Bachelor of Social Work

• General information
• Admission requirements
• Units offered
  • Third-year level
    • First semester
    • Second semester
  • Fourth-year level
    • First semester
    • Second semester
• Bachelor of Social Work (Honours)
• Honours
  • First semester
  • Second semester

General information

Course abbreviation: BSocWk + Course code: 0004 + Coordinator: Associate Professor Chris Goddard

Admission requirements

The BSW is a two by two course. All social work graduates must complete a total of four full years of tertiary studies to be eligible to join the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW). The Monash course accepts students with a minimum of two completed years of a university degree, and adds two years of study (full-time or the equivalent part-time) focusing on core social work studies.

Applicants must also have undertaken university studies of at least one year in each of the following:

• the individual (in units such as psychology, behavioural studies, personality)
• society (in units such as sociology, anthropology, politics, economics, history, philosophy)

These prerequisites are prescribed by the AASW. Potential applicants are encouraged to consult with the department to ensure their planned studies meet these requirements.
The BSW is offered part-time and full-time, both on-campus and by off- campus learning.

Units offered

All units are compulsory.

Third-year level

First semester

• SWK3220 Social work in society
• SWK3230 Social work research
• SWK3240 Working with individuals: theory and practice
• SWK3250 Social work perspectives on human development

Second semester

• SWK3120 Working with families and groups: theory and practice
• SWK3180 Fieldwork skills and practicum I
• SWK3260 Social policy and social justice I

Fourth-year level

First semester

• SWK4410 Community work: theory and practice
• SWK4420 Community health and mental health
• SWK4430 Cross-cultural social work: theory and practice
• SWK4440 Social work management: theory and practice

Second semester

• SWK4560 Fieldwork skills and practicum II
• SWK4450 Social policy and social justice II
• SWK4460 Critical and creative social work: theory and practice

Bachelor of Social Work (Honours)

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 units 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 units, one taken in each semester, and a dissertation valued at 24 points.

Honours

First semester

• SWH4001 Research methodology for social work
• SWH4003 Honours dissertation

Second semester

• SWH4002 The development of social work knowledge
• SWH4003 Honours dissertation

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