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Course
code: 1734
Gippsland campus
HECS fees applicable
Attendance compulsory
If HECS places are filled, then fee paying option may be available: course fee
$6600.
This course provides an educational program that equips students for ethical and competent social welfare practice in a changing social and political environment.
The course is recognised by the Victorian Public Service, Commonwealth Public Service Board and the Australian Institute of Welfare and Community Workers.
Applicants should hold a three-year degree and must have completed the equivalent of one year's study in either sociology and psychology. Open learning study in these disciplines is also acceptable in conjunction with a degree. Selection will include assessment of applicants suitability for social welfare and all applicants must complete a social welfare course administration form, which can be obtained from the Course Inquiries Centre, telephone 1800 671845 or from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences on (03) 5122 6339 or (03) 9902 6339.
Students
must be aware of the attendance requirements for certain social welfare
subjects, and should take the cost of this into account before applying for
entry to the course.
Students in the Graduate Diploma of Arts (Social Welfare) must attend the
Gippsland campus for one three-day residential workshop during the first
semester. Students will also be required to undertake a sixty-day field
education placement during the second year as well as a sixteen-day placement
in semester two of the first year.
The course of study is normally two years by distance education. In order to complete the Graduate Diploma of Arts (Social Welfare) a student must complete all seven compulsory subjects listed below.
First semester |
Second semester | |
Year 1 |
GSC2303 Case management theory and practice; GSC2308 Advanced interpersonal practice |
GSC2304 Community development; GSC2309 Human services organisations: practice, planning and development |
Year 2 |
GSC3306 Field education and practice |
GSC3303 Insights into practice; GSC3304 Paradigms of practice |
There are no credits/exemptions for this course.
For more detailed information, contact the administrative officers, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, telephone (03) 5122 6339 or (03) 9902 6339, email melanie.michie@arts.monash.edu.au.
Completed applications are to be forwarded to the admissions officer, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Monash University Gippsland campus, Churchill, Victoria, 3842, by 18 September 1998 to be considered for a first-round offer.
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