196-004 Contemporary Social Policy

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196-004 Contemporary Social Policy
Note	Formerly available as Social Work and Social Change 2. Students who have completed Social Work and Social Change 2 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.
Availability	BSW 1st year, BA/BLitt 2nd and 3rd year
Credit Points	12.5
HECS Band	1
Coordinator	Ms Heather Fraser
Prerequisites	196-003 Theorising Social Inequality or another relevant subject as approved by the subject coordinator.
Semester	2 (view timetable)
Contact	A 1.5-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial per week
Subject Description	Building on material covered in the subject Theorising Social Inequality, this subject will critically examine a selection of Australian social policies in relation to debates about social justice, citizenship and social inequality.
Assessment	Submission of a one-page plan for the final assignment (mid-semester) and then submission of a paper analysing a chosen social policy, totalling not more than 4000 words. Attendance at a minimum of 75% of tutorials is a hurdle requirement for this subject.
Prescribed Texts	W Weeks & M Quinn, Issues Facing Australian Families: Human Services Respond. 3rd ed, Longman Cheshire, 2000.

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