Course Outline
DEV705 Governance, Engagement & Capacity Building
Course Coordinator:Kathryn English (kenglish@usc.edu.au) School:School of Law and Society
2023Semester 1
UniSC Sunshine Coast |
Blended learning | Most of your course is on campus but you may be able to do some components of this course online. |
Please go to unisc.edu.au for up to date information on the
teaching sessions and campuses where this course is usually offered.
What is this course about?
Description
In developing solutions to sustainability problems, governments are most successful when engaging with their communities. This course focuses on the concepts and principles of sustainability and the role of government in implementing policies and programs to solve sustainability problems. You learn how to identify and defend various methods, tools, and techniques to inform development of strategies to engage communities. You also learn skills that are useful in government and industry, such as developing proposals and work plans, and presenting these to specialist and non-specialist audiences.
How will this course be delivered?
| Activity | Hours | Beginning Week | Frequency |
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| Tutorial/Workshop 1 – 3 hour on campus workshop | 3hrs | Week 1 | 13 times |
Course Topics
- Governance concepts and definitions
- Community engagement principles
- Community engagement theories
- Sustainable llivelihoods/ sustainable governance
- Case Studies in engagement
- Engagement planning components
- Stakeholder analysis
- Engagement Project management: budgeting
- Engagement management: activity selection and Timetabling
- Engagement planning: risk assessment
- Engagement planning: implementation and evaluation.
What level is this course?
700 Level (Specialised)
What is the unit value of this course?
12 units
How does this course contribute to my learning?
| Course Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this course, you should be able to... | Graduate Qualities Completing these tasks successfully will contribute to you becoming... | |
| 1 | Demonstrate and apply knowledge of sustainability principles and the role of government in dealing with sustainability problems through: data analysis about possible causal factors methods, tools and techniques of community engagement |
Engaged Sustainability-focussed |
| 2 | Develop and defend an implementable community engagement work plan for use by a selected level of government to solve a sustainability problem |
Engaged Sustainability-focussed |
| 3 | Communicate to specialist and non-specialist audiences orally (presentations) and in writing (work plan | Engaged |
Am I eligible to enrol in this course?
Refer to the UniSC Glossary of terms for definitions of “pre-requisites, co-requisites and anti-requisites”.
Pre-requisites
Enrolled in any PGRD program.
Co-requisites
Not applicable
Anti-requisites
ENS703
Specific assumed prior knowledge and skills (where applicable)
Be competent in use of word processing software, PowerPoint and academic writing; able to interpret tables and graphs; proficient in use of university databases and a recognised referencing convention.
Microcredential Information
Not applicable
How am I going to be assessed?
Grading Scale
Standard Grading (GRD)
| High Distinction (HD), Distinction (DN), Credit (CR), Pass (PS), Fail (FL). |
Details of early feedback on progress
Early feedback on progress is available in weekly tutorials where students have an opportunity to present and receive feedback on responses to discussion questions.
Assessment tasks
| Delivery mode | Task No. | Assessment Product | Individual or Group | Weighting % | What is the duration / length? | When should I submit? | Where should I submit it? |
| All | 1 | Oral | Individual | 30% | 20 mins |
Week 4 | Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check |
| All | 2 | Oral | Group | 35% | 30 mins |
Week 8 | Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check |
| All | 3 | Plan | Individual | 35% | Up to 4000 words |
Week 12 | Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check |
| All - Assessment Task 1:Overview of a sustainability problem - oral presentation | ||||||||||
| Goal: | To present an overview of your knowledge of a sustainability problem/s within a particular context |
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| Format: | Choose a sustainability problem/s under the jurisdiction of a selected local or regional government. Seek your course coordinator's approval of your topic before preparing your oral. You will be preparing an oral presentation. Justify your choice of topic in terms of its importance to the government entity and you will need to identify key questions/areas of review or research that need to be addressed to resolve the problem. |
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| All - Assessment Task 2:Overview of community engagement proposal - oral presentation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Goal: | To co-create and present a proposal for an implementable community engagement plan |
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| Format: | Choose a sustainability problem/s under the jurisdiction of a selected government. This problem is to be different from the one in task 1 and seek your course coordinator’s approval of your topic before preparing your oral. You are to follow the format below: (i) Executive summary (ii) Background (incorporating literature review) (iii) Identification of community engagement components (e.g. stakeholders, timeline, staffing & costing, and associated methods, tools and techniques) Conclusion and recommendations for development and implementation. You are awarded a group grade with a peer assessment component using an algorithm (see Canvas). |
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| All - Assessment Task 3:Community engagement work plan | ||||||||||||||||
| Goal: | To develop and defend an implementable work plan for use by a government entity |
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| Format: | Choose a sustainability problem/s under the jurisdiction of a selected government. This problem is to be different from the ones in tasks 1 and 2 and seek your course coordinator’s approval of your topic before preparing your work plan. You are to follow the format which below: (i) Executive summary (ii) Background (incorporating literature review) (iii) Identification community engagement components (e.g. stakeholders, timeline, staffing & costing, and associated methods, tools and techniques) and develop the strategies for the work plan. Defend your choice and sequencing of strategies in terms of capacity for the government entity to successfully implement. Define any specialist terminology as your audience may be non-specialist in terms of the sustainability problem/s. Conclusion and recommendations for implementation and evaluation. |
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Directed study hours
A 12-unit course will have total of 150 learning hours which will include directed study hours (including online if required), self-directed learning and completion of assessable tasks. Student workload is calculated at 12.5 learning hours per one unit.
