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Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Social and Community Welfare

Course code: 1806 + Course abbreviation: BA/BSoc&CommWelf + Total credit points required: 192 + 4 years full-time, 8 years part-time + Managing faculty: Arts

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Gippsland)

Off-campus (Gippsland)

Course description

This double degree course allows students to qualify with both the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Social and Community Welfare degrees.

Students will graduate with a full welfare qualification, recognised by the Australian Institute of Welfare and Community Workers, plus a major and minor study in other disciplines.

Course objectives

The course provides students with a combination generalist/specialist degree incorporating specific vocational education.

Course structure

Areas of study

Majors and minors can be taken in Australian Indigenous studies, Australian studies (minor only), communications, community studies (minor only), English (minor only), history-politics, journalism, philosophy, psychological studies, psychology, public relations (minor only), sociology or writing.

For information on majors and minors offered, refer to the ‘Areas of study’ section on the faculty website at www.arts.monash.edu.au/current/coursework/study_areas/.

Course requirements

Students must complete the following:

(a) the prescribed sequence in social and community welfare (84 points):

  • SCW1302 Governing inequality: foundations of social welfare provision
  • SCW1303 Foundations of interpersonal practice
  • SCW1304 Communication and counselling skills
  • SCW1305 Teams, groups and community networks
  • SCW2303 Case management theory and practice
  • SCW2304 Community development
  • SCW2310/3310 Social policy*
  • SCW2311 Social issues and personal values
  • SCW2312 Welfare law, rights and ethics
  • SCW3303 Insights into practice
  • SCW3304 Paradigms of practice
  • SCW3306 Field education and practice
  • SCW3307 Human services management and practice

    *These units can only be undertaken at either level two or level three, ie students cannot study both SCW2310 and SCW3310.

(b) two compulsory supporting units (12 points) – chosen from either PSS1711 (Exploring human behaviour)* or PSS1712 (Behaviour across the lifespan)* and either SCY1801 (Sociological reflections on everyday life) or SCY1802 (Global sociology).

(c) an arts major (48 points)

(d) an arts minor (24 points)

(e) a further 24 points of arts

(f) a minimum of 36 points at third-year level.

Note that students have a maximum of 10 years to complete this course.

    * The psychological 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 psychological studies units with psychology units PSY1011 and PSY1022.

Professional recognition

This course is recognised by the Australian Institute of Welfare and Community Workers.

Contact details

www.arts.monash.edu.au/current/coursework/contact_us/

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