LAWS13018 - Australian Consumer Law

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Australian Consumer Law examines the key concepts and principles of Australian Consumer Law. You will examine the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) and analyse case law interpreting and applying the legislation. You will also examine the role of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in regulating the conduct of consumer law ensuring the rights and responsibilities of business and individuals. Current issues and recent case law regarding consumer law will provide you with an understanding of how the legislation is applied.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 3
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-Requisite: 48 credit points of law units


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 3 - 2024

There are no availabilities for this unit on or after Term 3 - 2024

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. 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%).

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2022 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 75.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 34.48% 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 to the UC
Feedback
UC informed students before the commencement of term and on Moodle that the unit would be delivered via intensive mode so students were able to manage the unit in addition to other units.
Recommendation
It is suggested the unit profile is amended to state the unit is delivered via intensive mode.
Action Taken
The schedule in the unit profile makes it clear that this unit is delivered in intensive mode.
Source: Student feedback to the UC
Feedback
Intensive format enabled students to focus on the unit and when they completed all assessment tasks, to then focus on other units with assessment tasks due in the later half of term 1.
Recommendation
Continue to deliver the unit via intensive mode.
Action Taken
The unit was delivered in intensive mode in 2022.
Source: Student feedback to the UC
Feedback
Unit materials, podcasts and zoom sessions were up to date and well structured.
Recommendation
The UC will continue to update the unit materials in preparation for the next offering in term 1 2022.
Action Taken
The unit was updated for T1 2022.
Source: Student feedback to the UC
Feedback
The topics were delivered as modules and students could focus on a module at their own pace before moving onto the next module.
Recommendation
The UC will continue to deliver the unit notes, podcasts and zoom sessions in a module format.
Action Taken
This was retained.
Source: Student feedback to the UC
Feedback
All materials were made available to students two weeks before the term commenced for students who wished to get a head start on their study.
Recommendation
The UC will continue to deliver all materials for students two weeks before the term commences.
Action Taken
This was retained.
Source: SUTE comments
Feedback
Mixed responses to the switch to an intensive delivery mode
Recommendation
Review whether the unit should be retained as a short intensive or taught over 12 weeks.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Student feedback
Feedback
Mixed responses to a take home paper
Recommendation
Review whether the unit should replace the take home paper with a written assessment.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Explain the rationale for, and implementation of, consumer law policy in the Australian economy and society
  2. Demonstrate proficient legal research skills to locate legislation and case law relevant to consumer law
  3. Identify, apply and critically evaluate legislation and case law to a practical consumer law problem.


Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3
1 - Written Assessment • • •
2 - Written Assessment • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3
1 - Communication • • •
2 - Problem Solving • • •
3 - Critical Thinking • • •
4 - Information Literacy • • •
6 - Information Technology Competence • • •
7 - Cross Cultural Competence •
8 - Ethical practice • • •
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
1 - Written Assessment • • • • • •
2 - Written Assessment • • • • • •