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Social Policy Special Topics B (PPMN90047)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
March
UoM Subject Coordinator:
Professor Shelley Mallet
s.mallett@unimelb.edu.au
March Visiting Academic:
Professor Martin Whyte
Overview
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March Special Topic: Comparative Family Systems and Family Change
Visiting Academic: Professor Martin Whyte
This subject engages with critical and contemporary issues in the field of Sociology and Social Policy. Focusing on a special topic of key social policy interest, this subject will enable students to broaden and deepen their understanding of contemporary areas of social policy and practice. Students will have the opportunity to explore these issues through various topics areas at the global and national levels.
Intended learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this subject should:
- understand contemporary challenges in social policy related to social consequences of changing economic developments;
- appreciate the connections between various academic disciplines and how this informs theory and practice in social policy;
- explore how social, economic and family patterns vary from society to society and have changed over time; and
- understand how changing economic developments shape or reshape social policy around critical areas.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject students should have:
- the ability to demonstrate competence in critical, creative and theoretical thinking through essay writing, seminar discussion and presentations, conceptualising theoretical problems, forming judgments and arguments from conflicting evidence, and by critical analysis;
- the ability to demonstrate proficiency in the application of policy analysis skills to empirical problems; and
- the ability to demonstrate an understanding of the academic protocols of research and presentation.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Public Policy or Sociology at Undergraduate level.
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- A research paper of 1,000 words, on a question as guided by the subject co-ordinator (20%), due during the teaching period.
- A research essay of 4,000 words, on a question as guided by the subject co-ordinator (80%), due eight weeks after the end of the teaching period.
- Hurdle requirement: As this is an Intensively-taught subject, Lecture/Seminar attendance is compulsory for all classes and regular class participation is expected.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- March
Principal coordinator Shelley Mallett Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 24 Hours: An intensivley taught subject delivered over 6 days. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 1 March 2017 to 6 April 2017 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 2 June 2017 Assessment period ends 23 July 2017 March contact information
UoM Subject Coordinator:
Professor Shelley Mallet
s.mallett@unimelb.edu.auMarch Visiting Academic:
Professor Martin Whyte
Time commitment details
170 Hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Readings will be provided online through the subject's LMS site prior to the commencement of the subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Informal specialisation 100 Point Master of Social Policy Informal specialisation 150 Point Master of Social Policy Informal specialisation 200 Point Master of Social Policy - Links to additional information
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Additional information for this subject
Subject coordinator approval required
Last updated: 3 November 2022