Bachelor of Social Work, Bachelor of International Relations

Rules

1. Students who have completed a TAFE Diploma in Community Services are eligible for 18 units of credit. Students who have completed a TAFE Advanced Diploma in Community Services are eligible for 36 units of credit.

2. The Bachelor of Social Work may be awarded with Honours. Students are selected into the Honours Stream in accordance with University policy.

Notes

1. The program is designed to graduate professional social workers with a strong foundation in contemporary social work knowledge and analytical skills in social work and in applying cross-cultural, political and international relations concepts for practice in international, cross cultural and multicultural contexts.

2. The program is five years of full-time study but may also be studied part- time.

3. Credit is granted for relevant studies completed at a recognised tertiary educational institution.

4. Field Education consists of 1000 hours of supervised placement to be undertaken during the third and fourth years. Students are advised that they will be required to attend field education placements generally but not exclusively during normal working hours in both teaching and non teaching weeks, for between 3 and 5 days per week. Students are required to have undertaken a criminal history screening through the Department of Families and Communities and to have completed a 1 day Child Safe Environments Course. Some placements may require students to hold a current drivers licence and recognised First Aid Certificate. Students are strongly encouraged to undertake one international, overseas placement.

5. Students may elect to transfer from the double degree to either of the parent single degrees.

6. Core course of the International Relations Professional Major. The structure of the International Relations Professional Major consists of 8 x 4.5 unit courses (36 units) ; five designated core courses (22.5 units) listed in sequence within the program schedule and three courses (13.5 units) chosen from one of the four International Relations Professional Major Optional Strands (refer to note 7). Students should confirm they have met course prerequisites before enrolling in the next course in the sequence.

7. International Relations Optional Strand: Students select one of the four optional strands shown on the program schedule and complete all three required courses for the International Relations Professional Major. The optional strands are: Asia and the World; Forces in World Politics; Peace and Security; Politics, Policy and Risk.

8. World Politics electives are chosen from the World Politics Major listed in Majors and Minors. World Politics electives may be consolidated as an International Study Experience half year at a foreign university with which the University of South Australia has an international exchange agreement. A Hawke Ambassador International Volunteer Experience (POLI 3014) is an alternative half year international experience. World Politics courses required in the International Relations Professional Major strand chosen by a student then become International Relations Professional Major courses for that student, and cannot be double-counted as World Politics options by that student. Students are free to choose as World Politics courses any other courses selected from the Major in World Politics.

9. Not all optional courses will be offered in any one year.

10. All students complete at least one freely chosen Free Elective as part of their undergraduate program. See undergraduate elective courses.

11. The Program Director is appointed by the School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy and consults with the Program Director from the School of Communications, International Studies and Lanuages with regards to the International Relations components of the double degree program.