ADS701 - Introduction to International and Community Development

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Tori Stratford
Cohort rule:Nil
Prerequisite:

 Nil

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: ADH700
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

Online independent and collaborative learning activities equivalent to 1 x 1-hour per week.

 

Note:

Students are recommended to complete this unit in their first year of study

Content

This unit is a foundational unit in International and Community Development. It provides an in-depth introduction to concepts and practices of human development. It introduces students to key debates in development thinking, addressing social inequality, poverty, and exclusion, as a basis for understanding local, national and global efforts to promote justice, reduce poverty, and build environments for people to lead productive, creative and fulfilling lives. 

This unit critically evaluates human development from a variety of perspectives, including international development as a global project, trans-formative or development alternatives, and community development.  Utilising a series of rich case studies this unit engages students in the current and emerging debates, about individual, community, organisational and institutional policy and practice in striving for human development outcomes.  

Students will gain an appreciation of the multidisciplinary nature of development studies, the linkages and disconnects between development approaches, and the complex nature of working across human visions of modernity, and traditional cultures in an increasingly globalised world.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Demonstrate a common core understanding of key strands of development thinking and practice, and its application in real world situations

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO2

Describe and debate the basic tenets of human development, within the context of the social sciences

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO3

Understand and articulate the relationships between individuals, organisations, and institutions and their various roles in designing and implementing community focused development

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO5: Problem solving

GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO4

Explore and interpret issues of power, social justice, sustainability and human development outcomes across a range of sectors and issues

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO5

Synthesize and communicate complex ideas and practices, drawing on a range of information and data available, demonstrating critical understanding of various sources of information, as the basis of critical reasoning and analysis within humanities and social sciences

GLO2: Communication

GLO6: Self-management

GLO8: Global citizenship

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1: Critical Case Study Analysis 1500 words
or equivalent
30% Week 6
Assessment 2: Online Comments and Short Answer Questions 1000 words
or equivalent
20% Week 8
Assessment 3: Essay 2500 words
or equivalent
50% Week 12

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via ADS701
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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