GEOG28001 - Applied Demography: Trends and Policies

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit will present you with demographic concepts, theories and methods. It emphasises both the practical skills of acquiring and analysing demographic information and communicating this in clear and concise forms. You will develop both theoretical and practical knowledge of demographic analysis through analysing the dynamics of real-world population data for a range of areas. You will gain knowledge and analytical skills useful in career areas of administration, policy development, business management and research.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 8
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Completion of 18 credit points

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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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2024

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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 Postgraduate 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 50%
2. Report 50%

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%).

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 42.86% 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: UC self assessment
Feedback
Update the learning materials while retaining the current unit design.
Recommendation
It is recommended to retain the current unit design while continuously updating the learning materials. As an AQF8 unit, it is important that both the learning materials and assessment items closely align with industry and professional body standards to maintain relevance and quality.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Acquire and synthesise demographic information from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and other sources, or from small-area sample surveys
  2. Analyse demographic data including population estimates and projections
  3. Communicate demographic analysis of characteristics and trends in Australian population suitable for professional reports.

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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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