BAS5550 Designing impactful change projects
Faculty of Science
BAS5550 Designing impactful change projects is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Science. It isn't offered in 2024. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2024
- Not offered
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
This is the 2024 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Overview
Addressing the world’s greatest challenges requires change in both human behaviour, and the systems that support this behaviour. For any problem there are dozens of good ideas of what might work, but there are far fewer examples of well-designed and effectively implemented solutions. The difference is often in the detailed design - how exactly will this good idea be translated into real-world impact?
This unit takes a deep dive not only identifying and designing solutions but how these solutions are implemented and how to ensure they align with ethical practice. You will explore intervention functions, connecting design with evidence to increase design effectiveness, apply frameworks to prioritise intervention design, use co-design methods to incorporate multiple stakeholder perspectives and discuss techniques such as human centered design and prototyping to progress ideas and solutions.
You will gain an overview of simple evaluation strategies to assess project outcomes and will engage with ethical principles and their role in intervention design and implementation. You will learn from change practitioners and researchers, with the opportunity to apply this learning to an existing professional challenge or a provided case study.
Offerings in 2024
The 2024 handbook lists no offerings for BAS5550.
Assessment
- Independent learning portfolioOther10%
- Written reportReport30%
- Verbal presentationPresentation40%
- Written reportReport20%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Select appropriate intervention types to support change, using audience insights, evidence-based frameworks, behavioural diagnosis and systems change processes;
- 2
Apply intervention functions, models and techniques such as co-design, human centered design and prototyping to develop intervention designs;
- 3
Identify and apply selection criteria to prioritise and select appropriate intervention designs for further development and effective implementation;
- 4
Create an implementation plan for operationalisation of interventions, including initial approaches, such as piloting, to assess and evaluate outcomes;
- 5
Reflect on the ethical implications of intervention design and implementation and the ethical principles that underpin influencing and creating change.
Workload and teaching
- Workshops24 hours
- Assessments48 hours
- Teaching approachCase-based teaching
- Teaching approachActive learning
- Teaching approachProblem-based learning
- Teaching approachOnline learning
- 24 hours of synchronous workshops over the semester;
- 10 hours independent study per week or equivalent depending on timetable (asynchronous study using Moodle); divided approximately into 6 hours of engagement with materials and 4 hours towards assignments.
Theories, frameworks, methods and tools taught to students will be illustrated through real-life case scenarios. The intention of these scenarios is to bring the theory to life, to demonstrate its practical application, and to empower learners in the use of these theories and tools in their attempts to create change.
Throughout the unit, you will have the opportunity to apply your learning to a variety of activities and interactive forums, that will facilitate engagement with the learning material, and enable collaboration with other learners.
The weekly workshops will involve a combination of problem-based learning, where students will apply the tools they are learning to addressing a variety of simple and complex problems, and will engage in a Q&A with practitioners to address emerging questions and queries that arise through this process.
This unit will be enriched with a comprehensive set of reading materials, videos, and case scenarios prepared for flexible self-paced online learning. These materials will complement and support the activities to be completed in the weekly workshops, and will offer accessible access to key content to be used for assessment.
Learning resources
Required resources
Off-campus requirement: You will be required to engage in learning material delivered in Moodle, to support your learning between workshops. Hence, you will require technology assistance from the University, to facilitate your access to the material (e.g. esolutions). You will also attend weekly online workshops via Zoom to take part in practical activities.
On-campus requirement: You will be required to attend 2 hours of workshops throughout the unit at the Monash Clayton campus. These workshops will involve team-based and collaborative learning. You will need to be divided into small groups to facilitate effective discussion and collaboration.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Filia Garivaldis
- Unit Coordinators
- Ms Kavya Raj
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for BAS5550?
BAS5550 has no prerequisites.
When is BAS5550 offered?
BAS5550 has no offerings listed in the 2024 handbook.
Does BAS5550 have an exam?
No. BAS5550 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.