Unit Outline
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FACULTY OF THEOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY
CORE CURRICULUM
ONLINE SCHEDULED
SEMESTER 2, 2023
UNCC300: JUSTICE AND CHANGE IN A GLOBAL WORLD
EXTENDED UNIT OUTLINE
Credit points: 10
Prerequisites/incompatibles: UNCC100: Self and Community: Exploring the Anatomy of Modern
Society or PHCC102: Being Human or PHCC104: Ethics and the Good Life
Incompatible units: UNCC301: Humanity in Catholic History and Culture (International) or
UNCC302: Human Dignity in an International Context or PHCC320: The Just Society
Academic & Administration team:
Lecturer in Charge & Core Cu
iculum Coordinator: Dr Zachariah Duke
Office location: 640.G.66 (Mount St Mary Campus – Strathfield)
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Lecturer & Core Cu
iculum Academic Officer: Dr Blake Wassell
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Tutors: Your tutor is your first point of contact in this unit. You can locate details of your tutor
on Allocate+, ACU’s timetabling system or on LEO. Your tutor will be leading the learning in
your tutorial classes and will mark your assessment tasks. Please contact your tutor via email
in the first instance. You can find your tutor's email address in the ‘Communication and support’
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tile on LEO.
Core Cu
iculum Administration Team: For tutorial selection or clash enquiries, and all other
general Core Cu
iculum enquiries, can be directed to the Core Cu
iculum Administration
Team, via the Core Cu
iculum – Student Contact Form.
Unit rationale, description and aim:
‘Interdependence obliges us to think of one world with a common plan’. (Pope Francis,
Laudato Si’: On Care for our Common Home, p.122)
Pope Francis challenges us to extend our thinking across new ways in which the relationship
etween self and community can be realised. In achieving a global consensus on the nature
of our relationship to each other and the world in which we live, Pope Francis calls for a
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enewed emphasis on the dignity of the human person as the basis of all action, advocacy
and solidarity. Universal fraternity and aspirations for the common good begin with a basic
ecognition that we need one another. In this unit you should develop your understanding of
the dignity of the human person within the context of a global community. You should
develop skills that may assist the cooperative efforts of government, business, faith groups,
and not-for-profit agencies to achieve a more just and equitable world. On completion of this
unit you should have acquired the skills and knowledge to become an active agent for
change in an interconnected and interdependent world. This unit is the second of two units
which are part of the University Core Cu
iculum.
Mode: Online Scheduled.
Attendance pattern: This unit of study offers: 1x1-hour opening workshop (week 1); 10x1-hour
tutorial classes (weeks 2-11 inclusive); 1x1-hour closing workshop (week 12), as well as completing
online readings and learning activities on the LEO site. Please refer to your timetable on Allocate+
(ACU’s timetabling system) for specific details of your weekly tutorial class. Your attendance and
active participation in the opening/closing workshops and weekly tutorial classes is strongly
ecommended – please refer to further details below. This unit adopts a “flipped classroom
lended
learning” pedagogy and, as such, has no lectures.
Duration: You should anticipate undertaking 150 of study for this unit, including class attendance,
eadings, and assignment preparation.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to:
LO1 Explain how Catholic social thought principles are relevant to human communities, using
examples from their course of study. (GA1, GA4, GA5)
LO2 Analyse, from a global perspective, some key challenges to the realisation of the common
good, and the effects this has on human dignity. (GA2, GA4, GA8)
LO3 Apply their understanding of these global challenges to their local or professional community
in terms of advocacy and engagement with community organisations. (GA2, GA3, GA4, GA5,
GA8)
GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES
Each unit in your course contributes in some way to the development of the ACU Graduate
Attributes which you should demonstrate by the time you complete your course. All Australian
universities have their expected graduate attributes – ACU’s Graduate Attributes have a greater
emphasis on ethical behaviour and community responsibility than those of many other universities.
All of your units will enable you to develop some attributes.
On successful completion of this unit, you should have developed your ability to:
GA1 demonstrate respect for the dignity of each individual and for human diversity.
GA2 recognise your responsibility to the common good, the environment and society.
GA3 apply ethical perspectives in informed decision making.
GA4 think critically and reflectively.
GA5 demonstrate values, knowledge, skills and attitudes appropriate to the discipline and/or
profession.
GA8 locate, organise, analyse, synthesise and evaluate information.
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CONTENT
Topics will include:
• Revisiting key concepts from UNCC100, e.g., Human Dignity
• Frameworks for Human Dignity
• Historical examples where human dignity was absent
• Human dignity in contemporary society
• Case studies
• Defining advocacy
• How does one achieve advocacy in a professional context?
• Community engagement principles
• Models of community engagement
• Community engagement - global organisations
• Working for change and the common good
QUALITY ASSURANCE AND STUDENT FEEDBACK
This unit has been evaluated through the ‘Student Evaluation of Learning and Teaching’ (SELT)
online surveys. Based on the previous student feedback, the following changes have been made
since the last offering of this unit:
• Division of learning content into weeks rather than modules.
• Additional technical instructions for Assessment Task 1.
