ADS701 - Introduction to International and Community Development
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Sandra Carrasco |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | ADH700 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 1-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. |
Note:Students are recommended to complete this unit in their first year of study | |
Content
This unit is a foundational unit in International and Community Development. It provides an in-depth introduction to concepts and practices of human development. It introduces students to key debates in development thinking, addressing social inequality, poverty, and exclusion, as a basis for understanding local, national and global efforts to promote justice, reduce poverty, and build environments for people to lead productive, creative and fulfilling lives.
This unit critically evaluates human development from a variety of perspectives, including international development as a global project, trans-formative or development alternatives, and community development. Utilising a series of rich case studies this unit engages students in the current and emerging debates, about individual, community, organisational and institutional policy and practice in striving for human development outcomes.
Students will gain an appreciation of the multidisciplinary nature of development studies, the linkages and disconnects between development approaches, and the complex nature of working across human visions of modernity, and traditional cultures in an increasingly globalised world.
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 | Demonstrate a common core understanding of key strands of development thinking and practice, and its application in real world situations | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO2 | Describe and debate the basic tenets of human development, within the context of the social sciences | GLO4: Critical thinking GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO3 | Understand and articulate the relationships between individuals, organisations, and institutions and their various roles in designing and implementing community focused development | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO5: Problem solving GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO4 | Explore and interpret issues of power, social justice, sustainability and human development outcomes across a range of sectors and issues | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO5 | Synthesize and communicate complex ideas and practices, drawing on a range of information and data available, demonstrating critical understanding of various sources of information, as the basis of critical reasoning and analysis within humanities and social sciences | GLO2: Communication GLO6: Self-management GLO8: Global citizenship |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: Critical Case Study Analysis | 1500 words or equivalent | 30% | Week 6 |
| Assessment 2: Online Comments and Short Answer Questions | 1000 words or equivalent | 20% | Week 8 |
| Assessment 3: Essay | 2500 words or equivalent | 50% | Week 12 |
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 ADS701 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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