ENEV12002 - First Nations and Community Engagement

General Information

Unit Synopsis

In this unit you will critique approaches to First Nations and community engagement within the environmental and agricultural management sector. You will study aspects of post-colonialism, sustainable environmental and agricultural management and cultural heritage, as well as examine applied stakeholder relationships and adaptive management approaches. Drawing on transdisciplinary perspectives from First Nations studies, community development, history, planning, and sociology, you will learn to evaluate the requirements of First Nations and community engagement, and develop a professional approach to this aspect of environmental and agricultural management.

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 2 - 2023

Term 3 - 2023 Profile
Online
Term 3 - 2024 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. Group Discussion 0%
2. Case Study 40%
3. Written Assessment 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

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Previous Feedback

Term 3 - 2022 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 15.38% 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: Student feedback.
Feedback
Students appreciated the firsthand First Nations perspective given by the Unit Coordinator.
Recommendation
Continue involvement of First Nations' people in the teaching team.
Action Taken
The unit was run by a First Nations woman.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Students enjoyed the unit and the content.
Recommendation
Continue to provide quality content.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Email and verbal correspondence.
Feedback
Students voiced concerns over clarity of assessment requirements.
Recommendation
Review assessment requirements and criteria.
Action Taken
Nil.
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 and community engagement within Australia and overseas
  2. Identify the implications of top-down/bottom-up approaches to engagement in environmental and agricultural management
  3. Develop basic First Nations and community engagement plans based on adaptive management principles
  4. Prepare an engagement section of an environmental and agricultural management planning report
  5. Critique the key issues that shape contemporary discourses of First Nations and community engagement

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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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4 - Information Literacy • • • • •
6 - Information Technology Competence • • • • •
7 - Cross Cultural Competence • • • • •
8 - Ethical practice • • • • •
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• Introductory Level
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