Course overview
- Study period
- Semester 2, 2024 (17/06/2024 - 17/08/2024)
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Location
- St Lucia
- Attendance mode
- In Person
- Units
- 2
- Administrative campus
- St Lucia
- Coordinating unit
- Architecture, Design and Planning School
The course provides an opportunity for students to better understand and experience the issues and complexities of development in the Global South. The course will involve three pre-departure workshop sessions prior to the field trip (at UQ St Lucia campus), as well as a 14-day field trip to a selected country in the Asia-Pacific region. Additional fees payable. For further information, and to express your interest in applying for this course, please see field-trips.
In the event that students complete the fieldwork and then subsequently withdraw from this course without financial liability, the School reserves the right to charge full cost recovery for this field trip.
Assessment Rationale:
PLAN3200 provides students with theﾠopportunity of 'learning by doing'. Students are exposed to the many and varied complexities of ‘development’. Drawing from real-world experiences in the Global South, students are offered hands-on opportunities to better understand the challenges faced by communities to sustain their livelihoods and improve their living conditions, as well as appreciate the governance structures relating to the delivery of development. Students will be offered understandings and theoretical underpinnings of development, poverty alleviation, governance and sustainable livelihoods. Students will also learn about qualitative data collection and data analysis.
The 14-day field trip will cement these understandings through first-hand experiences of development, poverty alleviation, governance, along with the myriad of complexities relating to how people sustain their livelihoods when faced with multiple challenges and stressors. Students will have the opportunity to learn from a new culture and become more aware of development challenges in urban and rural areas.
This year, students will analyse issues in urban and rural areas by attending the compulsory field trip in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Additional field trip fees will be payable, in addition to regular course tuition fees. The 2024 student field trip fee will be $885.
The course has two major components:
1) pre-trip workshops at UQ (Information session: 13 May; workshops 17 and 18 June 2024); and
2) a 14-day field trip in Yogyakarta, Indonesia (27 June to 11 July 2024).ﾠ
The pre-trip workshops are in person and compulsory.
It is compulsory for students to attend the full field trip, take part in all scheduled activities, and complete all assignments.
Changes to the assignments have been made based on student's feedback from previous years and regulations from EAIT Faculty.
Course requirements
Recommended prerequisites
We recommend completing the following courses before enrolling in this one:
Completion of ENVM2100
Incompatible
You can't enrol in this course if you've already completed the following:
PLAN7200
Restrictions
Student quota applies. Students are required to register interest in this course, from which School selects eligible students.
Course contact
Course coordinator
Dr Ron Johnstone
Course staff
Lecturer
Dr Ron Johnstone
Timetable
Additional timetable information
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Aims and outcomes
This course aims to enable students the ability to:
- Understand and analyse key issues and complexities relating to international development;
- Appreciate how governance influences international development debates and poverty alleviation policies;
- Recognise the complex means by which livelihoods are sustained in a Global South country context;
- Apply research tools to undertake policy analysis and holistic livelihood assessments;
- Reflect on the ways in which complex issues such as climate change, globalisation, poverty and inequality impactﾠon how people can sustain their livelihoods in the Global South;
- Recognise the challenges of responding to the many and varied complexities of international development; and
- Reflect on the challenges of working in a different cultural context.
Learning outcomes
After successfully completing this course you should be able to:
LO1.
Identify the key theoretical arguments of international development;
LO2.
Demonstrate an understanding of the academic literature in relation to disaster, governance, development and livelihoods;
LO3.
Appreciate and understand the complexities of development and poverty alleviation;
LO4.
Place the challenges and complexities of a particular topic and local area within a broader physical, environmental, social, cultural, political and economic context;
LO5.
Work collaboratively and successfully with stakeholders from the public and private sectors and civil society;
LO6.
Use research and problem-solving skills to provide recommendations on how to manage the complexities of development;
LO7.
Utilise cultural sensitivity skills;
LO8.
Develop a comprehensive and professional oral presentation based on your research project; and
LO9.
Work effectively as a member of a team.
