Bachelor of Social Work (Honours) Integrated Honours
+ Award nomenclature
Bachelor of Social Work (Honours)
BSocWk(Hons)
Bachelor of Social Work
BSocWk
+ Course Availability Modes and Locations
| Bachelor of Social Work (Honours) (1501SH) |
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| Bachelor of Social Work (1502SW) |
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| On Campus | Dubbo |
| Port Macquarie |
| Wagga Wagga |
| Distance Education | Wagga Wagga |
Availability is subject to change, please verify prior to enrolment.
Normal course duration
Bachelor of Social Work
Full-time 4.0 years (8.0 sessions)
Bachelor of Social Work (Honours)
Full-time 4.0 years (8.0 sessions)
Admission criteria CSU Admission Policy
Bachelor of Social Work
Admission to the program will be through the UAC and VTAC systems or the University Admissions Office. Some students may be admitted through the Koori Admission program or other Indigenous University preparation programs. For those students entering from secondary school it is assumed that any one 2 unit subject in English has been successfully completed in the Higher School Certificate.
Bachelor of Social Work (Honours)
Students may apply to enter the Honours program on completion of the first three years of the Bachelor of Social Work (full-time equivalent). Acceptance into the program is subject to the approval of a Social Work Honours Committee. Normally students should have grades of credit or better in the Social Work subjects already completed.
Credit CSU Credit Policy
Bachelor of Social Work
Credit packages exist for the advanced entry program. Please refer to the attached appendix for details.
Bachelor of Social Work (Honours)
Standard CSU Credit policy apply.
Graduation requirement
Bachelor of Social Work
To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 256 points.
Bachelor of Social Work (Honours)
To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 272 points.
Course structure
The course consists of 30 subjects for the Pass degree (256 points) and 31 subjects including one 16 point Social Work Honours Project/Dissertation (272 points) for the Honours degree.
Pass Degree Subjects:
Foundation:
PSY111 Foundations of Psychology for Health and Human Services
SOC101 Introductory Sociology
PSY113 Child and Adolescent Psychology
SOC102 Social Inequality
PSY216 Psychology of Ageing
LAW221 Law for the Human Services 2
SWK423 Ethics and Social Work Practice
SOC308 Community Analysis
IKC101 Indigenous Cultures Histories and Contemporary Realities
PHL 101 Applied Ethics
Social Work Theory and Practice Subjects
HCS102 Communication and Human Services
HCS111 Introduction to Social Welfare
HCS103 Fields of Practice
WEL218 Developing Cross Cultural Competencies
HCS200 Social Work Theory and Practice 1 - Foundations of Practice
HCS202 Social Work Theory and Practice 2 - Micro Pratice
HCS204 Research Methods
HCS300 Social Work Theory and Practice 3 - Mezzo Level Practice
HCS310 Mental Health Practice
HCS321 Welfare Practice with Children, Young People and their Carers
HCS406 Social Work and Human Rights
HCS400 Social Work Theory and Practice 4- Macro Practice and Professional Identity
Social Policy/Politics/Economics
SPE211 Foundations in Social Policy
SPE401 Social Work and Social Policy Practice
Field Education:
There are 1000 hours of field education in this degree. This meets the requirement set by AASW.
Field education helps students to develop and consolidate practice skills under the supervision of a qualified social worker. It provides opportunities to observe, question and model social work behaviour. Each placement is integrated with subjects covering social work theory and practice.
HCS303 Social Work Field Educaiton 1 (16)
HCS402 Social Work Field Educaiton 2 (16)
Residential School
Please note that the following subjects have a five-day residential school component held at Wagga Wagga Campus
HCS200 Social Work Theory and Practice 1 - Foundations of Practice
HCS202 Social Work Theory and Practice 2 - Micro Practice
HCS300 Social Work Theory and Practice 3 - Mezzo Level Practice
HCS400 Social Work Theory and Practice 4- Macro Practice and Professional Identity
Restricted Electives
GER102 Gerontology Theory & Research
GER204 Young People and Crime
HCS205 Child Abuse & Child Protection
HST310 Drugs & Alcohol: Historical Perspective
JST104 Foundations in Criminology
JST204 Crime Delinquency & Soc Welfare
JST212 Juvenile Justice 1 - Context
JST215 Juvenile Justice 2 - Practice
LES101 Introduction to Leisure & Health
LES110 Foundation of Leisure Activity
LES102 Leisure Programming with Diverse Populations
LES202 Community Leisure & Health Issue
LES302 Leisure and Social Relations
POL205 Political Ideas
