WS1005 - Human Rights and Social Issues
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | Discipline of Social Work & Community Welfare |
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 | |
| External, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 05-Sep-2008 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Joanne Baker |
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| Method of Delivery: | CDROM |
| Assessment: | assignments. |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 05-Sep-2008 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Joanne Baker |
| Lecturer: | Ms Ines Zuchowski. |
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| Assessment: | presentations (50%); assignments (50%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 05-Sep-2008 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Assoc. Professor Wendy Earles. |
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| Assessment: | presentations (50%); assignments (50%). |
| Mackay, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 05-Sep-2008 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Joanne Baker |
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| Assessment: | presentations (50%); assignments (50%). |
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.