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Unit of Study POLT5001 - Political Systems and Social Policy (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    PG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    No

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

This unit examines Australia’s political and legal systems and the contribution of a human rights perspective. It overviews Australia’s democratic and federated political system and how contemporary social policy is developed and implemented with consideration to the social implications of policy.

Unit content

  1. Democratic principles and political systems
  2. Australia's federated system of government
  3. Political ideologies: neoliberalism and human rights
  4. Social policy and social policy development
  5. Housing policy in Australia
  6. Disability policy in Australia

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Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

critically analyse Australia's federated system of government and the implications for developing law and social policy

evaluate the impact of political ideologies on political responses to social issues

design and present a policy brief on a social issue relevant to social work that demonstrates a human rights perspective

apply academic literature and digital resources critically and effectively for postgraduate study