Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Social Welfare

• General information
• Entry requirements
• Professional recognition
• Course structure
  • Arts major sequences
  • Arts minor sequences
• Sequence for on-campus students
  • First year
  • Second year
  • Third year
  • Fourth year

General information

Course code: 1806
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 of Welfare and Community Workers, plus a major and minor study in other disciplines.

Entry requirements

In addition to meeting standard entry requirements all applicants are required to complete a Social Welfare Course Administration Form. This form can be obtained from the School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences. 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 experience and life experience, personal qualities and maturity are taken into account.

Professional recognition

This course is recognised by the Australian Institute of Welfare and Community Workers.

Course structure

A candidate for the double degree must fulfil the following requirements to receive the awards of Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Social Welfare:
(a) complete at least 192 but not more than 216 points
(b) complete four core subjects (24 points):

• GSC1201 Sociological reflections on everyday life
• GSC1202 Sociological issues
• AIS1010 Introduction to Australian Indigenous societies
• GSC1601 Basic statistics and computing for social sciences

or

• GSC1602 Introduction to methods of social research

(c) complete the prescribed sequence in social welfare, an arts major sequence (48 points) and an arts minor sequence (24 points) from within the School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences disciplines
(e) undertake additional prescribed studies to complete the 192 points needed for the degrees.

Arts major sequences

The arts major may be chosen from gender studies, history-politics, Indonesian, Koorie studies, mass communications, psychology*, sociology or writing (details on each discipline are provided under the entry for the School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences).
* DETAILS PROVIDED UNDER THE BA ENTRY.

Arts minor sequences

The arts minor may be chosen from Australian studies, community studies, journalism and all of the above arts major sequences.

Sequence for on-campus students

Students should note that the study program below outlines the BA/Bachelor of Social Welfare as a full-time student; obviously this program would differ slightly for part-time/distance education students.

First year

• GSC1306 Introduction to understanding human behaviour
• GSC1303 Foundations of interpersonal practice: casework and groupwork
• GSC1201 Sociological reflections on everyday life
• Arts sequence (first level)
• GSC1304 Communication and counselling skills
• GSC1305 Human services organisational practice
• GSC1202 Sociological issues
• Arts sequence (first level)

Second year

• Arts minor
• Arts major
• First level core subject^#
• AIS1010 Introduction to Australian Indigenous societies
• GSC2311 Social welfare issues
• GSC1307 Human behaviour across the lifespan
• Arts major
• Arts major

Third year

• GSC2303 Case management theory and practice
• GSC2304 Community development
• Arts major
• Upper level elective
• GSC2310 Social policy: developing the links
• Arts major
• Arts minor
• Elective or first-level core subject^#

Fourth year

• GSC3307 Human services management and practice
• GSC3306 Field education (full-year subject)
• Arts major
• GSC3303 Insights into practice
• GSC3304 Paradigms of practice

^# STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO SELECT EITHER GSC1601 OR GSC1602 AS THEIR FIRST-LEVEL CORE SUBJECT. STUDENTS WHO INTEND TO UNDERTAKE STUDIES IN PSYCHOLOGY ARE ADVISED TO TAKE GSC1602 RATHER THAN GSC1601 AS THEIR RESEARCH METHODS CORE SUBJECT, AS GSC1601 AND PSY2051 ARE A PROHIBITED COMBINATION.

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