Assessment
Assessment summary
| Category | Assessment task | Weight | Due date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quiz |
Quiz
|
15% |
24/06/2024 1:00 pm
Duration: 30 minutes |
| Paper/ Report/ Annotation, Presentation |
Group Presentation
|
35% |
8/07/2024 1:00 pm |
| Notebook/ Logbook, Reflection | Reflective Workbook | 50% |
13/08/2024 1:00 pm |
A hurdle is an assessment requirement that must be satisfied in order to receive a specific grade for the course. Check the assessment details for more information about hurdle requirements.
Assessment details
Quiz
- Online
- Mode
- Activity/ Performance
- Category
- Quiz
- Weight
- 15%
- Due date
24/06/2024 1:00 pm
Duration: 30 minutes
- Learning outcomes
- L01, L02, L03
Task description
Assessment Rationale:
The aim of this online quiz is to assess the knowledge that the student has incorporated from the readings and workshops prior to the trip to Yogyakarta. It is essential that students become familiar with the literature and overall topics of the course, prior to the trip.
Quiz question formats include: multiple choice; true/false; yes/no; ordering; and fill-in-the-blank.
The quiz will consist of 15 questions. Each question is worth 1 point and no partial marks will be given. The total points you can get in this quiz is 15 points.
It is unlikely that you will be able to pass the quiz if you do not do the readings and attend the workshop sessions. See more information on Blackboard.
Submission guidelines
Online quiz: see more information on Blackboard.
Deferral or extension
You may be able to defer this exam.
Group Presentation
- Hurdle
- Identity Verified
- Team or group-based
- Mode
- Activity/ Performance, Oral
- Category
- Paper/ Report/ Annotation, Presentation
- Weight
- 35%
- Due date
8/07/2024 1:00 pm
- Learning outcomes
- L01, L02, L03, L04, L05, L06, L07, L08, L09
Task description
Assessment Rationale:
There are two components to this assignment – the group presentation and a written ‘brief’ based on the presentation and life stories.
Throughout the field course, students will be working in small groups (of approximately eight UQ and UGM students in total) on set issues/research problems. A workshop will be held at UGM (or community site) to provide an opportunity for all groups to present their findings to the stakeholders they have worked with during their time in Yogyakarta. As such, each group needs to prepare and deliver a professional presentation in this workshop to their peers, course staff and external stakeholders.
It is up to your group as to how you prepare and deliver this presentation but please make sure that you all equally participate in specific tasks. Following the presentation, however, group members will have the opportunity to complete a confidential peer review form if they believe that not all group members equally contributed.
Groups will also need to prepare a 4-page written brief that can be submitted to all stakeholders that summarises your project (2 pages) and provides the 1-2 life histories that your group collected. The brief should be submitted in English and Bahasa Indonesia.
This is a compulsory assignment for all students. All students need to take part in the presentation.
Group work: Group work skills and expectations are discussed in the workshops at UQ (prior to the trip) and the start of the activities in Yogyakarta, where both UQ and UGM are present and have formed the groups. If, for whatever reason, you find that your group is not functioning effectively, please contact your Course Coordinator for support.
Assessment task to be completed without use of AI: This assessment task evaluates student’s abilities, skills and knowledge without the aid of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Students are advised that the use of AI technologies to develop responses is strictly prohibited and may constitute student misconduct under the Student Code of Conduct.
Hurdle requirements
A hurdle is an assessment requirement that must be satisfied to receive a specific grade in the course. '(name of assessment)’ assessment item is designated as a Hurdle in this course. This means a minimum achievement of 50% (a grade of 4) is required for this assessment item in order to pass the course. Meeting the hurdle requirement for a course does not guarantee a passing grade for the course and in order to pass this course, students also need to achieve a minimum grade of 4 overall.Submission guidelines
The School of Architecture, Design and Planning uses Blackboard and Turnitin for assessment submission. Turnitin is accessed through the course Blackboard site. Turnitin also checks for plagiarism or instances where the original work of others is not appropriately acknowledged.
