AGC109 - The Arts of Changing the World: Global Challenges and Personal Agency
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Petra Brown Trimester 2: Petra Brown |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 1 hour online lecture per week 1 x 1-hour on-campus seminar per week |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 1-hour online lecture per week (recordings provided) 1 x 1-hour online seminar per week |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
Around the world, people and communities are confronted with large and complex problems of global scale or origin. How can we respond to challenges like climate change, the erosion of democracy, increasing inequality, or contested identities? This unit introduces you to the knowledge and skills needed to make a difference in an increasingly complex world—starting with yourself and your local context. Take the future into your own hands and build your agency in addressing some of the world’s most pressing problems. Investigate several of the most difficult challenges that confront us today. Discover approaches to addressing global challenges that bring together big ideas with lived experiences in community contexts. By the end of this unit, students will understand some of the world's biggest problems, and be better positioned to respond to these problems in their everyday lives, by identifying and proposing ways to activate their local communities.
Learning outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Examine different dimensions of global challenges, and how these impact society and local communities. | GLO4: Critical thinking GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO2 | Research and explain how personal agency intersects with local communities to respond to global challenges in ethical ways. | GLO4: Critical Thinking GLO8: Global Citizenship |
| ULO3 | Make use of digital technologies to explain how the impact of global challenges could be mitigated at a local level. | GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital Literacy GLO5: Problem Solving |
| ULO4 | Identify how knowledge and skills from different disciplines can inform the analysis of global challenges | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: Research and writing exercise | 1000 words or equivalent | 25% | Week 4 |
| Assessment 2: Research and writing exercise | 1200 words | 30% | Week 7 |
| Assessment 3: Research and writing exercise | 1800 words | 45% | Week 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.