Human Services in the 21st Century: Care, Gender and Institutions

• • A week-by-week guide to the topics you will explore in this subject will be provided in your study materials.

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

• MAQ-SGY310 (Not currently available)
• MAQ-SOCX322-Human Services in the 21st Century: Care, Gender and Institutions (No longer available)

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

• MAQ-SOCX2010-Theorising Societies

Others

NCCW (pre-2020 units) SGY310, SOC322, SOC372, SOCX322 Pre-requisite 130cp at 1000 level or above NCCW (2020 and onwards) SOCI3040 Human Services in the 21st Century: Care, Gender and Institutions

Additional requirements

• Other requirements -

  Students who have an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion under Macquarie University's Academic Progression Policy are not permitted to enrol in OUA units offered by Macquarie University. Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

This subject was previously known as SOCX322 Human Services: Organisations, Structures and Policy.

This subject explores the concept of care and its application in a range of different human service fields including mental health, childcare, child protection, disability services and aged care. We explore the links between informal supports, typically, although not exclusively, provided by women within families and households; and formal supports as provided by professional, trained and untrained staff, through organisations and other, often newly emergent, systems of support. Drawing together the fields of social theory and applied research, this unit provides an opportunity to examine responses to changing concepts of human need for interpersonal support. You will be able to learn from policy makers and practitioners working in this field, and analyse current research on care and human services in Australia and other comparable countries.

• Program Design Paper (20%)
• Program Design Presentation (35%)
• Critical analysis essay (45%)