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Duration : 4 years
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Award : University of Tasmania (UTAS)

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Entry Requirements

Fees

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Tuition Fee (Home)
MYR 415,257
Estimated Total Fees
MYR 415,257

Course Content

Completion of the Bachelor of Social Work with Honours requires 400 credit points including:

  • 200 credit points of Core units
  • 100 credit points of Discipline Electives (Studies of the Individual and Studies of Society)
  • 100 credit points from the Research or Professional Honours pathway. Entry into the research pathway is by invitation only.

Core units

Year 1

  • Sociology: Understanding the Social World
  • Introduction to Social Work and Human Service Practice
  • Indigenous Lifeworlds: Sovereignty, Justice, Society
  • Mental Health and Individual Differences

Year 2 - Complete all of the following units (50cp)

  • Social Problems and Social Policy
  • Juvenile Justice and Child Protection
  • Key Concepts in Social Justice
  • Human Rights and Global Justice

Year 3 - Complete all of the following units (100cp)

  • Social Work Theories, Values and Frameworks for 21st Century Practice
  • Social Work Practicum 1
  • Contexts of Social Work Practice
  • Social Innovation, Sustainability and Regenerative Social Work
  • Communication and Assessment Skills in Social Work

Discipline Electives (Studies of the Individual and Studies of Society)

Year 1

Studies of the Individual - Complete two of the following units (25cp)

  • Gender: Being Human
  • Transferable Skills in Psychology
  • Brain and Behaviour
  • Psychological Processes

Studies of Society - Complete two of the following units (25cp)

  • Gender & World
  • Sociology: Experiencing Social Life
  • Crime and Society
  • Society, Culture and Health
  • Introductory Philosophy: Moral and Political Philosophy
  • Justice in Theory
  • Responding to Climate Change
  • Global Geographies of Change
  • Nature, People, Place

Year 2

Studies of Society and the Individual

  • Social and Emotional Wellbeing
  • Masculinities
  • Perspectives on the Social World
  • Working With Offenders
  • Crime and Deviance
  • The Right and the Good
  • Australian Politics and Policy
  • Critical Indigenous Policy
  • Modern Political Ideologies
  • Geographies of Economy, Politics and Culture

Research - Complete one of the following units (12.5cp)

  • Social Research
  • Research Skills in Psychology

Additional units

Honours (Choose 1)

In the fourth year, students are considered for either a Research Honours or Professional Honours specialisation.

Research Honours

  • Social Work Thesis A
  • Social Work Research Practice
  • Collaboration, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Social Work
  • Research Pathway Social Work Practicum
  • Social Work Exhibition and Social Work Thesis
  • Trauma and Justice
  • Honours

Professional Honours

  • Social Work Research Practice
  • Collaboration, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Social Work
  • Social Work Exhibition and Social Work Thesis
  • Trauma and Justice
  • Professional Pathway Social Work Practicum

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