Course
code: 0004 Coordinator: Associate Professor Chris Goddard
The purpose of the social work degree is to equip social work graduates with a
sound general foundation for beginning social work practice. The social work
section seeks to comply with, and where possible exceed, the minimum
requirements established by the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
for social work educational courses leading to a first qualification in social
work.
The
course is a two-plus-two course, ie two years of prerequisite studies at degree
level, or a completed degree with specified subjects, followed by two years of
study focusing on core social work subjects.
Prerequisites for admission to the course are the completion of a relevant
first degree, or the first two years of a relevant degree.
´Relevant' in this instance has two uses and both are applicable. It means
(i) that the subjects in the first Australian degree, or in the first two
years of the degree must be deemed equivalent to similar subjects at similar
levels at Monash University, (ii) that the applicant will have studied in
a past Monash or other Australian degree, or in the first two years of a degree
deemed equivalent as per (i) above, subjects that are prescribed by the
AASW. The subjects prescribed by the AASW as suitable include sociology,
anthropology, politics, economics, history, social theory, psychology, human
development and behaviour.
This program is also offered by flexible learning on a part-time or full-time
basis.
Existing students may in appropriate circumstances complete the course under
the course structure established until 2000.
All subjects are compulsory.
Course
coordinator: Professor Thea Brown
Students enrol for honours at the end of their fourth year of the Bachelor of
Social Work, and must have obtained at least distinction grades in BSW subjects
to the value of not less than 16 credit points at fourth-year level and an
additional eight points at third-year or fourth-year level.
Honours is undertaken over two semesters and entails the completion of two
12-point subjects, one taken in each semester, and a dissertation valued at 24
points.
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