This paper involves one two-hour face-to-face lecture (scheduled on Thursday) and a further hour of recorded lecture content that will be available through Moodle - students need to watch this hour before the following Thursday class, as the face-to-face content will often build on material covered in the recorded hour.
As social policy is always being developed and refined, the topics outlined below will, as much as practicable, include discussion of recent events.Discussion within class is encouraged, and students are welcome to either email or bring in examples of policies or consequences of policies that are relevant to the paper content. Students who actively participate in the paper (through bringing in examples, contributing to class discussion, etc) are likely to get the most out of it.
Classes will include regular discussion of the assessments, developing relevant skills to complete these exercises, and workshopping various aspects of the assessments. Preparing for these workshops will help in achieving the best possible grade in the assessments.

Detailed handouts regarding each assessment will be delivered in class and via Moodle, and students will have ample opportunity in class to discuss and clarify the requirements for assessments. This paper does not involve group work for assessments, but students are strongly encouraged to share relevant resources and work together wherever this would be helpful - for example, swapping drafts of assessments to read.

As noted below, all referencing should be in APA format. As well as the link below, a 'quick guide' to APA referencing will be provided on Moodle. APA referencing will be given on Moodle for any readings provided.

Moodle is the primary online support system for this paper, and it is thus important you have access to Moodle, and that your contact details on Moodle are current. Lecture notes, required and recommended readings, links to useful websites, and other helpful material will be placed on Moodle. If a resource is placed on Moodle, it is assumed you have access to it.

Notices are sent to the class via Moodle frequently. If a notice is sent out via Moodle, it is assumed you have received it.

If, for any reason, you are unable to access Moodle, please advise Johanna so that alternative arrangements can be made until you do have access.

Students are expected to utilise the resources available on Moodle as relevant, but must also undertake independent research to locate further material for assessments and other aspects of the paper. Reading a range of academic material relevant to the topic is crucial to adequately completing any assessment.

This paper is worth 15 points. As a full semester workload is 60 points, students should expected to devote 25% of a full-time workload to this paper - i.e. ten hours per week throughout the entire semester, including lecture attendance/viewing and self-directed study (reading, writing assessments, and revision). Students are expected to manage their workload to allow for this to be undertaken in a timely fashion.

Classes are likely to include discussion of relevant social policy developments that may be occurring during the semester, and it is recommended that students maintain familiarity with national politics, especially in relation to social policy regarding children and families.