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Units indexed by faculty Bachelor of Health Science/Bachelor of Social WorkCourse code: 3870 + Course abbreviation: BHlthSc/BSW + Total credit points required: 192 + 4 years full-time, 8 years part-time + Managing faculty: Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Study mode and course locationOn-campus (Peninsula) Course descriptionThis course provides students who are interested in a career in social work with an overview of health concepts and the health and social care system in which they will be practising. Although the course is principally intended to prepare graduates for a career in social work, the health science major sequence completed by all students also provides a grounding in health promotion and community capacity building. Special requirementsPolice checksOrganisations that host clinical placements may require students to have obtained a police check regarding their suitability to undertake such placements. All enrolled and prospective students are advised that they may be required to obtain and pay for a police check prior to undertaking the clinical placements in this course. Health requirementsIn order to meet health requirements for working in the wards of teaching hospitals and for the protection of other students, and themselves, students may need to comply with certain precautionary procedures. These may consist of confidential tests for immune status (including blood tests and skin tests), receiving vaccines and having x-rays where the evidence indicates that these are appropriate. VaccinationsThe faculty recommends that all students accept responsibility for having up-to-date immunisations before commencing this course. Recommended immunisations include diphtheria, tetanus, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, tuberculosis and hepatitis B. Course structureCourse requirementsThe normal pattern of study is for students to study 24 points per semester. Depending on the point value of units, this may equate to three or four units per semester, or in semesters where a field placement is undertaken, this is reduced to two units plus the placement. The course is undertaken in the following sequence:
All units are compulsory core units. First yearFirst semesterSecond semester
Second yearFirst semester
Second semester
Third yearFirst semester
Second semester
Fourth yearFirst semester
Second semester
Contact detailsTelephone: +61 3 9904 4466 Email: healthsciences@med.monash.edu.au Web: www.med.monash.edu.au/healthsciences/ Previous page | Next page | Section contents | Title and contents |