QUT003 QUT You: Real Action for Real Change
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| Unit code: | QUT003 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 6 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| Domestic tuition unit fee | $1,602 |
| International unit fee | $2,286 |
Unit Outline: Semester 1 - 6 Week A 2025, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | QUT003 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 6 |
| Coordinators: | Jenni Mays | j.mays@qut.edu.au Kerry Manton | kerry.manton@qut.edu.au |
Overview
Real world challenges such as climate change, health epidemics, data or food security are by their very nature complex. Solutions require both large scale changes through government and commercial sectors, but also locally driven action that is tailored to the nuances of a community. In this QUT You unit, you will develop an action plan related to a social, health, political or environmental real world challenge of interest. You will employ critical and creative thinking to drive positive impact. Generative AI technologies will be explored to further develop your change ideas. Your discoveries will identify the challenges, reasons for a lack of action, and likely areas of intervention that may result in a meaningful change to attitudes, technologies, and/or behaviour. Through supported classes, you will create a locally driven action plan to engage, educate, and encourage meaningful change from members of the general public or a relevant community.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Analyse the causes of real-world challenges and evaluate strategies to promote change.
- Reflect on your role in promoting social change.
Content
How can you change the world for the better? How can people with different backgrounds collectively tackle problems like plastic waste, food sustainability, or poverty?
This unit challenges you to identify a real-world problem and work towards solutions through research and reflection on how different perspectives contribute to the problem and solution; and create an action plan.
Your real-world challenge may fall into one of the following areas (but is not restricted to):
- Medical, health and physical activity
- Environment and sustainability
- Diversity / culture and inclusion
- Social connection and support
- Well-being and mental health
- Critical, collaborative thinking for civic engagement
- Indigenous perspectives
- Social entrepreneurship
- Data security and other legal or technology-based challenges.
Your learning in this unit will be scaffolded over three modules:
Module 1: "Asking the right question" You will work through a series of scaffolded inquiry-based activities designed to develop skills in understanding your own perspectives and those of people from a diverse range of backgrounds whilst identifying the underlying causes that underpin some of the real world challenges that face society.
Module 2: "Making an Impact" You will research examples of social change campaigns and critically evaluate the impact these had on solving real world challenges. Throughout this module, the role of tackling real world challenges from diverse perspectives is explored.
Module 3: "Plan for action" Here you will apply creative and social entrepreneurial thinking skills to create an action plan for a sustainable action project, informed by your research across the unit. The usage of Generative AI technologies is explored to further develop your change ideas.
Learning Approaches
Blended learning approaches will be employed to support your learning in this unit. Classes with activities and Canvas-based resources will be utilised to discuss and develop ideas of action.
This unit delivers:
- Opportunities for you to develop meaningful learning and critical analytical skills.
- Opportunities to employ digital and social media tools to enact change in the real world.
This unit will adopt a student-driven connected learning philosophy where you will draw on existing knowledge and skills to create an action plan through an understanding of theories of change, research and engagement.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
You will receive formative feedback guided by tutors toward the completion of the final assessment through in-class engagement and reflection activities. In the lead up to final assessment, specific feedback on learning and assessment will be introduced at strategic points, including within module 2 where you will receive tutor feedback on your idea.
Assessment
Overview
You will complete an authentic assessment piece that reflects real-world engagement and inclusion, and demonstrate competence across theory and practice.
Unit Grading Scheme
S (Satisfactory) / U (Unsatisfactory)
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Create an Action Plan
You will employ critical thinking skills to explore the academic and professional literature related to your real world challenge. Reflecting on your emerging professional identities or self within your communities, you will also justify the importance of this challenge (stage 1 Investigate a cause for change). You will then demonstrate your ability to apply differing perspectives on social action and change to develop an approach regarding potential areas of positive impact and mechanisms for change (stage 2 Research). Using creative and entrepreneurial thinking skills, you will then design an action plan informed by your research across the unit and stages 1 and 2 (stage 3 Deliverable). Throughout the process, you will reflect on how diverse perspectives about this real-world challenge have shaped your role in promoting social change.
The usage of Generative AI is permitted for this assessment item.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Costs
None.
Resources
Internet access will be required either through personal devices or access to university IT resources.
Risk Assessment Statement
Unit is generally considered low risk. Some diverse perspectives may be discussed and explored that may challenge your current beliefs.
Standards/Competencies
This unit is designed to support your development of the following standards\competencies.
Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineer
1: Knowledge and Skill Base
Relates to: Create an Action Plan
Relates to: Create an Action Plan
3: Professional and Personal Attributes
Relates to: Create an Action Plan
Relates to: Create an Action Plan
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.OP45 Bachelor of Vision Science
- Practice as an inclusive, collaborative and reflective professional with capacity to develop resilience, interprofessionalism, and commitment to sustainability goals.