What resources do I need to undertake this course?
Please note: Course information, including specific information of recommended readings, learning activities, resources, weekly readings, etc. are available on the course Canvas site– Please log in as soon as possible.
Prescribed text(s) or course reader
Specific requirements
Nil
How are risks managed in this course?
What administrative information is relevant to this course?
Assessment: Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is the ethical standard of university participation. It ensures that students graduate as a result of proving they are competent in their discipline. This is integral in maintaining the value of academic qualifications. Each industry has expectations and standards of the skills and knowledge within that discipline and these are reflected in assessment.
Academic integrity means that you do not engage in any activity that is considered to be academic fraud; including plagiarism, collusion or outsourcing any part of any assessment item to any other person. You are expected to be honest and ethical by completing all work yourself and indicating in your work which ideas and information were developed by you and which were taken from others. You cannot provide your assessment work to others. You are also expected to provide evidence of wide and critical reading, usually by using appropriate academic references.
In order to minimise incidents of academic fraud, this course may require that some of its assessment tasks, when submitted to Canvas, are electronically checked through Turnitin. This software allows for text comparisons to be made between your submitted assessment item and all other work to which Turnitin has access.
Assessment: Additional Requirements
Your eligibility for supplementary assessment in a course is dependent of the following conditions applying: The final mark is in the percentage range 47% to 49.4% The course is graded using the Standard Grading scale You have not failed an assessment task in the course due to academic misconduct.Assessment: Submission penalties
Late submission of assessment tasks may be penalised at the following maximum rate: - 5% (of the assessment task's identified value) per day for the first two days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. - 10% (of the assessment task's identified value) for the third day - 20% (of the assessment task's identified value) for the fourth day and subsequent days up to and including seven days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. - A result of zero is awarded for an assessment task submitted after seven days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. Weekdays and weekends are included in the calculation of days late. To request an extension you must contact your course coordinator to negotiate an outcome.Links to relevant University policy and procedures
For more information on Academic Learning & Teaching categories including:
- Assessment: Courses and Coursework Programs
- Review of Assessment and Final Grades
- Supplementary Assessment
- Central Examinations
- Deferred Examinations
- Student Conduct
- Students with a Disability
For more information, visit https://www.usc.edu.au/explore/policies-and-procedures#academic-learning-and-teaching
Student Charter
UniSC is committed to excellence in teaching, research and engagement in an environment that is inclusive, inspiring, safe and respectful. The Student Charter sets out what students can expect from the University, and what in turn is expected of students, to achieve these outcomes.
General Enquiries
- In person:
- UniSC Sunshine Coast - Student Central, Ground Floor, Building C, 90 Sippy Downs Drive, Sippy Downs
- UniSC Moreton Bay - Service Centre, Ground Floor, Foundation Building, Gympie Road, Petrie
- UniSC SouthBank - Student Central, Building A4 (SW1), 52 Merivale Street, South Brisbane
- UniSC Gympie - Student Central, 71 Cartwright Road, Gympie
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- Tel:+61 7 5430 2890
- Email:studentcentral@usc.edu.au