HSH340 - Health in Action: Planning for Sustainable Change
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
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| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Claire Henderson-Wilson |
| Prerequisite: | Desirable to have completed one Level 2 HSH unit |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | HSH740 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | Online independent and collaborative learning activities including 1 x 2 hour online seminar per week |
| 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 is the final in the 'Health, Nature and Sustainability' major of the Bachelor of Health Sciences and focuses on the actions that can be taken to create sustainable and healthy change. Students will explore topics such as: planetary health; systems thinking; interrelationships between the natural environment, health and urban planning; and public health and sustainability issues.
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) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Analyse and evaluate contemporary issues, theories and key concepts relevant to health, planning and sustainability. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Work independently and responsibly to self–manage knowledge and skills relevant to health, planning and sustainability. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Collaborate effectively with team members to appraise the liveability of urban environments and plan for healthy and sustainable settings in a globalised world. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Demonstrate the skills required to communicate to a variety of audiences, verbally and in written forms, information relating to the nexus between health, planning and sustainability. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO5 | Reflect on their capacity to be ‘change agents’ for promoting global citizenship and advocacy in the health, planning and sustainability sectors. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
Trimester 2:| Assessment description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1: Group assignment | 1750 words | 40% |
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| Assessment 2: Written individual assignment | 1500 words | 40% |
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| Assessment 3: Career- related assignment | 750 words | 20% |
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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 HSH340 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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