Course
code: 0017 + Course fees: Local students -- HECS; international
students -- $13,500 + Coordinator: Thea Brown (Social Work) + This course
may not be offered in 2002 -- students should contact the course coordinator
for further information
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.
THIS UNIT IS
OFFERED IN THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND IS EXPECTED TO BE IN HECS BAND 3.
Units will be on a two-year timetable, and students are advised to obtain
details of unit availability from the course coordinator, Professor Thea Brown
(Social Work) prior to enrolment.
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