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SCWK6052: Community and Environmental Change
2026 unit information
This units explores social and environmental justice. It focuses on policies and practices that support collective action in the context of climate change. Students will have the opportunity to connect and build theoretical insights with practical real world actions. This unit is suitable for practitioners from a range of disciplines, including social work, seeking to work more effectively with communities.
Unit details and rules
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Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Social Work |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Engage with key theoretical ideas and debates focused on climate change and social justice
- LO2. Demonstrate a high level of understanding of social and climate justice practice
- LO3. Design student-led collective action that demonstrates critical thinking, problem solving, creativity and inventiveness informed by community development principles and climate justice
- LO4. Critically analyse and contribute to debates concerning future directions in collective responses to climate change, including your own
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Semester 2b 2026
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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