HDS310 - Human Rights and Advocacy
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Amie O'Shea |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | Average of 3 hours per week |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 11 x 2 hour lectures (recordings provided) |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
This unit aims to develop a human rights perspective and appreciate the role of advocacy for people with a disability in upholding their rights and achieving inclusion.
The unit content includes:
- historical background to the development of human rights
- description of different types of human rights
- contemporary rights issues such as human rights legislation in Australia, and asylum seekers and refugees
- human rights instruments that address rights for people with disability (all ages)
- developing a human rights approach in practice
- individual, systemic and self-advocacy
- contemporary advocacy practices
- human rights for children with disability
- LGBTIQ
- Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander people
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
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| ULO1 | Describe the historical background to the development of human rights. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Compare and contrast the different types of human rights. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Argue the relationship between human rights instruments, societal perceptions and their impact on the lives of people. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Categorise the human rights instruments that address rights for people with disability. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO5 | Develop a personal professional practice plan that is based on a human rights approach. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO6 | Differentiate between individual systemic and self-advocacy approaches to disability policy. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO7 | Develop an advocacy strategy based on contemporary advocacy practices. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO8 | Write clearly and coherently. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
| Assessment description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1: Annotated Bibliography | 1200 | 30% |
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| Assessment 2: Assignment | 1600 words | 40% |
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| Assessment 3: Case Study | 1200 words | 30% |
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The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for HDS310 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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