HUSE3006
10 units
3000 level
Course handbook
Description
This course examines how place-based social planning is influenced by wider social policy and how it interacts with community engagement at the regional and local level. Students will develop knowledge and skills in social planning techniques and practices and will explore aspects including locational disadvantage, community development and the relation to other professions, and the relevance of ecological sustainability to the social services sector
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Callaghan
- Semester 1 - 2024
Ourimbah
- Semester 1 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Describe key concepts related to regional social policy and planning and show their relevance to human services concerns and purposes.
2. Distinguish between different levels of government and their responsibilities in relation to social policy and planning at a regional level.
3. Research and then communicate the current circumstances of different groups of people in a specific location and the impact of regional social policy and planning on human services responses to these people.
4. Use research and analysis to participate in community engagement or lobbying in relation to a location-specific social issue. environmental quality, political processes and cultural experience
5. Reflect on experience in this course to extend learning.
Content
The course will include the following topics:
- Social policy and its impact at a regional level
- Regionalism;
- Ecologically sustainable development;
- Relevant legislative and policy frameworks;
- Social planning structures and processes;
- Demographics and mapping;
- Social impact assessment;
- Integrating social, economic and environmental planning at local level;
- Social capital and citizen participation;
- Community development and capacity-building.
Requisite
If you have successfully completed SPSW3070 you cannot enrol in this course.
Assumed knowledge
SWRK1001 (formerly SWRK1010) and SWRK2001 (formerly SWRK2100) or HUSE1001 and HUSE1002
Assessment items
Quiz: Online quiz
Written Assignment: Written assignment - formative
Project: Cooperative group project
Report: Written assignment - summative
Contact hours
Semester 1 - 2024 - Callaghan
Lectorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Semester 1 - 2024 - Ourimbah
Lectorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Course outline
- HUSE3006 - Semester 1, 2024 (Callaghan) (PDF, 244.2 KB)
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.