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Doctor of Social Work

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The course consists of two components, a master and a doctoral degree. Students will receive a credit package of 64 points towards the Doctorate on successful completion of the master degree.

Coursework - Master component

Students undertaking the CSU Master degree must complete the following course structure:

Master of Social Work (Advanced Practice)

The course comprises 2 core subjects (24 points in total) and restricted electives (40 points in total) based on option chosen.

Core subjects

HCS521 Practice Leadership in the Human Services (16 points)
SWK501 Advanced Social Work Practice Theory

Restricted electives (40 points max):

General coursework option:

Either
HCS516 Community Development (Advanced Specialisation) (16 points) or
HCS515 Mental Health & Mental Disorder (16 points) or
SPE501 Advanced Social Policy Analysis and Planning (16 points)
plus any two of the following:
MGT501 Management Theory and Practice or
WEL418 Case Management
SWK404 Advanced Group Work
SWK414 International Social Work and Development
HCS510 Social Work Practice in Mental Health
HCS512 Mental Health Policy and Community Services

Dissertation option:

SWK504 Human Services Research Methods
And Either
HCS516 Community Development (Advanced Specialisation) (16 points) or
HCS515 Mental Health & Mental Disorder (16 points) or
SPE501 Advanced Social Policy Analysis and Planning (16 points)
And
SWK500 Social Work/Social Welfare Dissertation (16 points) or
SWK505 Social Work/Social Welfare Dissertation (16 points)

Couple and Family Therapy option

HCS541 Introduction to Systemic Practice (8)
HCS542 Relationships Theory and Practice (8)
HCS543 Systemic Therapy Special Issues (8)
HCS544 Advanced Clinical Practice (16)

Doctoral coursework component

Students complete the following four core subjects:
SWK701 Social Work in Practice (16 points)
SWK702 Advanced Human Services Research (16 points)
SWK703 Social work research critique and publication (16 points)
SWK704 Dissertation development (16 points)

Doctoral dissertation

Students complete the following subjects:
SWK705 Dissertation (64 points) full-time
SWK715 Dissertation (64 points) part-time

Enrolment pattern

Master component

Master of Social Work (Advanced Practice) - Part-time enrolment pattern coursework option

Session 1 (16 points)

HCS521 Practice Leadership in the Human Services (16 points)

Session 2 (16 points)

SWK504 Human Services Research Methods
SWK501 Advanced Social Work Practice Theory

Session 3 (16 points)

One of the advanced social work Practice areas:
HCS516 Community Development (Advanced Specialisation) (16 points)
HCS515 Mental Health & Mental Disorder (16 points) or
SPE501 Advanced Social Policy Analysis and Planning (16 points) Session 4 (16 points)
2 Electives

Master of Social Work (Advanced Practice) - Full-time enrolment pattern coursework option

Session 1 (32 points)

HCS521 Practice Leadership in the Human Services (16 points)
And either
HCS516 Community Development (Advanced Specialisation) (16 points) or
HCS515 Mental Health & Mental Disorder (16 points) ( or
SPE501 Advanced Social Policy Analysis and Planning (16 points)

Session 2 (32 points)

SWK504 Human Services Research Methods
SWK501 Advanced Social Work Practice Theory
2 Electives

Master of Social Work (Advanced Practice) - Part-time enrolment pattern - Dissertation option

Session 1 (16 points)

HCS521 Practice Leadership in the Human Services (16 points)

Session 2 (16 points)

SWK504 Human Services Research Methods
SWK501 Advanced Social Work Practice Theory

Session 3 (16 points)

One of the advanced social work Practice areas:
HCS516 Community Development (Advanced Specialisation) (16 points)
HCS515 Mental Health & Mental Disorder (16 points) or
SPE501 Advanced Social Policy Analysis and Planning (16 points)

Session 4 (16 points)

SWK505 Social Work/Social Welfare Dissertation (16 points)

Master of Social Work (Advanced Practice) - Full-time enrolment pattern dissertation option

Session 1 (32 points)

HCS521 Practice Leadership in the Human Services (16 points)
And either
HCS516 Community Development (Advanced Specialisation) (16 points) or
HCS515 Mental Health & Mental Disorder (16 points) or
SPE501 Advanced Social Policy Analysis and Planning (16 points)

Session 2 (32 points)

SWK504 Human Services Research Methods
SWK501 Advanced Social Work Practice Theory
SWK505 Social Work/Social Welfare Dissertation (16 points)

Master of Social Work (Advanced Practice) (Couple and Family Therapy) - Part-time enrolment pattern

Session 1

HCS521 Practice Leadership in the Human Services (16)

Session 2

HCS541 Introduction to Systemic Practice (8)
SWK501 Advanced Social Work Practice Theory (8)

Session 3

HCS542 Relationships Theory and Practice (8)
HCS543 Systemic Therapy Special Issues (8)

Session 4

HCS544 Advanced Clinical Practice (16)

Doctoral component (part-time)

Session 5

SWK702 Advanced Human Services Research (16 points)

Session 6

SWK701 Social Work Practice (16 points)

Session 7

SWK703 Social Work research critique and publication (16 points)

Session 8

SWK704 Dissertation development (16 points)

Session 9

SWK715 Dissertation (64 points) (commenced)

Session 10

SWK715 Dissertation (continued)

Session 11

SWK715 Dissertation (continued)

Session 12

SWK715 Dissertation (completed)

Doctoral component (full-time)

Session 5

SWK702 Advanced Human Services Research (16 points)
SWK701 Social Work Practice (16 points)

Session 6

SWK703 Social Work research critique and publication (16 points)
SWK704 Dissertation development (16 points)

Session 7

SWK705 Dissertation (64 points) (commenced)

Session 8

SWK705 Dissertation (completed)

Articulation

The Master of Social Work (Advanced Practice)

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Where

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When

Session 1; Session 2; Session 3

Level

Higher Degree by Research

Duration

3-4 years full-time, 6-8 years part-time

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Indicative ATAR

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