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Off-Campus Learning Guide 2005
Arts

Graduate Diploma in Family-Centred Practice

Course code: 3056 + Off-campus (Gippsland) + Full-fee-paying course: local student course fee $10,000 (2005)

On successful completion of this course, students will have enhanced their professional knowledge, skills and values, so as to perform competently in the complex field of family-centred practice. The students will demonstrate advanced practice and conceptual skills to augment their contribution to the field, to their communities and to society. They will have developed a critical understanding of the relationship between family and the social conditions impacting on families and individuals. Their practice will reflect their understanding of the use of self, personal qualities, resources, style and family-of-origin influences.

Entry requirements

Applicants must hold a bachelors degree in social work, social and community welfare, nursing or education, and be working with families in the field of human services.

Advanced standing for previous studies

Credit provision of up to 50 per cent of the course may be granted for equivalent university study at graduate level. Credits will be arranged prior to offer.

Special requirements

Access to a PC will be required.

Compulsory attendance requirements on-campus

Each semester-long unit will have a two-day compulsory residential school.

Course structure

The course comprises two years part-time study by off-campus learning and consists of four 12 point units:

Assessment

A combination of written assignments and videotaped interviews produced by students.

Further information

For further information, contact the School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences, telephone +61 3 9902 6339, or email humcass.info@arts.monash.edu.au.

Completed applications

Completed applications should be forwarded to the Admissions Officer, School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences, Monash University Gippsland Campus, Churchill, Victoria 3842, Australia, by 24 September 2004 to be considered for a first-round offer.


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