Relates to: Create an Action Plan
Unit Outline: Semester 1 - 6 Week A 2025, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | QUT003 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 6 |
| Coordinators: | Jenni Mays | j.mays@qut.edu.au Kerry Manton | kerry.manton@qut.edu.au |
Overview
Real world challenges such as climate change, health epidemics, data or food security are by their very nature complex. Solutions require both large scale changes through government and commercial sectors, but also locally driven action that is tailored to the nuances of a community. In this QUT You unit, you will develop an action plan related to a social, health, political or environmental real world challenge of interest. You will employ critical and creative thinking to drive positive impact. Generative AI technologies will be explored to further develop your change ideas. Your discoveries will identify the challenges, reasons for a lack of action, and likely areas of intervention that may result in a meaningful change to attitudes, technologies, and/or behaviour. Through supported classes, you will create a locally driven action plan to engage, educate, and encourage meaningful change from members of the general public or a relevant community.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Analyse the causes of real-world challenges and evaluate strategies to promote change.
- Reflect on your role in promoting social change.
Content
How can you change the world for the better? How can people with different backgrounds collectively tackle problems like plastic waste, food sustainability, or poverty?
This unit challenges you to identify a real-world problem and work towards solutions through research and reflection on how different perspectives contribute to the problem and solution; and create an action plan.
Your real-world challenge may fall into one of the following areas (but is not restricted to):
- Medical, health and physical activity
- Environment and sustainability
- Diversity / culture and inclusion
- Social connection and support
- Well-being and mental health
- Critical, collaborative thinking for civic engagement
- Indigenous perspectives
- Social entrepreneurship
- Data security and other legal or technology-based challenges.
Your learning in this unit will be scaffolded over three modules:
Module 1: "Asking the right question" You will work through a series of scaffolded inquiry-based activities designed to develop skills in understanding your own perspectives and those of people from a diverse range of backgrounds whilst identifying the underlying causes that underpin some of the real world challenges that face society.
Module 2: "Making an Impact" You will research examples of social change campaigns and critically evaluate the impact these had on solving real world challenges. Throughout this module, the role of tackling real world challenges from diverse perspectives is explored.
Module 3: "Plan for action" Here you will apply creative and social entrepreneurial thinking skills to create an action plan for a sustainable action project, informed by your research across the unit. The usage of Generative AI technologies is explored to further develop your change ideas.
Learning Approaches
Blended learning approaches will be employed to support your learning in this unit. Classes with activities and Canvas-based resources will be utilised to discuss and develop ideas of action.
This unit delivers:
- Opportunities for you to develop meaningful learning and critical analytical skills.
- Opportunities to employ digital and social media tools to enact change in the real world.
This unit will adopt a student-driven connected learning philosophy where you will draw on existing knowledge and skills to create an action plan through an understanding of theories of change, research and engagement.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
You will receive formative feedback guided by tutors toward the completion of the final assessment through in-class engagement and reflection activities. In the lead up to final assessment, specific feedback on learning and assessment will be introduced at strategic points, including within module 2 where you will receive tutor feedback on your idea.
Assessment
Overview
You will complete an authentic assessment piece that reflects real-world engagement and inclusion, and demonstrate competence across theory and practice.
Unit Grading Scheme
S (Satisfactory) / U (Unsatisfactory)
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Create an Action Plan
You will employ critical thinking skills to explore the academic and professional literature related to your real world challenge. Reflecting on your emerging professional identities or self within your communities, you will also justify the importance of this challenge (stage 1 Investigate a cause for change). You will then demonstrate your ability to apply differing perspectives on social action and change to develop an approach regarding potential areas of positive impact and mechanisms for change (stage 2 Research). Using creative and entrepreneurial thinking skills, you will then design an action plan informed by your research across the unit and stages 1 and 2 (stage 3 Deliverable). Throughout the process, you will reflect on how diverse perspectives about this real-world challenge have shaped your role in promoting social change.
The usage of Generative AI is permitted for this assessment item.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Costs
None.
Resources
Internet access will be required either through personal devices or access to university IT resources.
Risk Assessment Statement
Unit is generally considered low risk. Some diverse perspectives may be discussed and explored that may challenge your current beliefs.
Standards/Competencies
This unit is designed to support your development of the following standards\competencies.
Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineer
1: Knowledge and Skill Base
Relates to: Create an Action Plan
Relates to: Create an Action Plan
3: Professional and Personal Attributes
Relates to: Create an Action Plan
Relates to: Create an Action Plan
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.OP45 Bachelor of Vision Science
- Practice as an inclusive, collaborative and reflective professional with capacity to develop resilience, interprofessionalism, and commitment to sustainability goals.
