HSH709 - Health and Social Impact Assessment
Unit details
| Year: | 2022 unit information |
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| Important Update: | Unit delivery will be in line with the most current COVIDSafe health guidelines. We continue to tailor learning experiences for each unit to achieve the best possible mix of online and on-campus activities that successfully blend our approaches to learning, working and research. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates. Last updated: 4 March 2022 |
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Berni Murphy |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - cloud: | Taught in intensive mode via Zoom over 5 days (9 am to 5 pm daily) during the Trimester 2 mid-trimester break. |
Content
This unit allows students to gain an understanding of the history, contexts, processes and outcomes of health and social impact assessment. It will develop skills which will enable students to understand the application of either SIA or HIA. Links between health/ environmental/ social impact assessment and policy assessment will be explored with particular reference to their relevance for individual and community wellbeing. Case studies undertaken in Australia and overseas will be used to illustrate the theories and students will have the opportunity to review and evaluate impact assessment projects relating to health and social impacts of developments within policy frameworks or within a community setting.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
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| ULO1 | Explain the range of contexts in which health and social impact assessments are undertaken and the factors that need to be taken into consideration when applying impact assessment methodologies in these differing contexts. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Analyse the scope or opportunities that exist for strengthening or broadening the application of health and social impact assessment techniques especially in a range of policy contexts. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Review and evaluate samples of completed health and social impact assessments for quality, effectiveness and impact. | GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO4 | Demonstrate practical capacity to plan an impact assessment, prepare a brief to commission one to be undertaken, and evaluate a report of a completed impact assessment. Communicate these capabilities in a range of ways (i.e. oral presentation and written report). | GLO5: Problem solving |
Assessment
Trimester 2:| Assessment description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1: Individual assignment | 1500 words | 30% |
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| Assessment 2: Group presentation | 20% |
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| Assessment 3: Essay | 2500 words | 50% |
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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 the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HSH709 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.
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