School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Theories of Youth
  • Unit Code

    YWK3203
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr John Matthew SUTCLIFFE

Description

In this unit students will have an opportunity to develop their knowledge of the contribution of various disciplines to understanding young people in society. The concept of youth is understood differently by various professions, and clarity is needed to enable successful inter-professional collaboration. For this reason, the materials in this unit encourage students to critically analyse a variety of theoretical perspectives so they are able to articulate a theorisation of youth that is coherent and applicable to their present or future work with young people.

Prerequisite Rule

Must have passed either YWK1101 or YWK1220.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded YWK2103, YWK3103, YWK4103.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Compare contemporary topical debates about young people with historical and cross-cultural accounts of young people and society.
  2. Critically analyse how theories of youth derived from different disciplines influence contemporary youth policy, youth services and youth work practice.
  3. Identify how theories of youth are used in professional discourse about young people, and in media commentary on young people.
  4. Communicate theoretical understanding of youth and synthesise this with profession and personal values to develop a consistent conceptual base for future work with young people related to their intended future career.

Unit Content

  1. Youth as a social category.
  2. Theories of youth used in different disciplines.
  3. The history of youth, youth culture and youth subcultures.
  4. Youth studies research and the implications for youth work.
  5. Discourses of youth and inter-professional team work.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 112 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Reflective PracticeAn assignment that integrates knowing, doing and being’ to link theories of youth with youth work practice, as well as personal and professional values. 50%
TestAn open book assessment that tests understanding and application of a variety of theories of youth discussed throughout the unit.50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Reflective PracticeAn assignment that integrates knowing, doing and being’ to link theories of youth with youth work practice, as well as personal and professional values. 50%
TestAn open book assessment that tests understanding and application of a variety of theories of youth discussed throughout the unit. 50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Theories of Youth
  • Unit Code

    YWK3203
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr John Matthew SUTCLIFFE

Description

In this unit students will have an opportunity to develop their knowledge of the contribution of various disciplines to understanding young people in society. The concept of youth is understood differently by various professions, and clarity is needed to enable successful inter-professional collaboration. For this reason, the materials in this unit encourage students to critically analyse a variety of theoretical perspectives so they are able to articulate a theorisation of youth that is coherent and applicable to their present or future work with young people.

Prerequisite Rule

Must have passed either YWK1101 or YWK1220.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded YWK2103, YWK3103, YWK4103.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Compare contemporary topical debates about young people with historical and cross-cultural accounts of young people and society.
  2. Critically analyse how theories of youth derived from different disciplines influence contemporary youth policy, youth services and youth work practice.
  3. Identify how theories of youth are used in professional discourse about young people, and in media commentary on young people.
  4. Communicate theoretical understanding of youth and synthesise this with profession and personal values to develop a consistent conceptual base for future work with young people related to their intended future career.

Unit Content

  1. Youth as a social category.
  2. Theories of youth used in different disciplines.
  3. The history of youth, youth culture and youth subcultures.
  4. Youth studies research and the implications for youth work.
  5. Discourses of youth and inter-professional team work.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 112 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Reflective PracticeAn assignment that integrates knowing, doing and being’ to link theories of youth with youth work practice, as well as personal and professional values. 50%
TestAn open book assessment that tests understanding and application of a variety of theories of youth discussed throughout the unit.50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Reflective PracticeAn assignment that integrates knowing, doing and being’ to link theories of youth with youth work practice, as well as personal and professional values. 50%
TestAn open book assessment that tests understanding and application of a variety of theories of youth discussed throughout the unit. 50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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