Course code: TBA Gippsland campus Full-fee-paying course: course fee $7000 EFT Attendance compulsory
On successful completion of this course, students will have enhanced their professional knowledge, skills and values, so as to perform competently in the complex field of family-centred practice. The students will demonstrate advanced practice and conceptual skills to augment their contribution to the field, to their communities and to society. They will have developed a critical understanding of the relationship between family and the social conditions impacting on families and individuals. Their practice will reflect their understanding of the use of self, personal qualities, resources, style and family-of-origin influences.
Applicants must hold a bachelors degree in social work, social welfare, nursing or education, and be working with families in the field of human services.
Access to a PC will be required.
Each semester-long unit will have a two-day compulsory residential school.
The Graduate Diploma of Arts (Family-Centred Practice) comprises two years part-time study by distance education. The course consists of four 12-point units:
A combination of written assignments and videotaped interviews produced by students.
Credit provision of up to 50 per cent of the course may be granted for equivalent university study at graduate level. Credits will be arranged prior to offer.
For more detailed information, contact Colin Thornby, School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences, telephone (03) 9902 6575 or (03) 5122 6575, email colin.thornby@arts.monash.edu.au
Completed applications to be forwarded to Colin Thornby, School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences, Monash University Gippsland Campus, Churchill, Victoria 3842 by 24 November 2000 to be considered for a first round offer.
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