Schedule

Start here then review the Course guide. If you are new to online learning or unfamiliar with navigating the Internet, we recommend you start by using the Moodle links below.

Unit 1: Introduction to course and learning pedagogy
Week 1	Course introduction	Moodle	E-Activity 1.1	Read the Course guide for information on all assignments.
Unit 2: A sense of place
Week 2	Introducing Asia and the Pacific	Moodle	E-Activity 2.1 E-Activity 2.2	Start preparing Assignment 1.
Week 3	Historical overview	Moodle	E-Activity 2.3
Week 4	Historical overview (Cont'd)	Moodle	E-Activity 2.4
Week 5	Historical overview of Europeans in Asia and the Pacific	Moodle	E-Activity 2.5	You should complete Assignment 1 by the end of Week 5.
Week 6-7	Recess
Unit 3: Understanding culture
Week 8	Diversity of human ideas, values, beliefs and behaviour	Moodle	E-Activity 3.1	Start preparing Assignment 2.
Week 9	Introduction to religious belief systems of selected societies	Moodle	E-Activity 3.2
Unit 4: Tourism
Week 10	Tourism	Moodle	E-Activity 4.1
Unit 5:Regional economic imperatives
Week 11	Regional economic imperatives in Asia	Moodle	E-Activity 5.1	You should complete Assignment 2 by the end of Week 11.
Week 12	Regional economic imperatives in the Pacific	Moodle	E-Activity 5.2	Begin preparing Assignment 3.
Unit 6: Regional relations: Issues, responses & foreign relations
Week 13	Regional relations in Asia	Moodle	E-Activity 6.1
Week 14	Regional relations in the Pacific	Moodle	E-Activity 6.2
Unit 7: A sense of direction - Regional futures
Week 15	A sense of direction - Regional futures	Moodle	E-Activity 7.1
Week 16	Final assignment completion. Due end of Week 16.

Schedule

Please refer to the course materials on the StudyDesk for more information. The timeline in this table is illustrative only.

Week	Module/Topic	E-learning Activity	Assessment
1	Topic 1: Introduction to critical reasoning	Warm-up activity; set up Journal and record responses to in-text activities related to Reading 1	Read all assessment information so you have a clear understanding of the course requirements
2	Topic 1: Introduction to critical reasoning (contd)	Proceed with post-reading and consolidation activities	Keep a record of your activity responses in your journal
3	Topic 2: Analysing arguments	Warm-up activity; record responses in your Journal to in-text activities related to Reading 3
4	Topic 2: Analysing arguments (contd)	Proceed with post-reading and consolidation activities	Keep a record of your activity responses in your journal
5	Topic 3: Obstacles to clear thinking	Warm-up activity; record responses in your Journal to in-text activities related to Reading 3	Revise work in preparation for Quiz 1
6	Topic 3: Obstacles to clear thinking (contd)	Proceed with post-reading and consolidation activities	Keep a record of your activity responses in your journal; complete Quiz 1
7	Topic 4: Evaluating arguments	Warm-up activity; record responses in your Journal to in-text activities related to Reading 4	Revise work in preparation for Quiz 2
8	Topic 4: Evaluating arguments (contd)	Proceed with post-reading and consolidation activities	Keep a record of your activity responses in your journal; complete Quiz 2
9	Topic 5: The use of arguments in different kinds of writing	Warm-up activity; record responses in your Journal to in-text activities related to Reading 5	Revise work in preparation for written assignment
10	Topic 5: The use of arguments in different kinds of writing(contd)	Proceed with post-reading and consolidation activities	Keep a record of your activity responses in your journal; complete 2-=art written assignment
11/12 Optional	Topic 6: Preparing for formal recognition at Unisa (optional)	Collect evidence for assessment as set out in Reading 6 l| Revise work in preparation for challenge assessment.