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WS1005:03

Human Rights and Social Issues

Townsville, Cairns, Mackay, External

HECS Band 1

13 hours lectures, 24 tutorials. Semester 2.

Staff:

Ms D Miles (Townsville and Mackay campus);

Ms L Sadiki (Cairns campus).

This subject will introduce students to concepts of social justice, human rights and legal frameworks through a critical analysis of selected issues. Students will be provided with social justice, human rights and legal frameworks for understanding the lives of people who experience disadvantage.

Learning Objectives:

develop an understanding of the relationship between notions of social justice, human rights, the principles underlying a socially-just society, social policy and the law;

be familiar with the human rights, social justice and social policy issues for a range of individuals and groups including Indigenous people, people with mental health issues, people with a disability, migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, the elderly, children, women, juvenile offenders, employees, people who are unemployed, tenants, people who are homeless, prisoners and others;

be able to identify and critically debate some of the major social justice and human rights issues and dilemmas involved in a range of social policies;

be aware of some of the many implications of human rights, social justice and social policy issues for social welfare practitioners.

Assessment by written assessment (50%); oral presentations/class activities and defence (50%).