Healthy and Sustainable Places (8578.2)
Available teaching periods | Delivery mode | Location |
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View teaching periods | Flexible Hybrid |
Bruce, Canberra |
EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Health |
Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
Discipline Of Public Health | Level 3 - Undergraduate Advanced Unit | Band 2 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 3 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) |
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:1. Understand the impact of environments on human health at a range of scales and from a variety of disciplinary perspectives;
2. Use systems thinking methods to explore the dynamics of human settlement patterns and identify leverage points for intervention;
3. Evaluate strategies for healthy and sustainable place making, including community development, behaviour change, and policy and legislative approaches;
4. Critically analyse different policy and planning responses within Australia and from other nations to the case for more healthy and sustainable places; and
5. Identify future challenges in the broad field of healthy and sustainable place making.
Graduate attributes
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
Prerequisites
None.Corequisites
None.Equivalent units
None.Assumed knowledge
None.Year | Location | Teaching period | Teaching start date | Delivery mode | Unit convener |
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2024 | Bruce, Canberra | Winter Term | 27 May 2024 | Flexible | Dr Ro McFarlane |
2025 | Bruce, Canberra | Winter Term | 26 May 2025 | Hybrid | Dr Ro McFarlane |
Required texts
Botchwey, N., Dannenberg, A. L., Frumkin H. (2022), Making Healthy Places: Designing and Building for Well-being, Equity and Sustainability. Washington DC, USA, Island Press.
The text is available as an ebook or on short term loan from the UC Library .
You can access it here https://library.canberra.edu.au/permalink/61ARL_CNB/esmov/alma991005145623903996
Other resources are provided on the modules
Submission of assessment items
Supplementary assessment
Supplementary assessment will be offered to students in the unit who are eligible according to the Assessment Policy and Procedures.
Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.
Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.
UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).
UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.
Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.
Inclusion and engagement
This unit is inclusive. Participants with visual impairs and other disadvantages might require technical assistance to access learning material and should seek unit convenors advice prior enrollment.
Participation requirements
This unit is offerd on campus.
We value experiential learning. This is maximised in face to face tutorials and attendance is required.
It is also respectful to guest presenters.
You are required to participate in the local Field Trip in Weeks 3 and 4 with guest Tour Guides (walking and possibly using public transport).
The unit also requires you to get out walking to complete an audit of either an area close to your home or at the UC campus if this is where you live.
You need to understand the pace of 7 wk Winter Term units and take seriously the 10 hour/week guideline, for a 3 unit course.
Required IT skills
You will also be required to produce a 10 minute presentation, involving both pictures and sound (Audit of Place). This can be done using powerpoint, prezi, or by making a video with youtube.
In-unit costs
Some transportation to the Field Trip may incur cost but walking will be primarily used for the field trip
Work placement, internships or practicums
None
Additional information
Assessment items are moderated according to Faculty of Health Guidelines for Moderation.
Announcements made on Canvas are deemed to be made to the whole group. Please check the Healthy and Sustainable Places Canvas site (http://learnonline.canberra.edu.au) regularly for messages.
It is necessary that you submit written assignments via Canvas (http://learnonline.canberra.edu.au).
You must keep a copy of your assignments.
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