Course code: 1731 + Gippsland, off-campus learning
Graduates of the Bachelor of Social and Community Welfare will qualify for employment in a wide variety of urban and rural, community and social welfare positions. Students develop values, skills and knowledge appropriate to working with individuals, families, groups and communities at interpersonal, group, organisational and government levels. Students will be qualified for practice in a range of fields, such as interpersonal and group counselling, crisis intervention, research and policy, casework and case management, community development, and management of human services organisations. The course also establishes a sound academic base for further study at postgraduate level.
Refer to `Entry requirements' under `Arts regulations and definitions' earlier in this section.
In addition to meeting standard entry requirements, all applicants are required to complete a social and community welfare course administration form. This form can be obtained from the School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences or http://www.adm.monash.edu.au/ssd/seladmis/ug/. Applicants will be short-listed on the basis of information contained in this form. Short-listed, on-campus applicants will be invited to attend a compulsory interview in early December, and must also apply through VTAC. Applicants are strongly advised that academic criteria are not the only ones for entry into the course. Factors such as work and life experience, personal qualities and maturity are also taken into account.
This course is recognised by the Australian Institute of Welfare and Community Workers.
Students must complete the following:
(a) a social welfare sequence (84 points) comprising of; SCW1302, SCW1303,
SCW1304, SCW1305, SCW2303, SCW2304, SCW2310/SCW3310#, SCW2311, SCW2312, SCW3303,
SCW3304, SCW3306, SCW3307
(b) two compulsory units (12 points) - either BHS1711* or BHS1712* and either
SCY1801 or SCY1802
(c) a further 48 points in arts, including 12 points at first-year level
(d) a total of 144 points.
Students must select their arts elective units from the following disciplines:
Australian studies, Australian Indigenous studies, behavioural studies,
communications, community studies, history-politics, Indonesian, journalism,
psychology, sociology or writing. It is recommended that students use their
elective units to complete an arts major or minor.
* The behavioural studies units are provided to give an
introduction to understanding our behaviour, which is particularly tailored to
those students intending to proceed in the social community field. Students may
choose to replace the behavioural studies units with psychology units PSY1011
and PSY1022.
** It is highly recommended that students with no previous
university study undertake DFS1611.
# Students who wish to complete an arts major must complete SCW2310 instead of
SCW3310.
In some experientially based units, the focus of group learning combines a compulsory weekend school and group work with fellow students in their own locality. University staff will facilitate the establishment and maintenance of such area study groups.
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