Course Title: Youth Studies 6: Youth Futures and Wicked Problems

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Youth Studies 6: Youth Futures and Wicked Problems

Credit Points: 12.00

Important Information:

Please note that this course may have compulsory in-person attendance requirements for some teaching activities. 

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Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

HUSO2418

City Campus

Undergraduate

365H Global, Urban and Social Studies

Face-to-Face

 Sem 2 2019,
Sem 2 2020,
Sem 2 2021,
Sem 2 2022,
Sem 2 2023

Course Coordinator: Dr Kathy Edwards

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 8260

Course Coordinator Email: kathy.edwards@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: Building 8. Floor 10.

Course Coordinator Availability: By appointment


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

This course assumes that you are in your final Semester of study in the Bachelor of Youth Work and Youth Studies, and that you have successfully completed all core course requirements up to this stage. 


Course Description

This course is a capstone experience, drawing upon the culmination of your BP322 Studies. Structuring the scope of inquiry in the course is a focus on a range of emerging contemporary themes in youth studies and youth work, including: sex and gender; race, colonisation and migration; health and bodies; work and labour; civic participation; technology; and climate. This is combined with a core imperative of this course - where you will develop a critique that interrogates the ‘problematic’ of 'youth', where young people are positioned as problems unto themselves, or as problems for others to resolve in respect to these contemporary themes. Through critical research, you will select from the key themes through which to develop a research topic which explores the way young people are framed as well as explore the issues and potential solutions which might lead to better futures for young people.


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

Program Learning Outcomes 

In course you will develop the following program learning outcomes: 

  • Apply interdisciplinary bodies of theoretical knowledge and practical wisdom and skills to the scholarship of Youth Studies, praxis of Youth Work and orientation to professional human services  
  • Critically analyse, synthesise and reflect upon the factors, agencies and in fluences that shape the life-worlds, experiences and aspirations of young people to consider enabling models of practice and intervention 
  • Apply logic, creativity and criticality to conceptualise the agency of young people in navigating their social, cultural, political, economic, spatial and temporal dimensions of citizenship  
  • Design and conduct professional and scholarly research projects relating to Youth Work, Youth Studies and the contexts of young people thoughtfully, ethically, respectfully and inclusively  


Course Learning Outcomes 

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to: 

  1. Apply a range of methodologies to deeply understand, represent and analyse problems of youth and/or problems for young people related to contemporary themes in youth studies and youth work. 
  2. Analyse and present research literature relevant to problems of youth and/or problems for young people related to contemporary themes in youth studies and youth work. 
  3. Analyse and articulate potential solutions to problems of youth and/or problems for young people related to contemporary themes in youth studies and youth work. 
  4. Create a scholarly capstone project related to the above.   


Overview of Learning Activities

This course is facilitated through collaborative workshops, and online learning materials. The development of the Capstone Research project is supported through small group mentoring and supervision. 


Overview of Learning Resources

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

There are services 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 portal.


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: Capstone Project Proposal. 500 words, 20%, CLO 1, 2,3,4

Assessment Task 2: Annotated Bibliography. 1000 Words, 30% weighting, CLO 1, 2,3,4 

Assessment Task 3: Capstone Project 2500 Words, 50%, CLO1, 2, 3, 4 

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.