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Unit of Study SOCI1005 - Social Policy (2022)

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Unit description

Explores the workings of Australia's welfare system and develops an understanding of the Post-Welfare State.

Unit content

Module 1: Social Policy – An Introduction

Module 2: The Politics of Social Policy

Module 3: Researching Social Policy

Module 4: Population Policy

Module 5: Housing Policy

Module 6: The Welfare and Post-Welfare State

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
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Online
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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:

identify some of the central issues in social policy development and analysis

explain how different philosophical perspectives on social responsibility shape the policy process

explain the relationship between social policy and the pursuit of social justice, as well as the impact of power relationships on gender, age, ethnicity, and socio-economic class

describe how policies directly and indirectly impinge on practitioners in their workplaces.

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • McClelland, A & Smyth, P, 2014, Social Policy in Australia: Understanding for Action , 3rd edn, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Victoria. ISBN: 9780195526868.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.