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The
social and economic role, legal status, community construction and perception
of children has changed considerably in the post-war decades in the
industrialised countries as birth rates have fallen, on the one hand, and the
structure of families has changed, on the other. With the UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child, children have emerged with a new and separate identity in
society.
New professions focusing especially on children have been developing within
existing ones and interdisciplinary collaboration is emerging as a mechanism to
support the new services being established especially for children.
Course
code: 0017 · Course fees: Local students - HECS; international
students - $12,000 · Coordinators: Thea Brown (Social Work) and Heather
Scutter (English)
This course is a unique development which is responding to the changes for
children. It aims to bring together disciplines across the university to
present units, ranging from reflective studies to action studies, covering the
plurality and difference of children and childhood. The course is intended to
prepare and support those in the newly emerging professions in the specialist
services for children, such as educational, community, medical, legal and other
services, that have emerged in the post-war era, especially since Australia
became a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The course aims for a broad cross-disciplinary approach, reflecting the need
for cross-disciplinary cooperation in dealing with children, either directly or
in policy, program and management tasks.
Students will be required to have an honours degree or masters qualifying, with a grade of H2B or above, or a graduate or postgraduate diploma, with a credit average or above. Applicants with a bachelors degree in a relevant discipline with credit grades in the third part of the major or in the last part of the degree plus a minimum of three years work experience at senior level may also apply. Such relevant experience would include work in children's services, educational, social and community services, and health, legal and other related services. Evidence of relevant work experience, two references related to that experience, a full curriculum vitae, and a statement of up to 1000 words indicating the applicant's career objectives and reasons for applying to the course must accompany the candidate's application.
The course may be taken on a full-time or a part-time basis. The course is normally completed in one year full-time or two years part-time. Students are required to satisfactorily complete four 12-point units from the following list:
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THIS SUBJECT IS OFFERED IN THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND IS EXPECTED TO BE IN
HECS BAND 3.
Subjects will be on a two-year timetable, and students are advised to obtain
details of subject availability from one of the course coordinators, Professor
Thea Brown (Social Work) or Dr Heather Scutter (English), prior to enrolment.
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