SOC215 Gender, Family and Society
SOC108 Sociology of Health & Health Care
SOC217 Fame and Social Control
SOC218 Policy Power & Social Action
SOC226 Rurality in a Globalised World
SOC302 Environment and Society
SOC315 Immigration & Settlement Policy
WEL116 Drugs, Alcohol & Gambling 1
WEL229 Drugs, Alcohol & Gambling Studies 2
WEL217 Social Dimensions of Disability
WEL228 Disability Issues for Families
Additional Honours component
In addition to the pass program, students in the Honours program complete a dissertation of 16 points (HCS408 Social Work Honours Project/Dissertation) in the final year of the program. Honours students may conduct an investigation in any area in which the Honours Committee can provide adequate supervision and for which written approval has been given. The following general areas provide a guide, but they are not prescriptive:
- Aboriginality
- Children and Families
- Community Work
- Corrections
- Disability
- Drug and Alcohol
- Hospital Social Work
- Ideology and Social Work
- Mental Health
- Rural Issues
- Rural Service Delivery
- Social Policy and Administration
- Women's Issues
- Social Work Theory and Practice
Enrolment pattern
Bachelor of Social Work
Proposed Enrolment Patterns
Full-time On Campus, Wagga Wagga
Year 1
Session 1
HCS102 Communication and Human Services
HCS111 Introduction to Human Services
SOC101 Introductory Sociology
PHL101 Applied Ethics
Session 2
HCS103 Fields of Practice
SOC102 Social Inequality
JST108 Justice Studies Theories and Practice
PSY111 Foundations of Psychology for Health and Human Services
Year 2
Session 3
HCS204 Research Methods
HCS200 Social Work Theory and Practice 1 – Foundations of Practice
WEL218 Developing Cross Cultural Competencies
LAW221 Law for the Human Services
Session 4
HCS202 Social Work Theory and Practice 2 – Micro Practice
SPE211 Foundations in Social Policy
IKC 101 Indigenous Cultures Histories and Contemporary Realities
PSY216 Psychology of Ageing
or
PSY113 Child and Adolescent Welfare
Year 3
Session 5
HCS300 Social Work Theory and Practice 3 –Mezzo level Practice
HCS303 Social Work Field Education 1 (16) (Commence)
HCS321 Welfare Practice with Children, Young People and their Carers
Elective 1
Session 6
SOC308 Community Analysis
HCS303 Social Work Field Education 1 (16) (Complete)
HCS310 Mental Health Practice
[ ] Elective 2
Year 4
Session 7
SPE401 Social Work and Social Policy Practice
HCS402 Social Work Field Education 2 (16) (Commence)
[ ] Elective 3
[ ] Elective 4
Session 8
HCS400 Social Work Theory and Practice 4 – Macro Practice and Professional Identity
HCS402 Social Work Field Education 2 (16) (Complete)
HCS406 Social Work and Human Rights
SWK423 Ethics and Social Work Practice
Full-time On Campus, Dubbo and Port Macquarie
Year 1
Session 1
HCS102 Communication and Human Services
TAFE Studies (3 CSU subjects equivalent)
Session 2
SOC101 Introductory Sociology
PSY111 Foundations of Psychology for Health and Human Services
TAFE Studies (2 CSU subjects equivalent)
Year 2
Session 3
HCS200 Social Work Theory and Practice 1 – Foundations of Practice
TAFE Studies (2 CSU subjects equivalent)
Session 4
HCS202 Social Work Theory and Practice 2 – Micro Practice
PSY113 Child and Adolescent Psychology
IKC101 Indigenous Culture, Histories and Realities
TAFE Studies (1 CSU subject equivalent)
Students may exit at the end of Year 2 with the TAFE awarded Diploma of Community Services Work
Year 3
Session 5
HCS300 Social Work Theory and Practice 3 –Mezzo level Practice
HCS303 Socail Wrok Field Education 1 (16) (Commence)
PSY216 Psychology of Ageing
WEL218 Cross Cultural Competencies
Session 6
SWK423 Ethics and Social Work Practice
HCS303 Social Work Field Education 1 (16) (Complete)
HCS310 Mental Health Practice
SPE211 Foundation sof Social Policy
Year 4
Session 7
LAW221 Law for the Human Services 2
HCS321 Welfare Practice with Children, Young People and their Carers
SPE401 Social Work and Social Policy Practice
HCS402 Social Work Field Education 2 (16) (Commence)
Session 8
HCS400 Social Work Theory and Practice 4 – Macro Practice and Professional Identity
HCS402 Social Work Field Education 2 (16) (Complete)
HCS406 Social Work and Human Rights
SOC308 Community Analysis
Part time/Distance Wagga Wagga Campus
Year 1
Session 1
HCS102 Communication and Human Services
HCS111 Introduction to Human Services
Session 2
PSY111 Foundations of Psychology for Health and Human Services
HCS103 Fields of Practice
Year 2
Session 3
SOC101 Introductory Sociology
PHL101 Applied Ethics
Session 4
JST108 Justice Studies - Theories and Practice
SOC102 Social Inequality
Year 3
Session 5
HCS204 Research Methods
WEL218 Developing Cross Cultural Competencies
Session 6
PSY216 Psychology of Ageing
or
PSY113 Child and Adolescent Psychology
