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SCPL2601: Australian Social Policy
2025 unit information
In this unit of study Australian social policy is explored: the legal and administrative framework; relationships between family and the state; employment, unemployment, unpaid work and welfare; the public/private mix; aged care policies, the culture of welfare state provision, indigenous policies, migration, multiculturalism and the formulation and delivery of social welfare services in Australia.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Sociology and Criminology |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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12 credit points at 1000 level in Sociology or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Social Policy or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Socio-legal Studies |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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SCPL3001 |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. familiarise yourself with the key institutions and actors involved in developing social policies concerned with income support, unemployment and care in Australia
- LO2. understand the history, development and restructuring of the Australian welfare state
- LO3. fluently engage with current debates about the transformation of the Australian welfare state drawing on both substantive policy knowledge and sociological theory
- LO4. understand and explain the different approaches to justice, needs and rights that underpin different policies in the contemporary and historical contexts
- LO5. conduct analysis of substantive policy and effectively communicate this.
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