1999 Arts Handbook - Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Social Welfare

Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Social Welfare

General information
Entry requirements
Course structure and sequence

General information

Course code: 1806
This course has been introduced to provide a combination generalist/specialist degree incorporating specific vocational education. Students will graduate with a full welfare qualification, recognised by the Australian Institute of Welfare and Community Workers, plus a major and minor study in other disciplines.

Entry requirements

Applicants should have completed the Victorian Certificate of Education (or equivalent) including the satisfactory completion of work requirements in units 3 and 4 of English. Comparable qualifications at secondary or tertiary level obtained in Victoria, interstate or overseas and TAFE qualifications may be deemed to be equivalent to the VCE. Applicants may also satisfy minimum entrance requirements by sitting a STAT test or completing two non-award subjects or two open learning (OLA) subjects. All applicants should be willing to undertake a normal workload of forty-eight points a year full-time or thirty-two points a year part-time or by distance education. Part-time and distance education students should note that this may have implications regarding eligibility for Austudy or similar schemes.
Students should also obtain a Social Welfare Course Administration form from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Course structure and sequence

A candidate for the double degree must fulfil the following requirements to receive the awards of Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Social Welfare:
(a) complete at least 192 but not more than 216 points;
(b) complete the prescribed sequence in social welfare of eleven subjects (eighty-eight points), one major sequence and one minor sequence from within the School of Humanities and Social Sciences disciplines. A major sequence requires the completion of a minimum of fifty-two points and a maximum of seventy-six points, normally comprising a first-level sequence, sixteen points at second level and twenty four points at third level. A minor sequence requires the completion of twenty-eight to thirty-two points, normally comprising a first-level sequence followed by two second-level subjects, or two second-level subjects followed by two third-level subjects;
(c) complete the prescribed core subjects;
(d) undertake additional prescribed studies to complete the 192 points needed for the degrees.
Major and minor studies can be chosen from those available in the Bachelor of Arts.