HSRV102-07S1 (C) Semester One 2007

Contemporary Issues and the Social Services

18 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 26 February 2007
End Date: Sunday, 1 July 2007
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 11 March 2007
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 27 May 2007

Description

A course that introduces the history, and contemporary organisation, and functions of the social services industry in New Zealand society. Particular emphasis is placed on the development of students' capacities to understand and critically analyse the impact of service delivery on diverse populations.

Restrictions

Equivalent Courses

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Maria-Victoria Perez Y Perez

Lecturers

Kate van Heugten and Jim Anglem

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
ASSIGN1 20%
ASSIGN2 30%
FINAL EXAM 50%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Connolly, Marie; New Zealand social work : contexts and practice ; Oxford University Press, 2001.

Recommended Reading

Chenoweth, Lesley , McAuliffe, Donna; The road to social work & human service practice : an introductory text ; Thomson, 2005.

Durie, Mason; Whaiora : Maori health development ; Oxford University Press, 1994.

McDonald, Dugald Jan; Social work in Aotearoa New Zealand : an introduction ; Addison Wesley Longman, 1998.

Neukrug, Ed; Theory, practice, and trends in human services : an introduction ; 3rd ed; Brooks/Cole--Thomson Learning, 2004.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $590.00

International fee $2,400.00

* 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 .

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