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Master of Human Service (generic and with specialisation)

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+ Award nomenclature

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

+ Course Availability Modes and Locations

Master of Human Service (generic and with specialisation) (1715HS)
Distance Education Wagga Wagga

Availability is subject to change, please verify prior to enrolment.

Normal course duration

Full-time 1.5 years (3.0 sessions)

  • Normal course duration is the effective period of time taken to complete a course when studied Full-time (Full-time Equivalent: FTE). Students are advised to consult the Enrolment Pattern for the actual length of study. Not all courses are offered in Full-time mode.
  • This course may utilise a three session per year teaching calendar. Students should consult the Enrolment Pattern for availability of subjects in Session 3, or contact their Course Coordinator.

    • Admission criteria CSU Admission Policy

    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 CSU Credit Policy

    Credit of up to six subjects (48  points) may be awarded to a student who has completed equivalent study at Masters  level at a recognised tertiary institution. All credit applications will be considered by the Course Coordinator.

    Graduation requirement

    To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 96 points.

    Course structure

    To graduate from the Master of Human Service, students must satisfactorily complete 96 points.

    Students undertaking the coursework option must complete:

    1. Five core subject (64 points) comprising either:

    ETH402 Vulnerability and the Ethics of Intervention
    SWK 504 Human Services Research Methods
    SPE501 Advanced Social Policy Analysis & Planning (16)
    HCS531 Leading Human Service Development (16)
    HCS521 Practice leadership in Human Services (16)

    2. Four Restricted Electives (32 points).

    Students undertaking the Dissertation option must complete:

    1. Five core subject (64 points) comprising either:

    ETH402 Vulnerability and the Ethics of Intervention
    SWK 504 Human Services Research Methods
    SPE501 Advanced Social Policy Analysis & Planning (16)
    HCS531 Leading Human Service Development (16)
    HCS521 Practice leadership in Human Services (16)
    AND

    2. WEL508 Social Policy Reading Subject
    AND

    3. SWK500 Social Work and Human Services Dissertation (16points)

    AND

    one restricted elective.

    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
    JST444 Deviance and Control
    JST509 Prisons: Institutions and Experience
    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
    SWK404 Advanced Groupwork
    SWK414 International Social Development
    SWK504 Human Services Research Methods
    WEL409 Grief and Loss
    WEL418 Case Management
    WEL522 Addiction Studies
    WEL420 Working in Child Protection
    SSC503 Rural Populations and Places

    Enrolment pattern

    Coursework Strand

    Year 1
    Session 1 (30)
    SPE501 Advanced Social Policy Analysis & Planning (16)

    Session 2 (60)
    ETH402 Vulnerability and the Ethics of Intervention
    SWK 504 Human Services Research Methods

    Year 2
    Session 1 (30)
    HCS521 Practice leadership in Human Services (16)

    Session 2 (60)
    2 Restricted Electives

    Year 3
    Session 1 (30)
    2 Restricted Electives

    Session 2 (60)
    HCS531 Leading Human Service Development (16)

    Research/Dissertation Strand

    Year 1
    Session 1 (30)
    SPE501 Advanced Social Policy Analysis & Planning (16)

    Year 1
    Session 2 (60)
    ETH402 Vulnerability and the Ethics of Intervention

    SWK 504 Human Services Research Methods

    Year 2
    Session 1 (30)
    HCS521 Practice leadership in Human Services (16)

    Session 2 (60)
    HCS531 Leading Human Service Development (16)

    Year 3
    Session 1 (30)
    SWK500 Social Work and Human Services Dissertation (start) (16)
    WEL508 Social Policy Reading Subject

    Session 2 (60)
    SWK500 Social Work and Human Services Dissertation (finish) (16)
    Restricted Elective

    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 2015 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: February 2015. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.

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