Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Global Challenges

Credit Points: 12.00

Course Coordinator: Jose Roberto Guevara

Course Coordinator Phone: Please contact via email

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

Course Coordinator Location: 037.05.017

Course Coordinator Availability: Please email for an appointment

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Enforced Pre-Requisite Courses 

Successful completion of:

• SOCU1025 – Intercultural Communication 
• SOCU2112 – Global Political Economy  

Note: it is a condition of enrolment at RMIT that you accept responsibility for ensuring that you have completed the prerequisite/s and agree to concurrently enrol in co-requisite courses before enrolling in a course. 

For your information go to RMIT Course Requisites webpage.

Course Description

In this capstone course, you will engage with RMIT industry partners in a collaborative and transdisciplinary problem-solving environment to explore and constructively respond to global challenges using collaboration and design-thinking methodologies. This course will prompt you to draw on your studies thus far so that you can apply your learning to constructively respond to a challenge with global dimensions. You will expand on your skillset through facilitated collaboration and by using structured and adaptive methods that facilitate holistic problem analysis, creative ideation, ethical stakeholder engagement, and solution proposition.  

You will analyse and articulate the role of difference and diversity, including with respect to disciplinary backgrounds. Building on your studies to date, you will extend your emerging capabilities by applying research and critical skills, engaging with researchers, and developing project management skills. 

This is a designated WIL course in which your knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a real or simulated workplace context and where feedback from industry and/ or community is integral to your experience.  

Where applicable, WIL agreements, schedules and relevant insurance documentation must be fully approved, and the WIL Preparation module for students and/or WIL Ready Cred must be successfully completed before the WIL activity commences. 

Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

Program Learning Outcomes 

In this course you will develop the following BP332P25 Bachelor of International Studies program learning outcomes:  

PLO1. Contribute to global justice and equity with empathy, critical thinking and resilience.  

PLO2. Navigate international complexity using disciplinary and interdisciplinary knowledge, practice and research.  

PLO3. Problem solve collaboratively and adaptively using linguistic, intercultural and digital skills. 

PLO4. Address challenges to international security, society and development in ways that are holistic, ethical and respectful of diverse knowledge systems.  

PLO5. Engage with industry and community networks to advance local and global goals and equity.  

PLO6. Reflect on and effectively express your global, linguistic and cross-cultural capabilities for professional and career progress. 

Course Learning Outcomes 

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

1. Collaborate constructively with industry to address global challenges or support projects 

2. Apply insights from high quality research to projects and industry challenges 

3. Work professionally across disciplinary areas and appreciate the value of diversity and global perspectives in responding to complex challenges 

Overview of Learning Activities

Learning in this course occurs through a range of industry-linked and academic activities which will include a studio format through which the industry-posed challenge is progressively worked through and facilitated in face-to-face workshops and guided collaborations. Select industry and/or community organisations are stakeholders in this course and will appear in authentic roles as interlocutors with participants in the course.  

Overview of Learning 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 RMIT student website.

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Overview of Assessment

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

Assessment Task 1: SWOT analysis, 40%, CLO1, CLO2 and CLO3 

Assessment Task 2: Industry-relevant report or article, 30%, CLO1, CLO2 and CLO3   

Assessment Task 3: Collaborative presentation and plan of action, 30%, CLO1, CLO2 and CLO3  

 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.