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Head: Associate Professor Chris Goddard
THEA
BROWN Child abuse; management of social and community services; labour force
planning; local government; family violence and family court.
ROBERT CAREW Poverty; casework; groupwork; social work theory and knowledge.
CHRIS GODDARD Child abuse; child sexual abuse; child protection; family
violence; child welfare and children's rights.
LESLEY HEWITT Sexual assault; family violence; women and social work.
MAX LIDDELL Child abuse; homeless youth; policy; program development;
administration; program evaluations.
ROSEMARY SHEEHAN Child abuse; health; management information systems.
DESMA STRONG Cross-cultural social work; ethics in social work; school social
work.
CHRIS TROTTER Corrections; family counselling; casework.
The
postgraduate degrees aim to provide an opportunity for human service and
welfare professionals to enhance and develop their professional skills and
knowledge and to make links between practice in the field and more academic
knowledge and theory.
The degrees aim to provide for the needs of managers and policy developers as
well as for social workers or others involved in direct work with clients. They
also aim to cater for human service professionals who work as middle managers
and as supervisors.
It should be noted that the Master of Social Work coursework degree can be
undertaken on-campus or via distance education.
Postgraduate coordinator: Associate Professor Chris Goddard
Course
code: 0020
Course fee: Local students HECS; international students $A12,000 pa
Applicants for this degree must have a Bachelor of Social Work degree
(four-year degree with a distinction average), or an arts or social sciences
honours degree at H1 or H2A level, or the equivalent. Applicants who do not
have an honours degree need to present evidence of research experience and
methodology.
Course
code: 0019
Course fee: Local students HECS; international students $A12,000 pa
The department offers a Master of Social Work by research. Students are
required to complete a major thesis of 40,000-60,000 words.
Students will be required preferably to have a Bachelor of Social Work degree or other relevant degree with an approved fourth year of study at undergraduate or honours level with grades of distinction average or above. Applicants who do not have an honours degree need to present evidence of research experience and methodology. Academic record and work experience in the social services will be taken into account in selection.
Course
code: 0019
Course fee: Local students HECS; international students $A12,000 pa
Distance education
Course code: 1645
Course fee: Local students HECS; international students $9000 pa
Duration
The course may be taken on a full-time or part-time basis. The full-time course
occupies twelve months and the part-time course is normally completed in
twenty-four months. Students are required to complete four twelve-point units.
Students will be required to have a Bachelor of Social Work degree or other relevant degree with an approved fourth year of study at undergraduate, honours or diploma level with grades of credit average or above. Relevant work experience may also be considered. Evidence of this experience must accompany the candidate's application for entry into the program and be presented with the application in the form of two references which comment on the nature and extent of the experience, a full CV, plus a statement of up to 1000 words indicating the applicant's career objectives and reasons for applying for entry. Academic record, publications and work experience in the community and social services will be taken into account in selection.
The degree aims to provide an opportunity for human service and welfare professionals to enhance and develop their professional skills and knowledge and to make links between practice in the field and more academic knowledge and theory.
These subjects may be offered in either semester one or semester two. Please check availability of subjects prior to enrolment.
SWM5140 and SWM5150 (Policy,
program planning and evaluation I and II) are sequential subjects.
Students enrolling in SWM5140 and SWM5150 must take both parts in the same
year. The two subjects may not be undertaken separately.
Subjects will be offered on a two-year timetable and not all subjects will be
available in 1999. Please check with the department prior to enrolment as to
which subjects are available.
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