Students are advised to commence assignment uploads with sufficient amount of time (consider possible technical problems with computers, internet speed, etc). After successfully submitting an assignment through Turnitin, a ‘Submission Complete!’ screen will be displayed. It is the student’s responsibility to check assignment preview and confirm successful submission. If the ‘Submission Complete!’ screen isn’t displayed, the student should regard the submission as unsuccessful. Students should download a copy of the digital receipt as proof they have submitted the assignment. Students who are experiencing upload issues must advise the Course Coordinator immediately by email and should include screenshots and a copy of the assessment for submission.
To meet professional accreditation, public engagement and quality assurance obligations, digital copies of all course assessment items must be submitted in addition to any hard copy submission requirements specified in individual Course / Studio Outlines. Any physical models should be photographed and a minimum of two photographs describing the complete and full model must be included in the digital submission.
Deferral or extension
You may be able to apply for an extension.
The maximum extension allowed is 28 days. Extensions are given in multiples of 24 hours.
If a student wishes to apply for an extension, they must apply online on or before the assignment due date. When possible, it is suggested that requests are submitted 2 business days prior to the submission due date for the assignment to allow processing time. Students with outstanding applications for extensions are advised to submit their assessment by the original due date, irrespective of whether the work is complete, so that what has been done can be graded.
Late submission
The late penalty for this assessment item will be calculated as follows:
10% per 24 hours of the maximum possible mark for the assessment item, or one grade per 24 hours if graded on a scale of 1-7, or equivalent penalty if an alternative grading approach is used. For example, a report worth a maximum of 40 marks, submitted 28 hours late will attract a penalty of 8 marks, calculated as 2 periods of 24 hours x 10% x 40 marks. Where there are more than 7 periods of 24 hours, the penalty is 100%.
Reflective Workbook
- Mode
- Written
- Category
- Notebook/ Logbook, Reflection
- Weight
- 50%
- Due date
13/08/2024 1:00 pm
- Learning outcomes
- L01, L02, L03, L04, L05, L06, L07, L08, L09
Task description
Assessment Rationale:
Throughout the field course, you are required to reflect on your key learnings and conundrums, and reflect them against disciplinary theory or literature. This is an individual piece of work.
You must provide reflections in your entries, NO summaries or activity lists of what you did each day. Try and consider how the day’s activities expanded, changed or influenced your thinking, and then also consider how the literature that you have read has helped you to make sense of these experiences and interactions. References to the arguments in the literature are expected.
How does what you have read in the literature match up (or not) with what you are seeing, hearing, feeling, experiencing? Is the literature helpful in ‘making sense’ of what you’re experiencing in Indonesia? You might have some questions ‘triggering’ your own reflection. You could include how was the impact of the activity in your own learning or personal life.
At the start of each day you might also want to write a few sentences or questions about what you expect from that day – what you’ll see, what you’ll learn, what you’ll experience. Then when you go to write your reflection at the end of the day, see if it matches up (why/why not) with your expectations for that day.
Assessment task to be completed without use of AI: This assessment task evaluates student’s abilities, skills and knowledge without the aid of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Students are advised that the use of AI technologies to develop responses is strictly prohibited and may constitute student misconduct under the Student Code of Conduct.
Submission guidelines
The School of Architecture, Design and Planning uses Blackboard and Turnitin for assessment submission. Turnitin is accessed through the course Blackboard site. Turnitin also checks for plagiarism or instances where the original work of others is not appropriately acknowledged.
Students are advised to commence assignment uploads with sufficient amount of time (consider possible technical problems with computers, internet speed, etc). After successfully submitting an assignment through Turnitin, a ‘Submission Complete!’ screen will be displayed. It is the student’s responsibility to check assignment preview and confirm successful submission. If the ‘Submission Complete!’ screen isn’t displayed, the student should regard the submission as unsuccessful. Students should download a copy of the digital receipt as proof they have submitted the assignment. Students who are experiencing upload issues must advise the Course Coordinator immediately by email and should include screenshots and a copy of the assessment for submission.
To meet professional accreditation, public engagement and quality assurance obligations, digital copies of all course assessment items must be submitted in addition to any hard copy submission requirements specified in individual Course / Studio Outlines. Any physical models should be photographed and a minimum of two photographs describing the complete and full model must be included in the digital submission.
Deferral or extension
You may be able to apply for an extension.
