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Social Impact Assessment
Postgraduate | MAQ-GEOX8010 | 2020
Previously MAQ-GEOX802
Course information for 2020 intake View information for 2024 course intake
Understand how social impact assessment can help stakeholders with different world-views find common ground.Explore the difficulties that can arise during cross-cultural negotiations. Pick apart case studies that deal with issues like native title.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 18 weeks
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Social Impact Assessment
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- develop a critical literacy in the field of Social Impact Assessment in terms of inter-cultural communication, conflict and cooperation
- an ability to discuss the history of Social Impact Assessment and its basic theoretical and methodological foundations in Australia and internationally
- an ability to explain the requirements for negotiations-based approaches to Social Impact Assessment in cross-cultural settings
- understand the lessons of recent negotiations about resource industry and infrastructure developments in Australia
- understand the communications issues affecting cross-cultural negotiations and Social Impact Assessment research
- demonstrate written and oral communication skills and research skills at a high level.
- Introduction to SIA
- Theory, methodology and practice of SIA
- Case studies of SIA including: mining and resource development
- Infrastructure
- Native title
- Negotiation
- Participation
- Ethics
- Conflict
- Post-disaster recovery
- Climate change adaptation
- Forced resettlement
This subject was previously known as GEOX802 Social Impact Assessment and Cross-Cultural Negotiation.
Social impact assessment is a key tool in managing development in multicultural environments where stakeholders have different views of the world. Using case studies of resource projects, major infrastructure developments, native title, post-disaster recovery and climate change adaptation this subject develops conceptual, methodological and practical skills relevant to government, community and private sectors. Students will examine several major social impact studies and native title negotiations.
- Participation (20%)
- Issues Paper (20%)
- Tutorial Paper (25%)
- Research Essay (35%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
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-GEOX802-Social Impact Assessment and Cross-Cultural Negotiation (no longer available)
Others
Admission to MPASR (OUA) or GradDipPASR (OUA)
Additional requirements
- Other requirements -
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Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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