Community Engagement and Research

Course aim

To further build students' understanding of working with communities to develop practical skills for researching with groups and diverse communities in an ethical manner.

Course content

Understanding communities and the representations of communities; basic skills for working with communities; learning community-based research skills; diversity in communities and how this affects practice; learning and responding to distinctive features of communities; ethics and practical issues when dealing and researching with communities; some community interventions; and international perspectives on community engagement.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
BEHL 2006	Social and Community Psychology

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Lecture	2 hours x 10 weeks
Practical	1 hour x 10 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Essay, Report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4S)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.