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ATS3111

Faculty of Arts

18 September 2017 22 December 2024

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Monash University

12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Arts

Coordinator(s)

Dr Sarah McDonald

Offered

Not offered in 2016

Synopsis

This unit builds on the foundations of the Leadership for Social Change 1 and 2. Working through problem-based learning scenarios, students will be expected to demonstrate their knowledge of forms of leadership and their link to addressing questions of global challenges and the drivers of social change. The unit will provide a forum in which students will bring together both discipline-specific and interdisciplinary skills that they have acquired over their study. Students will build on the synthesising of this knowledge to formulate practical and innovative approaches to global challenges.

Outcomes

  1. Apply interdisciplinary methods to a range of contemporary global challenges.
  2. Independently construct approaches to understanding to a range of contemporary global challenges.
  3. Demonstrate an awareness of different cultural contexts and their importance in mediating social change.
  4. Demonstrate advanced critical and analytical skills.
  5. Communicate outcomes of new knowledge in an effective way, both orally and in writing.
  6. Build on and develop collaborative and leadership skills.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 288 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

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Chief examiner(s)

Dr Sarah McDonald

Prerequisites

ATS2086