Doctor of Social Work

The course consists of five core subjects (80 points), a restricted elective (16 points) and a dissertation (96 points) as follows:

Core subjects

HCS701 Practice Leadership in the Human Services (16)
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)

Restricted elective - one from the following:

HCS702 Leading Service Development in Human Services Organisations
HCS515 Mental Health Practice
HCS516 Community Development (Adv)
SPE501 Advanced Social Policy Planning and Analysis

Doctoral dissertation

Either

SWK707 Dissertation (96 points) part-time

Or

SWK706 Dissertation (96 points) full-time

Enrolment pattern

Part-Time

Session 1

HCS701 Practice Leadership in the Human Services (16 points)

Session 2

Restricted Elective (16 points)

Session 3

SWK702 Advanced Human Services Research (16 points)

Session 4

SWK701 Social Work Practice (16 points)

Session 5

SWK703 Social Work research critique and publication (16 points)

Session 6

SWK704 Dissertation development (16 points)

Session 7

SWK707 Dissertation (96 points) (commenced)

Session 8

SWK707 Dissertation (continued)

Session 9

SWK707 Dissertation (continued)

Session 10

SWK707 Dissertation (continued)

Session 11

SWK707 Dissertation (continued)

Session 12

SWK707 Dissertation (completed)

Full-time

Session 1

HCS701 Practice Leadership in the Human Services (16 points)

SWK702 Advanced Human Services Research (16 points)

Session 2

SWK701 Social Work Practice (16 points)

Restricted Elective (16 points)

Session 3

SWK703 Social Work research critique and publication (16 points)

SWK704 Dissertation development (16 points)

Session 4

SWK706 Dissertation (96 points) (commenced)

Session 5

SWK706 Dissertation (continued)

Session 6

SWK706 Dissertation (completed)

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