COD125: Introduction to Community Development

This unit introduces students to sociological approaches to community development, with particular reference to its application in the Australian context. It will examine the emergence of the concept of community development and its meanings across diverse areas of practice. A key focus of the unit will be challenges posed by matching theory and practice in community development. Towards this end students will be expected to become familiar with, and aware of the limitations of key methodologies in community development.

Points	3
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external
Contact Time	Lectures/tutorials: up to 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites	Nil. Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.
School	School of Social Sciences and Humanities
Unit Coordinator	Dr David Palmer Position: Senior Lecturer E-mail: D.Palmer@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Social Sciences Room 2.007 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 2288
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Dr David Palmer Senior Lecturer (D.Palmer@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 2288 Murdoch Campus Social Sciences Room 2.007 MURDOCH S1: Internal (15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010)   MURDOCH S1: External (15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)