SELT surveys are usually conducted at the end of the teaching period. Your practical and
constructive feedback is valuable to improve the quality of the unit. Please ensure you complete the
SELT survey for the unit. You can also provide feedback at other times to the unit lecturers, course
coordinators and/or through student representatives.
LEARNING AND TEACHING STRATEGY AND RATIONALE
This unit is delivered in the following modes:
• mixed mode over a 10-week period in a normal university semester, with lectures delivered
online and tutorials via attendance; or
• intensive mixed mode delivered in winter and summer semesters with lectures delivered
online and tutorials via attendance; or
• synchronous online mode over a normal university semester.
• Asynchronous online mode over a 10-week teaching period through ACU Online, where the
course is offered via this platform.
The use of the LMS is integral to the unit. The approach to learning and teaching is via active
learning where students are supported through the provision of learning resources and class
activities (ether in physical or virtual classrooms) to take responsibility for their individual learning.
Students are expected to participate in the activities provided either in class or online and to be able
to extend their learning through working alongside other students and undertaking individual
esearch. Students are supported in their learning through the provision of:
• Learning modules
• Discussion forums and chat rooms
• Guided readings and links to electronic readings
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• Self-assessments and other self-directed learning activities.
When offered via ACU Online, this unit uses an active learning approach to support students in the
exploration of knowledge essential to the discipline. Students are provided with choice and variety in
how they learn. Students are encouraged to contribute to asynchronous weekly discussions. Active
learning opportunities provide students with opportunities to practice and apply their learning in
situations similar to their future professions. Activities encourage students to
ing their own
examples to demonstrate understanding, application and engage constructively with their peers.
Students receive regular and timely feedback on their learning, which includes information on their
progress.
LECTURE CAPTURE
There are no lectures for this unit. All learning and teaching resources can be found in the five
module areas on LEO.
KEY UNIT INFORMATION
1. Students will be required to read at least two readings per module (i.e., two readings per
fortnight): one reading designated for all students and one reading that connects the module
topic to their course of study. We collate the course of study readings under the four ACU
faculties: Faculty of Education and Arts (FEA); Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS); Faculty of Law
and Business (FLB); and Faculty of Theology and Philosophy (FTP). If you are unsure what
faculty you are attached to, please contact your course coordinator or AskACU. Not every
eading will have direct application to your own course of study (degree program you are
enrolled in at ACU): some readings will be
oadly relevant to your faculty, and others will be
more specifically relevant to particular disciplines in your faculty. You may also want to draw on
esearch you have come across in other classes that you have already taken in your course of
study. You can access the unit readings through Leganto (click on “Reading List” in the LEO
site’s “Information and resources” folde
tile).
2. When we use the term “course of study” in this unit, we are refe
ing to the degree program you
are enrolled in at ACU, e.g., Bachelor of Primary Education, Bachelor of Exercise and Sports
Science, Bachelor of Nursing, Bachelor of Business, Bachelor of Law, Bachelor of Theology, etc.
3. This unit adopts a ‘flipped
lended classroom’ pedagogy. The tutorial classes are largely
student-led, not tutor-led. As such, you will be expected to complete the prescribed learning
activities (as set out in the ‘Schedule’ in the Extended Unit Outline) prior to each tutorial class.
The tutorial classes are specifically set aside for critical discussions, engagement, and other
interactive activities and elements. This in turn will lead to a deeper understanding of the key
concepts. There are no lectures in this unit. Your active participation is key to your success.
4. Please regularly check the 'Unit announcements from the Lecturer in Charge & lecturer' and the
‘General discussion forum’ on LEO (in the ‘Communication and support’ folde
tile) for updates
from the Lecturer in Charge/Lecturer and/or your tutor. If you are enrolled as an online student,
you will find your unique Zoom link and other associated details on the ‘General discussion
forum’. If you are not successful in locating these details, please email your tutor. Your tutor’s
email address can be located in the 'Information and resources' folde
tile on LEO.
5. Whilst there are no formal attendance requirements in this unit, we expect students to attend
and actively participate in the opening/closing workshop and all tutorial classes. Statistics tell us
that students who actively participate in these learning opportunities have a better chance of
succeeding in the unit. If it is not possible for you to attend the scheduled tutorial classes due to
a planned clinical placement, salaried work, etc., we strongly encourage you consider
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withdrawing (prior to census date) and re-enrolling in this unit at another time where your active
participation will be possible. For your convenience: this unit is generally offered in Semester 1,
Winter Term, Semester 2, and Summer Term. Kindly also note that extension and special
consideration applications that list ‘planned clinical placements’ and ‘salaried work’ as the
eason when applying, will not be approved. Kindly note that the opening/closing workshops will
e recorded, but the tutorial classes are not recorded in this unit, hence the importance of your
live attendance.
6. If you are enrolled in the online offering of this unit, it is expected that you actively participate,
which includes enabling your webcam and joining the session from an environment that will
encourage active learning. Please be mindful of ACU’s Netiquette principles.
7. Across the semester you will predominantly be in contact with your tutor, who will facilitate your
tutorial classes, as