Course Title: International Perspective on Community Development

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: International Perspective on Community Development

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
HUSO1301	City Campus	Undergraduate	365H Global, Urban and Social Studies	Face-to-Face	Sem 2 2008, Sem 2 2010, Sem 2 2011, Sem 2 2012, Summer2014, Sem 1 2015, Sem 1 2017
HUSO2263	City Campus	Postgraduate	365H Global, Urban and Social Studies	Face-to-Face	Sem 2 2008, Sem 2 2010, Sem 2 2011, Sem 2 2012, Summer2014, Sem 1 2015

Flexible Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
HUSO1301	City Campus	Undergraduate	365H Global, Urban and Social Studies	Face-to-Face	UGRDFlex17 (TOUR), UGRDFlex17 (LAIK)
HUSO1301	City Campus	Undergraduate	365H Global, Urban and Social Studies	Face-to-Face	UGRDFx2019 (TOUM)
HUSO1301	City Campus	Undergraduate	365H Global, Urban and Social Studies	Face-to-Face	UGRDFlex22 (XXXX)
HUSO2263	City Campus	Postgraduate	365H Global, Urban and Social Studies	Face-to-Face	PGRDFlex17 ()
HUSO2263	City Campus	Postgraduate	365H Global, Urban and Social Studies	Face-to-Face	PGRDFx2019 (TOUM)
HUSO2263	City Campus	Postgraduate	365H Global, Urban and Social Studies	Face-to-Face	PGRDFlex22 (XXXX)

Course Coordinator: Associate Professor Jose Roberto Guevara

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 3046

Course Coordinator Email: roberto.guevara@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: Building 37. Floor 5. Room 37

Course Coordinator Availability: By appointment

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Students need to apply and be accepted prior to enrolling in this course. Interviews may be conducted as part of the application process as numbers are limited. 

Course Description

This study tour offers students collaborative, immersive and experiential learning opportunities in a developing country. Each year the destination country and theme is decided in advance. The study tour may include interaction with a wider range of individuals from non-governmental organisations, academic institutions, international funding bodies, and local peoples’ organisations.

The types of topics that may be examined include sustainable development, gender and development, environment and sustainability, and displacement, in the context of a developing country. 

It will involve living and travelling together as a collective group with opportunities to interact and learn from the local community. 
The study tour will utilise several action-learning approaches, such as active listening, co-learning, un-/re-learning, dialogues, and critical thinking.

Debriefing and reflection sessions are integral to the program to assist in sharing and processing lessons learned both in the destination country and upon return to Melbourne.

Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

N/A

Course Learning Outcomes  

At the conclusion of the course, you will be able to:

1. Critically review key aspects of the history, context, and practice of community development in the destination country.
2. Critically and creatively reflect on the study tour experience in the context of Australian and other international community development experiences.
3. Critically analyse your experiences in the destination country informed by key theoretical frameworks.
4. Outline and contextualise life and learning lessons in a study tour context.
5. Identify and analyse cross-cultural skills use in the destination country. 

Overview of Learning Activities

The study tour is conducted as an intensive study period in an international environment.

The study tour offers a collaborative, immersive and experiential learning opportunity. It will involve living and travelling together as a collective group with opportunities to interact and learn from the local community.

Debriefing and reflection sessions are integral to the program to assist in sharing and processing lessons learned.

Prior to the departure of the study tour there will be a series of workshops.

You will be actively engaged in your learning through a combination of range of activities such as seminars, project work, class discussion, individual and group activities.

Overview of Learning Resources

Reading materials will be made available prior to departure and as part of pre-departure workshops via canvas.

Other Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems.

There are services and resources available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student website.

Overview of Assessment

You will be assessed on how well you meet the course’s learning outcomes and on your development against the program learning outcomes. 

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1: Online Pre-Departure Presentation (approx. 1000 words) prior to departure 20% CLO1 and CLO5 

Assessment Task 2: Participation and Reflections (approx. 1500 words) to be completed during the tour 40% CLO2, CLO3, CLO4 and CLO5 

Assessment Task 3: Reflective Report (approx. 1500 words) 40% CLO1, CLO2, CLO3, CLO4 and CLO5 

Feedback will be given on all assessment tasks. 

If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more. 

Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions.