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Disability and Global Development (POPH90088)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
September
marella.m@unimelb.edu.au & alex.robinson@unimelb.edu.au
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
OR
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: Contact Stop 1
Future Students:
- Further Information: https://study.unimelb.edu.au/
Overview
Availability | September - Dual-Delivery |
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Disability inclusion has recently emerged as a priority in global development. This reflects growing global concern over extreme poverty, poor health outcomes and inequity, alongside the understanding that many health and development interventions are not reaching those most excluded or most at-risk. This subject equips students to critically analyse barriers to participation in contemporary health and development practice, so that they will better understand the imperative and complexity of inclusion. Drawing on real-world case studies and practitioner experience, which includes both people with and without disabilities. This subject explores key issues concerning disability measurement and investigates the correlates of disability, rights, health and well-being.
Experts in the field of disability inclusion present contemporary examples of development practice to demonstrate the challenges of, and opportunities for, ensuring inclusion across multiple sectors, including: health; employment; education; and disaster risk reduction. Assessment items for this subject build on key principles of inclusion and their application to real-world problems of contemporary concern. Students who undertake this subject will develop skills and strategies to advance solutions relating to poverty elimination, empowerment and participation in their current and/or future work.
Disability and Global Development is a dual delivery block mode intensive subject. This means that the assessable material is delivered through self-directed online modules that students complete over a two-week period. The online modules offer flexibility in relation to the timing of when students complete them, or what hours of the day you may choose to study. However, allocated modules must be completed in time to allow effective participation in live interactive sessions that are linked with those modules. Live interactive sessions are held on six days across the two-week period, in which module material is discussed with fellow students and lecturers. Students may choose to attend these live sessions online or face to face. Students are expected to commit approximately 40 hours to learning each week, comprised of learning modules, reading, discussion board activities, group work and live sessions. This two-week teaching period is followed by independent learning towards two pieces of assessment to be completed over five weeks.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Critique key models of disability and how approaches to disability in development have evolved over time;
- Analyse emerging challenges and opportunities for disability inclusive development within contemporary global development frameworks and commitments;
- Appraise how key principles and approaches to disability inclusion are applied in select areas of contemporary development practice;
- Evaluate global development practices in terms of inclusion, accessibility and barriers to participation, for people with disability.
Generic skills
Upon completion of this subject, students will have developed skills in:
- Oral communication
- Critical thinking and analysis
- Finding, evaluating and using relevant information
- Working with others and in teams
- Ability to make connections between theoretical concepts and everyday practice
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
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: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Brief introductory post (2-4 minute audio/video or 200 word post)
| Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Pre-recorded group presentation. 20 minutes per presentation. 4-5 students per group. Students will be assessed as a group.
| End of the teaching period | 15% |
Policy Brief - due three weeks after the end of the teaching period
| 3 Weeks after the end of teaching | 25% |
Essay due five weeks after the end of the teaching period.
| 5 Weeks after the end of teaching | 60% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- September
Principal coordinators Alex Robinson and Manjula Marella Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 18 September 2023 to 6 October 2023 Last self-enrol date 21 September 2023 Census date 2 October 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 October 2023 Assessment period ends 10 November 2023 September contact information
marella.m@unimelb.edu.au & alex.robinson@unimelb.edu.au
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
OR
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: Contact Stop 1
Future Students:
- Further Information: https://study.unimelb.edu.au/
Time commitment details
Remaining time commitment (134 hours) 12 Hours daily required readings • 2 hours per day over 6 days 34 hours of Group work constituted of: • Initial consultation with subject coordinator for group work = 1 hour • Group work meetings = 12 hours • Reading designated text for group work = 6 hours • Independent work on group presentation (final presentation = 1000 words) = 15 hours 12 hours of discussion board activity (introductions and engagement with other students and coordinators) 6 hours of Feedback/feedforward on learning progress (subject coordinators available for 1hr per day) 70 hours of Independent learning (2 written assignments of 1000 and 3000 words)
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Additional delivery details
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Recommended texts and other resources
A set of readings will be available prior to commencement of the subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Public Health Major Public Health Major Tailored Specialisation Major Tailored Specialisation Informal specialisation 100 Point Master of Development Studies (Gender & Development) Informal specialisation Global Health Informal specialisation 150 Point Master of Development Studies (Gender & Development) Informal specialisation 200 Point Master of Development Studies (Gender & Development) Major Development Major Environment and Public Health Major Tailored Specialisation - 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.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 31 January 2024