Start Date
February

Duration
4 year(s) full-time

Program Code
WBSW

Study as
Full-time or part-time

Entry Requirements
Selection Rank (Internal): 78.45 (for 2014)
Selection Rank (Guaranteed): 75.00 (for 2015)
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Prerequisites
None

Assumed Knowledge
None

Aim

The Bachelor of Social Work qualifies individuals who are equipped with the intellectual ethical and professional methods to undertake professional social work in a range of contexts.

Content & Structure

Graduates of the Bachelor of Social Work degree will have a broad and coherent body of knowledge in the political, behavioural and social sciences, with depth in the underlying principles and concepts of social work and social policy and be able to function as reflexive practitioners within the human service context.

The students will complete 144 units of study comprising 81 units of core studies, social policy and social work theory, 4.5 units of free elective, 31.5 units of practice skills and 27 units of field placements.

What courses you'll study

Course name Area and cat no. Units Reference  
FIRST YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Human Service Provision WELF 1014 4.5
Communication Skills in Social Work and Human Services WELF 1019 4.5
The Social World SOCU 1003 4.5
Psychology 1A BEHL 1003 4.5
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Governance and Citizenship in Australia POLI 1008 4.5
Group Work BEHL 2009 4.5
Free Elective 4.5 Note(s): 5
Psychology 1B BEHL 1004 4.5
SECOND YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Human Service Intervention WELF 2012 4.5
Working with Community WELF 2010 4.5
Social Enquiry Methods HUMS 1004 4.5
Interviewing Skills in Social Work and Human Services WELF 2020 4.5
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Australian Social Policy POLI 1012 4.5
Social Work Practice Strategies WELF 2009 4.5
Human Service Workers and the Law JUST 2005 4.5
Mental Health and Mental Wellbeing WELF 2019 4.5
THIRD YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Social Work Field Education 1 WELF 3011 13.5
Indigenous Australians and the Human Services WELF 2015 4.5
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Advanced Practice in Social Work WELF 3021 4.5
Contemporary Practice Approaches WELF 3007 4.5
Working with Human Service Organisations WELF 3023 4.5
Policy Practice POLI 2027 4.5
FOURTH YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Professional Practice in the Workplace WELF 4032 4.5
Child Centred Practice WELF 4030 4.5
Rural Social Work WELF 4004 4.5
Complexity in Practice WELF 4031 4.5
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Social Work Field Education 2 WELF 4019 13.5
Professional Development WELF 4016 4.5
FOURTH YEAR (WITH HONOURS)
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Applied Social Research (Honours) WELF 4033 4.5
Honours Dissertation A WELF 4026 13.5
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Social Work Field Education 2 WELF 4019 13.5
Honours Dissertation B WELF 4027 4.5

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