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Master of Human Service (generic and with specialisations)

By coursework

Master of Human Service (Correctional Management)
MHumanServ(CorrMgt)

Master of Human Service (Management and Policy)
MHumanServ(Mgt&Policy)

Master of Human Service
MHumanServ

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Master of Human Service (generic and with specialisations) (1712HS)
Distance Education Wagga Wagga

Normal course duration

Full-time 1.0 years (2.0 sessions)

Admission criteria

Students must have either:

  1. successfully completed a recognised undergraduate degree or equivalent in either social welfare, social work, human services or the social sciences;
    or
  2. successfully completed the Graduate Certificate in Human Services

Credit

Credit of up to four subjects (32 points) may be awarded to a student who has completed equivalent study at Masters or Graduate Diploma level at a recognised tertiary institution. All credit applications will be considered by the Course Coordinator.

Graduation requirement

To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 64 points.

Course structure

To graduate from the Master of Human Service, students must satisfactorily complete 64 points.

Students undertaking the coursework option must complete:
1. one core subject (8points) comprising either:
ETH401 Ethics and Social Welfare
or
ETH402 Vulnerability and the Ethics of Intervention
or
ETH404 Ethical Issues in Correctional Management
selected in consultation with the Course Director
AND
2. Restricted Electives (56points).

Students undertaking the Dissertation option must complete:
1. three core subjects (24points) comprising:
SWK504 Human Services Research Methods
WEL508 Social Policy Reading Subject
and one of either:
ETH401 Ethics and Social Welfare
or
ETH402 Vulnerability and the Ethics of Intervention
or
ETH404 Ethical Issues in Correctional Management
selected in consultation with the Course Director
AND
2. Three Restricted Electives (24 points)
AND
3. The Dissertation (16points).

The Restricted Electives

GER402 Aging bodies, ageing minds
GER404 Aging & Professional Practice
GER406 Issues in Dementia Care and Communication
GER501 Contemporary Issues in Gerontology
HCS406 Social Work and Human Rights
HCS513 Understanding Children
HCS515 Mental Health Practice (16)
HCS510 Social Work Practice in Mental Health
HRM502 Human Resource Management
JST430 Introduction to Corrections in Australasia
JST433 Principles of Correctional Management
JST515 Correctional Policy in Australasia
JST444 Deviance and Control
JST431 Psycho Social Aspects of Correctional Management
JST477 Community Corrections
JST509 Prisons: Institutions and Experience
JST516 Correctional Administration Reading Subject
JST432 Practicum-Correctional Administration
LAW531 Law for the Human Services
LES501 Issues in Leisure and Health
LES510 Project Mgt/Community Leisure &Health
MGT501 Management Theory and Practice
PAD591 Public Sector Management
SPE501 Advanced Social Policy Planning and Analysis (16)
SWK404 Advanced Groupwork
SWK414 International Social Development
SWK504 Human Services Research Methods
WEL409 Grief and Loss
WEL418 Case Management
WEL508 Social Policy Reading Subject
WEL522 Addiction Studies
WEL420 Working in Child Protection

+ Residential School

No subjects with a Residential School component have been identified in this course.

+ Workplace Learning

Please note that the following subject has a Workplace Learning component.

JST432 Practicum - Correctional Administration

Enrolment pattern

Coursework Strand

Year 1
Session 1
2 Restricted Electives

Session 2
Ethics Subject
1 Restricted Elective

Year 2
Session 1
2 Restricted Electives

Session 2
2 Restricted Electives

Research/Dissertation Strand

Year 1
Session 1
2 Restricted Electives

Session 2
Ethics Subject
SWK504 Human Services Research Methods

Year 2
Session 1
SWK500 Social Work and Human Services Dissertation (start) (16)
WEL508 Social Policy Reading Subject

Session 2
SWK500 Social Work and Human Services Dissertation (finish) (16)
Restricted Elective

Specialisations

Correction Management:

Management and Policy

Contact

For further information about Charles Sturt University, or this course offering, please contact info.csu on 1800 334 733 (free call within Australia) or email inquiry@csu.edu.au

The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: October 2012. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.

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