IKC101 Indigenous Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities
Year 4
Session 7
HCS200 Social Work Theory and Practice 1 – Foundations of Practice
LAW221 Law for the Human Services
Session 8
HCS202 Social Work Theory and Practice 2 – Micro Practice
SPE211 Foundations of Social Policy
Year 5
Session 9
Elective 1
HCS303 Social Work Field Education 1 (16) (Commence)
Session 10
HCS303 Social Work Field Education 1 (16) (Complete)
SWK423 Ethics and Social Work Practice
Year 6
Session 11
HCS300 Social Work Theory and Practice 3 –Mezzo level Practice
HCS321 Welfare Practice with Children, Young People and their Carers
Session 12
SOC308 Community Analysis
[ ] Elective 2
Year 7
Session 13
[ ] Elective 3
[ ] Elective 4
Session 14
HCS400 Social Work Theory and Practice 4 – Macro Practice and Professional Identity
SWK423 Ethics and Social Work Practice
Year 8
Session 15
HCS402 Social Work Field Education 2 (16) (Commence)
SPE401 Social Work and Social Policy Practice
Session 16
HCS402 Social Workl Field Education 2 (16) (Complete)
HCS406 Social Work and Human Rights
Articulated Program Part-time plus Fast Track Enrolment, Port Macquarie
Year 1
Session 1
HCS102 Communication and Human Services
Session 2
SOC101 Introductory Sociology
PSY111 Foundations of Psychology for Health and Human Services
Year 2
Session 3
HCS200 Social Work Theory and Practice 1 – Foundations of Practice
HCS204 Research Methods
Session 4
HCS202 Social Work Theory and Practice 2 – Micro Practice
PSY113 Child and Adolescent Psychology
IKC101 Indigenous Cultures, Histories and Realities
Year 3
Session 5
HCS300 Social Work Theory and Practice 3 – Mezzo level Practice
WEL218 Developing Cross Cultural competencies
PSY216 Psychology of Ageing
HCS303 Social Work Field Education 1 (Commence)
Session 6
SPE211 Foundations of Social Policy
HCS310 Mental Health Practice
SWK423 Ethics and Social Work Practice
HCS303 Social Work Field Education 1 (Complete)
Year 4
Session 7
LAW221 Law for the Human Services
HCS321 Welfare Practice with Children, Young People and their Carers
SPE401 Social Work and Social Policy Practice
HCS402 Social Work Field Education 2 (Commence)
Session 8
HCS400 Social Work Theory and Practice 4 – Macro Practice and Professional Identity
HCS402 Social Work Field Education 2 (Complete)
HCS406 Social Work and Human Rights
SOC308 Community Analysis
Bachelor of Social Work –Graduate/Advanced Entry
Students must have a three-year degree or its equivalent or have successfully completed two-thirds of a recognised degree including the successful completion of at least one session length subject in each of the following areas::
• Developmental psychology (or equivalent)
• Sociology
• Australian Government and politics and/or welfare politics, social policy and social philosophy, or Australian economic and social history
• Research methods
And
the successful completion of 12 other relevant session-length subjects..
Subjects that are not satisfied in these prerequisites will need to be completed prior to graduation.
Part-time Distance, Wagga Wagga
Year 1
Session 1
HCS200 Social Work Theory and Practice 1 – Foundations of Practice
WEL218 Cross cultural competencies
Session 2
HCS202 Social Work Theory and Practice 2
IKC101 Indigenous Cultures, Histories and Realities
Year 2
Session 3
LAW221 Law for the Human Services 2
HCS303 Social Work Field Education 1 (16) (Commence)
Session 4
HCS310 Mental Health Practice
HCS303 Social work Field Education 1 (16) (Complete)
Year 3
Session 5
HCS300 Social Work Theory and Practice 3 –Mezzo level Practice
HCS321 Welfare Practice with Children, Young People and their Carers
Session 6
SWK423 Ethics and Social Work Practice
HCS406 Social Work and Human Rights
Year 4
Session 7
SPE401 Social Work and Social Policy Practice
HCS402 Social Work Field Education 2 (16) (Commence)
Session 8
HCS402 Social Work Field Education 2 (16) (Complete)
HCS400 Social Work Theory and Practice 4 – Macro Practice and Professional Identity (8 points)
+ Residential School
Please note that the following subjects may have a residential school component.
HCS200 Social Work Theory and Practice 1 - Foundations of Practice
HCS202 Social Work Theory and Practice 2 - Micro Practice
HCS300 Social Work Theory and Practice 3 - Mezzo Level Practice
HCS400 Social Work Theory and Practice 4 - Macro Practice and Professional Identity
Enrolled students can find further information about CSU residential schools via the About Residential School page.
+ Workplace Learning
Professional recognition
This course is approved by the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW). Graduates will be eligible for full accreditation with AASW.
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.