathematics for students in the initial phase of a tertiary level program. Beginning with the number system, this unit develops understanding of basic algebra and equations, and gives an introduction to functions including the quadratic, exponential and logarithmic functions. The various uses of mathematics by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples for community agency, cultural knowledge management and practice, business enterprise, creative industries and research are incorporated in this unit, along with an emphasis on the roles of narrative and discovery. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lecturers and speakers will be involved in the delivery of this unit and culture-centred, case studies will feature throughout to demonstrate linkages between learning and future practice.

This unit provides an introductory level of mathematics for students in the initial phase of a tertiary level program. This unit develops basic trigonometry and the associated trigonometric functions, and provides an introduction to single and bivariate statistics, elementary probability theory, and the binomial and normal distributions. The various uses of mathematics by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples for community agency, cultural knowledge management and practice, business enterprise, creative industries and research are incorporated in this unit, along with an emphasis on the roles of narrative and discovery. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lecturers and speakers will be involved in the delivery of this unit and culture-centred, case studies will feature throughout to demonstrate linkages between learning and future practice.