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Course code: 1806 * Gippsland campus * HECS fees applicable * Attendance compulsory.
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 for Welfare and Community Workers, plus a major and minor study in other disciplines.
All
applicants should satisfy Tertiary Entrance Requirements (TER) as outlined in
the section on entry requirements in this book.
In addition to meeting standard entry requirements all applicants are required
to complete a social welfare course administration form. If you did not receive
this form with the distance education handbook then it can be obtained from the
Course Inquiries Centre, telephone 1800 671845 or from the School of
Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences on (03) 5122 6339 or
(03) 9902 6339. Applicants will be shortlisted on the basis of
information contained in this form, for a more detailed selection process.
Applicants are strongly advised that academic criteria are not the only ones
for entry into the course. Other factors such as work and life experience,
personal qualities and maturity, are taken into account.
All applicants should be willing to undertake a normal initial work load of at least twenty-four points a year by distance education. Distance education students should note that this may have implications regarding eligibility for Austudy or similar schemes. In later years of the course the normal work load will be thirty-two points per year, but there is scope to vary this under some circumstances.
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 double degree must attend the Gippsland campus for two
residential workshops during the course, involving one two-day workshop, and
one three-day workshop. Students will also be required to undertake a
sixteen-day placement in their second year and a sixty-day field education
placement during the final year of the program.
Classes will be held in most subjects at each weekend school. Normally, this
will include lectures and seminars or tutorials. Attendance at weekend school
classes is recommended, but not compulsory for the completion of most subjects
offered by the School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences.
Students should have access to a computer to successfully complete this course.
Students
will undertake a sequence of study in social welfare, and choose major and
minor studies from those available in the Bachelor of Arts degree program.
The course of study is normally a minimum of seven years part-time by distance
education. In order to complete the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Social Welfare
double degree a student must:
(a) complete appropriate subjects within the course to gain at least 192 but
not more than 216 points;
(b) complete the prescribed sequence in social welfare (eleven subjects =
eighty-eight points), an arts major sequence (fifty-two points) and an arts
minor sequence (twenty-eight points); (An arts major sequence will comprise a
first-level sequence and at least sixteen points at second level and
twenty-four points at third level, and an arts minor sequence will comprise a
first-level sequence and two subjects at second level.)
(c) undertake additional prescribed studies in areas such as social research,
Koorie studies and human behaviour to complete the minimum 192 points needed
for the double degree.
A course plan for the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Social Welfare may look like the one depicted below:
First semester |
Second semester | |
Year 1 |
GSC1303 Foundations of interpersonal practice: casework and groupwork; GSC1201 Sociological reflections on everyday life |
GSC1304 Communication and counselling skills; GSC1202 Sociological issues |
Year 2 |
GSC1306 Introduction to understanding human behaviour; arts sequence (first level) |
GSC1305 Human services organisational practice; arts sequence (first level) |
Year 3 |
GSC1801 Introduction to Koorie society; arts major subject |
GSC1307 Human behaviour across the lifespan; GSC1301 Social welfare issues |
Year 4 |
Arts major subject; GSC1601 Basic statistics and computing for social sciences |
Arts major subject; Arts minor subject |
Year 5 |
GSC2303 Case management theory and practice; GSC2304 Community development |
Arts minor subject; GSC2310 Social policy: developing the links |
Year 6 |
GSC3307 Human services management; GSC3306 Field education and practice |
GSC3303 Insights into practice; GSC3306 Field education and practice continued; |
Year 7 |
Arts major subject |
GSC3304 Paradigms of practice; arts major subject |
Students entering the double degree program should normally enrol in four subjects in the first year, two in each semester. The following is the suggested first-year enrolment:
Students with previously completed or partially completed tertiary studies should complete an application for credit transfer to apply for credits and exemptions. The onus is on the student to provide course records and details of course content and duration (including extracts from relevant handbooks). Students in this category are advised to complete a course plan prior to the commencement of study to ensure they will complete the major/s or minor they intend. Students may be granted up to a maximum of 128 points of credits/exemptions. As a general rule, credits will not be granted for studies completed more than ten years prior to the date of enrolment in the current course.
For more detailed information, contact the administrative officers, School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences, telephone (03) 9902 6339 or (03) 5122 6339, email HUMASS.info@arts.monash.edu.au.
Completed applications are to be forwarded to the admissions officer, School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences, Monash University Gippsland campus, Churchill, Victoria, 3842, by 24 September 1999 to be considered for a first-round offer.
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