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
