ENEV12002 - First Nations Community Engagement

General Information

Unit Synopsis

In this unit you will critique approaches to community engagement with First Nations community members, communities and agencies within your disciplinary context. You will study culturally appropriate principles and strategies for community engagement, participatory planning and stakeholder relationships. Drawing on transdisciplinary perspectives from First Nations studies, community development, history, planning, natural resource planning, public health and sociology, you will learn to evaluate the requirements of First Nations community engagement. You will develop a professional approach to First Nations community engagement in your disciplinary context.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
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).

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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2025

Term 3 - 2025 Profile
Online

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).

Assessment Overview

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. Written Assessment 40%
2. Presentation 60%

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%).

Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

Past Exams

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Previous Feedback

Term 3 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 60.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 45.45% 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
Feedback
Students enjoyed the unit and the content.
Recommendation
Continue to provide quality content.
Action Taken
There was an effort to improve content, all workbooks and reading were revised to include current materials. Furthermore, cross-discipline materials have been added to the unit (included focus Public Health topics and case studies for 4 weeks)
Source: Email and verbal correspondence.
Feedback
Students voiced concerns over clarity of assessment requirements.
Recommendation
Review assessment requirements and criteria.
Action Taken
Assessment 3 was changed from a report to a presentation. Zoom sessions and drop-in sessions were offered on assessments.
Source: Head of Course Consultation (Public Health and Paramedicine)
Feedback
Paramedicine cohort commencing in 2025 will require different unit focus including on direct patient care as well as community engagement.
Recommendation
Unit refresh to be further modularised for different disciplines.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Student feedback
Feedback
Students appreciated guest lecturers and real world case studies.
Recommendation
Unit refresh to add more guest lectures and real world case studies.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Student feedback
Feedback
Students valued the level of communication and clear guidelines provided by the unit coordinator.
Recommendation
Continue to provide drop in tutorials and clear guidelines on assessments and requirements and communication on the Moodle and through emails.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Head of Course (Science, Environment and Agriculture) Consultation Head of College Consultation
Feedback
There will be increased student numbers from diverse disciplines including Science, Environmental Science, Agricultural Science and Allied Health..
Recommendation
Consultation with discipline teams to ensure unit is meeting these students' needs. Unit refresh to be further modulised for different disciplines.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Discuss the importance of cultural and historical awareness of First Nations community engagement within Australia and globally
  2. Critique the key issues that shape contemporary discourses of First Nations community engagement
  3. Identify the implications of diverse approaches to First Nations community engagement in discipline specific contexts
  4. Identify professional practice factors that facilitate quality community engagement plans, programs and services for First Nations peoples and communities in discipline specific contexts
  5. Develop culturally appropriate community engagement plans for First Nations peoples and communities based on discipline specific principles.

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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5
1 - Written Assessment • • •
2 - Presentation • • • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
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 • • • • •
10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures • • • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10