Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Youth Studies 5: Constructs of Health, Safety and Wellness

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

HWSS2235

City Campus

Undergraduate

365H Global, Urban and Social Studies

Face-to-Face

 Sem 1 2019,
Sem 1 2020,
Sem 1 2021,
Sem 1 2022,
Sem 1 2023,
Sem 1 2024,
Sem 1 2025

Course Coordinator: Dr. Kathryn Daley

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 9926

Course Coordinator Email: kathryn.daley@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: Building 8. Floor 10

Course Coordinator Availability: By appointment


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None


Course Description

This course considers the influence that a young person’s health plays on their capacity to participate within societal expectations of what it means to live. It explores the factors that impact upon health and wellbeing and the limits to access necessary resources to sustain wellness. The course explores the behaviours and conditions that impact upon youth health, as well as the agencies and services that support and enable a young person’s able-ness. This course also considers constructs of wellness and safety and how youth are situated and described as healthy, unhealthy, safe, unsafe and at-risk. 


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

Program Learning Outcomes 

In this course you will develop the following program learning outcomes: 

  • Engage responsibly and ethically in professional relationships, whilst attending to the wide range of complex issues regarding young people and other key stakeholders, in the execution of your duty of care 


Course Learning Outcomes 

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to: 

  1. Identify and describe the impacts of societal and cultural artefacts that influence and impact upon the health and wellbeing of young people.
  2. Interpret, analyse and present findings drawn from research databases which report issues associated with a range of conditions, behaviours and dispositions in relation to young people.
  3. Critically evaluate issues of access, equity and intervention with regards to vulnerable and disadvantaged young people as a result of a lack of health or wellness.
  4. Understand the central tenets of working with young people who may engage in substance abuse, self-injury or other health-compromising behaviours 
  5. Articulate key principles of a youth mental health assessment and how this might be undertaken through the prism of empowerment models of youth work and in the promotion of wellness. 


Overview of Learning Activities

This course is generally delivered face to face but may be offered online. There will be some supplementary digital resources (Lectures, presentations) that you will be required to be familiar with prior to class. Learning activities will include weekly seminars and lectures.  

Weekly workshops will work on key themes relating to young people’s health and wellness which will be a balance of theoretical information as well as applied activities on how we might apply this information in our work as youth practitioners. 


Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems. This includes resources such as weekly readings, assessment supports, requirements for workshop and seminar participation and notes from classes.

There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.


Overview of Assessment

You will be assessed on how well you meet the course’s learning outcomes and on your development against the program learning outcomes. 

Assessment Tasks

Task 1: Multimedia Presentation on issue of youth health 4 minutes, 20%, CLO 1, 2

Task 2: Literature review 1500 Words, 40% weighting, CLO 1, 3, 4, 5 

Task 3: Argumentative essay, 1500 Words, 40%, CLO 1, 2,3, 4, 5 

Feedback will be given on all assessment tasks. 

If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more. 

Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions which are available for review online: https://www.rmit.edu.au/about/governance-and-management/governance/policies/assessment-policy