You will undertake a three-week legal humanitarian mission to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, or to another developing country, in conjunction with an external partner organisation. Prior to the overseas humanitarian mission, you will study appropriate aspects of international humanitarian law; appropriate aspects of host country law and culture; and will develop practical skills necessary to support your overseas placement. Upon return to Australia, you will undertake an analysis and presentation of your accomplishment. You will be assessed prior to departing to the host country; continuously during the placement period; and on the basis of your contribution to a final group presentation.
Level | Undergraduate |
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Unit Level | 2 |
Credit Points | 6 |
Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 4 |
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 |
Compulsory Residential School View Unit Residential School |
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).
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 Task | Weighting |
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1. Written Assessment | 0% |
2. Practical Assessment | 0% |
3. Group Work | 0% |
This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.
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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 29.79% response rate.
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.
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
1 - Written Assessment | • | • | |||
2 - Practical Assessment | • | • | • | • | • |
3 - Group Work | • | • | • |
Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
1 - Communication | • | • | • | ||
2 - Problem Solving | • | • | • | ||
3 - Critical Thinking | • | • | • | ||
4 - Information Literacy | • | ||||
5 - Team Work | • | • | • | • | |
7 - Cross Cultural Competence | • | • | • | • | • |
8 - Ethical practice | • | • | • | • | • |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
1 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | |||||||
2 - Practical Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
3 - Group Work | • | • | • | • | • |