WS1005 - Human Rights and Social Issues

Credit points:	03
Year:	2005
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
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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 Outcomes

• 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;
• 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;
• 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.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

WS1003 and WS2012

Availabilities
, , Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2005
Coord/Lect:	jc145912.
Contact hours:	13 hours 24 hours
Assessment:	(50%); (50%).
, , Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2005
Coordinator:	Professor Debra Miles
Lecturer:	jc127615.
Contact hours:	26 hours
Assessment:	(50%); (50%).
, , Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2005
Coordinator:	Professor Debra Miles
Lecturers:	ccdw, Dr Joanne Baker.
Contact hours:	13 hours 24 hours
Assessment:	(50%); (50%).
, Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2005
Coordinator:	Professor Debra Miles
Contact hours:	10 hours - 10 hours of study required per week.
Method of Delivery:	Printed materials
Assessment:	.

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.