Unit Synopsis
In this unit, you will engage in authentic learning experiences that introduce you to the policies, ideologies and practices that underpin the Home Economics discipline. Internationally, the profession focuses on achieving optimal and sustainable health and wellbeing for individuals, families and communities in their everyday living environments. To understand this professional aim, you will explore policy texts and social trends that impact on the health and wellbeing of individuals, families and communities and develop the skills to interact with service organisations that support people in challenging times. You will select a local community-based experience to examine social innovation in action. Through guided self-reflective practice, you will explore how to develop meaningful relationships with self and others, and how to take action and implement positive change in people's lives in professional, ethical and culturally appropriate ways.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 2 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 1 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
There are no pre-requisites for the unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
Term 1 - 2026 Profile
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Report | 30% |
| 2. Project (applied) | 30% |
| 3. Reflective Practice Assignment | 40% |
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
Past Exams
All University policies are available on the Policy web site, however you may wish to directly view the following policies below.
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of policies are available on the Policy web site .
Term 1 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 66.67% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 20% response rate.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Source: SUTE evaluations
Unit content needs to be refined
Refine unit content
Content was refined
Source: SUTE Data
Assessment feedback provided in a timelier manner
Provide timely feedback on assessment
In Progress
Source: SUTE Data
UC helped students to understand learning from different perspectives
Continue to provide real-world learning experiences for students
In Progress
Source: UC Reflection
Student misuse of AI tools in assessments, affecting academic integrity
Clearer AI use guidelines added to assessment briefs and tutorials
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Critically evaluate a range of policy texts and social trends pertaining to individuals, families and communities
- Critically analyse complex factors that impact health and wellbeing for individuals, families and communities
- Identify and communicate with service organisations that support individuals, families and communities in a changing society
- Interact with individuals and service organisations in professional, ethical and culturally appropriate ways
- Reflect on relevant points of view (perspectives) and on how alternative perspectives impact the health and wellbeing of individuals, families and communities.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Report | • | • | • | ||
| 2 - Project (applied) | • | • | • | ||
| 3 - Reflective Practice Assignment | • | ||||
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Communication | • | • | • | • | |
| 2 - Problem Solving | • | • | • | ||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | • | • | |||
| 4 - Information Literacy | • | • | |||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | • | • | |||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | • | • | • | ||
| 8 - Ethical practice | • | • | |||
| 9 - Social Innovation | • | • | • | • | |
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |