Course Title: Responding to Family Violence: In Justice and Community Settings
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Responding to Family Violence: In Justice and Community Settings
Credit Points: 12.00
Flexible Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
JUST2342 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
365H Global, Urban and Social Studies |
Face-to-Face or Internet |
PGRDFx2020 (FF), PGRDFx2020 (INT) |
JUST2342 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
365H Global, Urban and Social Studies |
Internet |
PGRDFlex21 (INT), PGRDFlex21 (INT2) |
JUST2342 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
365H Global, Urban and Social Studies |
Internet |
PGRDFlex22 (INT1), PGRDFlex22 (WATH) |
JUST2342 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
365H Global, Urban and Social Studies |
Internet |
PGRDFlex23 (All) |
JUST2342 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
365H Global, Urban and Social Studies |
Internet |
PGRDFlex24 (INT) |
Course Coordinator: Sharon Simon
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 99250898
Course Coordinator Email: sharon.simon@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: 37.04
Course Coordinator Availability: Email, by appointment
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
Enforced Pre-Requisite Courses
Successful completion of course 051903 JUST2335 Sex, Gender and Justice
Note: it is a condition of enrolment at RMIT that you accept responsibility for ensuring that you have completed the prerequisite/s and agree to concurrently enrol in co-requisite courses before enrolling in a course.
For your information go to RMIT Course Requisites webpage.
Course Description
Family and domestic violence is one of the significant social problems of our time. Professionals working across all community services and justice roles regularly come into contact with people experiencing family violence, including practitioners working in education, health, youth work, police, corrections, criminal justice, mental health, alcohol and drugs, housing and homelessness, and local and state government. This course offers an advanced understanding and capacity to respond to victim survivors of family violence and hold adults choosing to use violence in view.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
Program Learning Outcomes In this course you will develop the following Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs):
- Critically analyse, synthesise and reflect on theories, principles and recent developments in responding to and preventing domestic and family violence.
- Apply logic, creativity and problem-solving towards the social, cultural, political, economic, and environmental dimensions of domestic and family violence.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course you will develop the following Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs):
CLO 1: Extend knowledge of the family violence response sector and service pathways for victims of family violence.
CLO 2: Construct an in-depth knowledge of how to recognise and respond to family violence in a range of justice and community settings.
CLO 3: Critically reflect on and apply knowledge to proposing practice-based responses to family violence in a range of selected case studies.
Overview of Learning Activities
Your learning activities in this course include completion of online module content in the Canvas course website, completion of assessments (see below), and contributions to student-led online seminars. The online module content includes video lectures and recorded interviews with sector experts as well as required and suggested readings set by your Course Coordinator.
The student-led seminars are held in Collaborate Ultra (via the course Canvas website), and provide an opportunity to discuss your reflections on the course content with your peers and your teachers. Learning activities in the student-led online seminars may include: small-group discussions, collaborative work on activities and assessments, and/or verbal presentations.
Overview of Learning Resources
You will be given access to your learning resources online via the course website (Canvas) and the RMIT Library. These resources will include: video lectures and recorded interviews with sector experts; required reading materials; and suggested supplementary reading and/or video materials. Log into the Canvas course website for complete details of the learning resources.
There are services and resources 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 website.
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:
Assessment One: Online Module Tests. Assesses CLOs 1 and 2. (10%)
Assessment Two: Practice Example and Reflections. Assesses CLO2 and CLO3. (40%)
Assessment Three: Module Case Study Reflections. Assesses CLOs 2 and 3. (50%)
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. 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.