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Not offered in 2020
Unit description
Explores the theory and practice of community activism and social change with an emphasis on the intersection of law with these areas of social engagement and provides students with a broad based introduction to the skills and techniques necessary to bring about useful social change in a highly corporatised and technocratic society.
Unit content
Topic 1 Activism, advocacy and practice of democracyTopic 2 Building successful social movements
Topic 3 Strategies: The art of advocacy
Topic 4 Mapping and planning successful campaigns
Topic 5 Media, publicity and research
Topic 6 Public sector advocacy: How to change the law and influence government policy
Topic 7 Corporate advocacy and activism
Topic 8 Direct action, protest and your rights
Topic 9 Digital activism
Topic 10 Public interest litigation
Topic 11 Social change and conflict resolution
Topic 12 Empowerment and personal sustainability
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Describe the key features of legislative, judicial and administrative decision making in Australia; | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
| 2 | Explain the nature of public interest advocacy as a field of work and practice; | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
| 3 | Demonstrate an awareness of the principal tools of public interest advocacy including litigation, communication, organisation, protest, use of the media and dispute resolution; | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
| 4 | Develop effective strategies for public interest advocacy in relation to specific public interest issues. | Creativity | ||||||
| 5 | Work effectively in groups on processes related to strategic planning and advocacy | Creativity | Communication and social skills | |||||
| 6 | Utilise a variety of advocacy techniques and tools in the context of public interest work | Creativity | Communication and social skills | |||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- Describe the key features of legislative, judicial and administrative decision making in Australia;
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- Explain the nature of public interest advocacy as a field of work and practice;
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- Demonstrate an awareness of the principal tools of public interest advocacy including litigation, communication, organisation, protest, use of the media and dispute resolution;
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- Develop effective strategies for public interest advocacy in relation to specific public interest issues.
- GA2: Creativity
- Work effectively in groups on processes related to strategic planning and advocacy
- GA2: Creativity
- GA6: Communication and social skills
- Utilise a variety of advocacy techniques and tools in the context of public interest work
- GA2: Creativity
- GA6: Communication and social skills
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
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