HSRV301-25S1 (D) Semester One 2025 (Distance)

Change and Human Systems

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 February 2025
End Date: Sunday, 22 June 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 2 March 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 11 May 2025

Description

This course uses theory to illuminate the functioning and processes of change within and across family, organisation, community and global systems. In addition to critically examining the relationship between oppression, empowerment and change in human systems, the course broadly considers ethical values and the legal obligations of human service delivery systems.

This course uses theoretical concepts and perspectives to explore the functioning and processes of change within and across interpersonal, organisation, community and global settings.

Learning Objectives:
• To encourage students to critically think about social change and the implications for human services
• To introduce students to the practical and theoretical considerations inherent in working within
community and global settings
• To critically consider the significance of diversity in the analysis of social change, inequality and
empowerment.
• To facilitate a beginning level of competence in research and to encourage students to become
research producers.
• To critically engage with current research and the application of research in human service settings

Learning Outcomes

  • On successful completion of the course, the student will be able to demonstrate:

  • Knowledge about social change processes and their implications for human services
  • Critical understanding of the practical and theoretical considerations inherent in working within
    community and global level settings
  • The ability to critically consider the relevance of interrelated categories of experience, including race, class, and gender, on social change and empowerment
  • Development of critical analysis and reflexive skills.
  • The capacity to critically examine the relationship between oppression, empowerment and change in human systems.
  • Understanding of the debates concerning ethical values and legal obligations for human services

Prerequisites

HSRV204 and any 15 points at 200 level from HSRV or SOWK, or
any 60 points at 200 level from the Schedule V of the BA.

Timetable 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 15:00 - 17:00 Live Stream Available
17 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
Tutorial A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 16:00 - 17:00 Online Delivery
24 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun

Course Coordinator

Kate van Heugten

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Literature review 30 Mar 2023 30% 2000 words
Research statement & references 04 May 2023 20% Two pages
Participation 18 May 2023 5% Due 18 and 22 May
Project 12 Jun 2023 45% 3500 words

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,788.00

International fee $8,200.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .

All HSRV301 Occurrences

  • HSRV301-25S1 (C) Semester One 2025
  • HSRV301-25S1 (D) Semester One 2025 (Distance)