The course includes the following awards:

Bachelor of Social Work BSocWk

Bachelor of Social Work (Honours) BSocWk(Hons)

Course Study Modes and Locations

Bachelor of Social Work (1502SW)

Distance Education - Wagga Wagga
On Campus - Dubbo
On Campus - Port Macquarie
On Campus - Wagga Wagga

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

Normal course duration

Bachelor of Social Work (Honours)

Full-time 4.0 years (8.0 sessions)

Part-time 8.0 years (16.0 sessions)

Bachelor of Social Work

Full-time 4.0 years (8.0 sessions)

Part-time 8.0 years (16.0 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.

Admission criteria

CSU Admission Policy

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.

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.

Credit

CSU Credit Policy

Bachelor of Social Work (Honours)

No special arrangements apply.

Bachelor of Social Work

Credit packages exist for the advanced entry program. Please refer to the attached appendix for details.

Graduation requirements

Bachelor of Social Work (Honours)

To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 272 points.

Bachelor of Social Work

To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 256 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:

IKC101 Indigenous Cultures Histories and Contemporary Realities
LAW221 Law for the Human Services 2
PHL 101 Applied Ethics
PSY111 Foundations of Psychology for Health and Human Services
PSY113 Child and Adolescent Psychology
PSY216 Psychology of Ageing
SOC101 Introductory Sociology
SOC102 Social Inequality
SOC308 Community Analysis
SWK423 Ethics and Social Work Practice

Social Work Theory and Practice Subjects

HCS102 Communication and Human Services
HCS111 Introduction to Social Welfare
HCS103 Fields of Practice
HCS200 Social Work Theory and Practice 1 - Foundations of Practice
HCS202 Social Work Theory and Practice 2 - Micro Practice
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
HCS400 Social Work Theory and Practice 4- Macro Practice and Professional Identity
HCS406 Social Work and Human Rights
WEL218 Developing Cross Cultural Competencies

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 Education 1 (16)
HCS402 Social Work Field Education 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 Ageing and Professional Practice
HCS205 Child Abuse & Child Protection
HST310 Drugs & Alcohol: Historical Perspective
JST204 Crime Delinquency & Social Welfare
LES101 Introduction to Leisure & Health
LES102 Leisure Programming with Diverse Populations
LES110 Foundation of Leisure Activity
LES202 Community Leisure & Health Issue
LES302 Leisure and Social Relations
POL205 Political Ideas
SOC108 Sociology of Health & Health Care
SOC215 Gender, Family and Society
SOC218 Policy Power & Social Action
SOC226 Rural Sociology
SOC302 Environment and Society
WEL116 Drugs, Alcohol & Gambling 1
WEL206 Facilitating Positive Behaviour
WEL217 Social Dimensions of Disability
WEL228 Disability Issues for Families
WEL229 Drugs, Alcohol & Gambling Studies 2

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
PSY111 Foundations of Psychology for Health and Human Services
IKC 101 Indigenous Cultures Histories and Contemporary Realities

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 2

Session 4

HCS202 Social Work Theory and Practice 2 – Micro Practice
SPE211 Foundations in Social Policy
JST204 Young People and Crime
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
HCS204 Research Methods
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 Social Work 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 Foundations of 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

JST204 Crime, Delinquency and Social Welfare
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)
HCS310 Mental Health 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 Work 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..

Subject requirements that are not met in these prerequisites will need to be satisfactorily 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)

Workplace learning

Please note that the following subjects may contain a Workplace Learning component.

HCS303 Social Work Field Education 1
HCS402 Social Work Field Education 2

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.

Accreditation

This course is approved by the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW). Graduates will be eligible for full accreditation with AASW.