4206 (v.10) Social Policy 402

Area:

Department of Social Work and Social Policy

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.5

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Workshop:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

    4238 (v.7) SW 463 - Field Practice 2 or any previous version
    OR
    10771 (v.4) SW 465 - Honours Field Practicum or any previous version
    OR
    306129 (v.1) SW 467 - Field Practice 2 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Reviews key terms. Explores the interconnectedness between international policy influences and national policy priorities. Examines policy debate, stakeholders' roles and the scope of frontline workers to influence policy debate. Explores policy discourses relevant to a particular social issue. Incorporates experiential learning focused on a specific topic.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

090501 Social Work

Funding Cluster:

05 - Behavioural Science, Social Studies

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Essential
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y	Y		Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External