CHCH101-16S1 (C) Semester One 2016

Strengthening Communities through Social Innovation

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 22 February 2016
End Date: Sunday, 26 June 2016
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 4 March 2016
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 20 May 2016

Description

In this course, students will integrate up to 30 hours of community service (completed as a whole class and individually) related to the Christchurch earthquakes, relevant academic content about post-disaster response and volunteerism, and guided reflection. This will provide students with an overview of how many different fields are contributing to our understanding of, response to, and mitigation of, earthquake hazards in the Christchurch area.

Join 700 other students who have taken CHCH101 in the past five years! During that time, students have contributed over 20,000 hours of service to more than 50 community organisations, government agencies, and individuals in Christchurch, Japan, Vanuatu, and the U.S. UC is the only place in the world to take this unique course that was inspired by the actions of the Student Volunteer Army following the Christchurch earthquakes in 2010 and 2011 and focuses on the role of social innovation in strengthening communities. Students who have taken CHCH101 not only learn more about their local contexts, they learn a lot about themselves.

Working alongside so many people from so many different communities in the course really inspired me in the sense that I could potentially use what I've learned in my business undergrad to help rebuild a city that now means so much to me (CHCH101 student, 2015).

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of CHCH101, students will be able to:

1. apply theory critically to analyse community engagement

2. evaluate the impact of their own community engagement experiences

3. demonstrate an understanding of the Principles of Protection, Partnership, and Participation of the Treaty of Waitangi with regard to community engagement in New Zealand

4. use a self-reflective approach to devising, developing, and presenting personally relevant assessment products

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Billy O'Steen

Lecturer

Annelies Kamp

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Summary Reflection Of First Five Weeks and Healing Proposal 05 Apr 2016 60% (3000-5000 words total)
Individual Reflection on Group Project 31 May 2016 40% (1000 - 2000 words)

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $717.00

International fee $2,913.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Limited Entry Course

Maximum enrolment is 500

For further information see School of Educational Studies and Leadership .

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