Relates to: Create an Action Plan
Unit Outline: Semester 1 - 6 Week A 2025, Online
| Unit code: | QUT003 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 6 |
Overview
Real world challenges such as climate change, health epidemics, data or food security are by their very nature complex. Solutions require both large scale changes through government and commercial sectors, but also locally driven action that is tailored to the nuances of a community. In this QUT You unit, you will develop an action plan related to a social, health, political or environmental real world challenge of interest. You will employ critical and creative thinking to drive positive impact. Generative AI technologies will be explored to further develop your change ideas. Your discoveries will identify the challenges, reasons for a lack of action, and likely areas of intervention that may result in a meaningful change to attitudes, technologies, and/or behaviour. Through supported classes, you will create a locally driven action plan to engage, educate, and encourage meaningful change from members of the general public or a relevant community.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Analyse the causes of real-world challenges and evaluate strategies to promote change.
- Reflect on your role in promoting social change.
Content
How can you change the world for the better? How can people with different backgrounds collectively tackle problems like plastic waste, food sustainability, or poverty?
This unit challenges you to identify a real-world problem and work towards solutions through research and reflection on how different perspectives contribute to the problem and solution; and create an action plan.
Your real-world challenge may fall into one of the following areas (but is not restricted to):
- Medical, health and physical activity
- Environment and sustainability
- Diversity / culture and inclusion
- Social connection and support
- Well-being and mental health
- Critical, collaborative thinking for civic engagement
- Indigenous perspectives
- Social entrepreneurship
- Data security and other legal or technology-based challenges.
Your learning in this unit will be scaffolded over three modules:
Module 1: "Asking the right question" You will work through a series of scaffolded inquiry-based activities designed to develop skills in understanding your own perspectives and those of people from a diverse range of backgrounds whilst identifying the underlying causes that underpin some of the real world challenges that face society.
Module 2: "Making an Impact" You will research examples of social change campaigns and critically evaluate the impact these had on solving real world challenges. Throughout this module, the role of tackling real world challenges from diverse perspectives is explored.
Module 3: "Plan for action" Here you will apply creative and social entrepreneurial thinking skills to create an action plan for a sustainable action project, informed by your research across the unit. The usage of Generative AI technologies is explored to further develop your change ideas.
Learning Approaches
Blended learning approaches will be employed to support your learning in this unit. Classes with activities and Canvas-based resources will be utilised to discuss and develop ideas of action.
This unit delivers:
- Opportunities for you to develop meaningful learning and critical analytical skills.
- Opportunities to employ digital and social media tools to enact change in the real world.
This unit will adopt a student-driven connected learning philosophy where you will draw on existing knowledge and skills to create an action plan through an understanding of theories of change, research and engagement.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
You will receive formative feedback guided by tutors toward the completion of the final assessment through in-class engagement and reflection activities. In the lead up to final assessment, specific feedback on learning and assessment will be introduced at strategic points, including within module 2 where you will receive tutor feedback on your idea.
Assessment
Overview
You will complete an authentic assessment piece that reflects real-world engagement and inclusion, and demonstrate competence across theory and practice.
Unit Grading Scheme
S (Satisfactory) / U (Unsatisfactory)
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Create an Action Plan
You will employ critical thinking skills to explore the academic and professional literature related to your real world challenge. Reflecting on your emerging professional identities or self within your communities, you will also justify the importance of this challenge (stage 1 Investigate a cause for change). You will then demonstrate your ability to apply differing perspectives on social action and change to develop an approach regarding potential areas of positive impact and mechanisms for change (stage 2 Research). Using creative and entrepreneurial thinking skills, you will then design an action plan informed by your research across the unit and stages 1 and 2 (stage 3 Deliverable). Throughout the process, you will reflect on how diverse perspectives about this real-world challenge have shaped your role in promoting social change.
The usage of Generative AI is permitted for this assessment item.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Costs
None.
Resources
Internet access will be required either through personal devices or access to university IT resources.
Risk Assessment Statement
Unit is generally considered low risk. Some diverse perspectives may be discussed and explored that may challenge your current beliefs.
Standards/Competencies
This unit is designed to support your development of the following standards\competencies.
Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineer
1: Knowledge and Skill Base
Relates to: Create an Action Plan
Relates to: Create an Action Plan
3: Professional and Personal Attributes
Relates to: Create an Action Plan
Relates to: Create an Action Plan
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.OP45 Bachelor of Vision Science
- Practice as an inclusive, collaborative and reflective professional with capacity to develop resilience, interprofessionalism, and commitment to sustainability goals.
Relates to: Create an Action Plan