UWA PLUS
Active Citizenship in Practice
The McCusker Centre for Citizenship offers structured, quality internships with not-for-profit, community and government organisations locally, regionally, and globally for those who want to become involved and active citizens. Students gain insight and experience in areas such as social justice, community development, environmental conservation, the provision of care, human rights, advocacy, community capacity building and activism. Internships involve 100 hours of work, and students' applied experience is supplemented with classes and assessments that contextualise and prompt critical reflection about civic engagement, delivering a broad and rich educational experience.
This course will be offered to any current UWA students or students of other Western Australian universities who are keen to make a difference by learning about active citizenship and applying this knowledge during a 100 hour internship. The micro-credential can be completed by both, undergraduate or postgraduate students and is ideally suited to students who cannot complete the equivalent unit as part of their degree. Students should have completed at least one semester of study at the time of application.
Please note that current UWA students cannot credit this micro-credential unit towards their UWA course.
Upon successful completion of this micro-credential, you'll receive:
- Six PD Points
- A Certificate of Achievement
- A UWA Plus Professional Development Transcript, listing all successfully completed micro-credentials
- Delivery mode On-campus and at the placement host
- Course dates
- 13 November - 15 December 2023
26 February 2024 - 24 May 2024
17 June 2024 - 19 July 2024
22 July 2024 - 18 October 2024
11 November 2024 - 13 December 2024 - Duration
- 5 -12 weeks
- Registration closes
- Refer to the McCusker Centre application process
- Effort Internship experience approximately - 100 hours: 1 day per week during Semester, 3 days per week during intensive periods
McCusker Centre attendance approximately - 8 hours: approx 40 hours study and assessments
- Academic lead Catherine Martin
- Cost
- $450 inc. GST
- Critical information summary
- SVLGM002 Active Citizenship in Practice [PDF 245KB]
What you'll learn
Participants will be able to:
Engage in real work in a community context
Demonstrate professional responsibility to use knowledge and skills for the benefit of the community
Critically reflect on complex social or environmental issues and the role of active citizenship
Discuss reciprocity as an integral feature of service learning
Describe a social issue and pose recommendations to address this
Why study this course?
Students apply to our program as a whole to broaden their knowledge on how everyone can actively participate in their communities. This micro-credential enables the students to test their knowledge, skills and aptitude for service and tasks they might not otherwise have considered. Applicants are placed based on interests, skills, experience and the specific requirements of available roles.
Students learn about active citizenship, social justice and will be guided through reflections on their impact. Feedback on the course is overwhelmingly positive, with 97% of past students agreeing they would recommend the program to others.
Who should study this course?
This course will be offered to any current UWA students or students of other Western Australian universities who are keen to make a difference by learning about active citizenship and applying this knowledge during a 100 hour internship. The course can be completed by both, undergraduate or postgraduate students who cannot complete the program as part of their degree.
Students should have completed at least one semester of study at the time of application.
Please note that current UWA students cannot credit this micro-credential unit towards their UWA course.