The maximum extension allowed is 28 days. Extensions are given in multiples of 24 hours.
If a student wishes to apply for an extension, they must apply online on or before the assignment due date. When possible, it is suggested that requests are submitted 2 business days prior to the submission due date for the assignment to allow processing time. Students with outstanding applications for extensions are advised to submit their assessment by the original due date, irrespective of whether the work is complete, so that what has been done can be graded.
Late submission
The late penalty for this assessment item will be calculated as follows:
10% per 24 hours of the maximum possible mark for the assessment item, or one grade per 24 hours if graded on a scale of 1-7, or equivalent penalty if an alternative grading approach is used. For example, a report worth a maximum of 40 marks, submitted 28 hours late will attract a penalty of 8 marks, calculated as 2 periods of 24 hours x 10% x 40 marks. Where there are more than 7 periods of 24 hours, the penalty is 100%.
Course grading
Full criteria for each grade is available in the Assessment Procedure.
| Grade | Cut off Percent | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 (Low Fail) | 0 - 24 |
Absence of evidence of achievement of course learning outcomes. |
| 2 (Fail) | 25 - 44 |
Minimal evidence of achievement of course learning outcomes. |
| 3 (Marginal Fail) | 45 - 49 |
Demonstrated evidence of developing achievement of course learning outcomes |
| 4 (Pass) | 50 - 64 |
Demonstrated evidence of functional achievement of course learning outcomes. |
| 5 (Credit) | 65 - 74 |
Demonstrated evidence of proficient achievement of course learning outcomes. |
| 6 (Distinction) | 75 - 84 |
Demonstrated evidence of advanced achievement of course learning outcomes. |
| 7 (High Distinction) | 85 - 100 |
Demonstrated evidence of exceptional achievement of course learning outcomes. |
Additional course grading information
Identity verified assessment with a hurdle (IVAH)
To meet assessment validity and integrity obligations, this course includes at least one piece of individual Identity Verified Assessment with a Hurdle (IVAH) that is unambiguously completed by that student, and in which a minimum level of achievement is reached. IVAH assessment item(s) contribute at least 30% towards the final grade. Examples of IVAH items include any activity in which a student’s individual performance is directly monitored, such as performances, fieldwork, oral assessment (including design critiques), design studio project work and invigilated exams. In order to pass this course students must achieve a minimum grade for the IVAH designated assessment item(s) as stated in the Assessment Task Description in the ECP.
Supplementary assessment
Supplementary assessment is available for this course.
Learning resources
You'll need the following resources to successfully complete the course. We've indicated below if you need a personal copy of the reading materials or your own item.
Library resources
Find the required and recommended resources for this course on the UQ Library website.
Learning activities
The learning activities for this course are outlined below. Learn more about the learning outcomes that apply to this course.
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| Learning period | Activity type | Topic |
|---|---|---|
Multiple weeks |
Workshop |
Pre-trip workshops Information session: 13 May 2024 Workshops: 17 and 18 June 2024 (9am-1pm). Compulsory in person attendance to these activities. These sessions provide essential knowledge and skills that will be required in the fieldtrip. The logistics of the trip are also discussed in these sessions. Learning outcomes: L07, L09 |
Fieldwork |
Trip to Yogyakarta, Indonesia The program of activities in Yogyakarta will be given on the first day of the pre-trip workshop. The program includes working with urban and rural communities on a development challenge, lectures at the university, meetings with government officials and site visits. Students need to attend all the scheduled activities while in Yogyakarta. Learning outcomes: L01, L02, L03, L04, L05, L06, L07, L08, L09 |
Additional learning activity information
The detailed program of activities will be provided in Blackboard and the course workbook. Dates of fieldtrip 27 June to 11 July 2024.
Policies and guidelines
University policies and procedures apply to all aspects of student life. As a UQ student, you must comply with University-wide and program-specific requirements, including the:
- Student Code of Conduct Policy
- Student Integrity and Misconduct Policy and Procedure
- Assessment Procedure
- Examinations Procedure
- Reasonable Adjustments - Students Policy and Procedure
Learn more about UQ policies on my.UQ and the Policy and Procedure Library.