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WS3028 - Rural Welfare
Credit points: |
3 |
Year: |
2012 |
Student Contribution Band: |
Band
1 |
Administered by: |
School of Arts & Social Sciences |
This subject introduces students to models, theories and methods of rural social policy,
social planning, welfare service provision, social development and practice, with
a special emphasis on northern Australia and Queensland. It challenges the metrocentric
basis of many social work and welfare theories, and seeks to equip students with an
enhanced framework for practice in rural settings. There will be a specific emphasis
on issues faced by Indigenous people, and the subject is located within a culturally
respectful framework of social welfare practice.
Learning Outcomes
- an understanding of rural social and welfare issues, with a special emphasis on the
issues confronting Indigenous people an ability to critically analyse rural social
policy and welfare issues, and: an enhanced ability to work as a welfare pracititioner
within a rural context, with an advanced understanding of how the context for practice
differs from urban settings.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
- The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
- The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments,
and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
- The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and
professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
- The ability to manage future career and personal development;
- The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
- The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
- The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
- The ability to work individually and independently.
Assumed Knowledge:
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To undertake this subject, students must have successfully completed 12 credit points
(four subjects) of level 1 study at tertiary level
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Prerequisites: |
Must have completed 24 credit points of study |
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:
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WS2017 WS3024 |
Availabilities
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Study Period 6,
External
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Census Date 21-Jun-2012 |
Coordinator: |
Dr Amanda Nickson, Professor Debra Miles |
Method of Delivery: |
andWWW - LearnJCUPrinted materials
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Assessment: |
assignments (40%); (60%). |
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Note:
Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process,
and in case
of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest
official information.