Social and community welfare - Faculty of Arts

Offered by the School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences

Campus availability: Gippsland, Off-campus learning

Relevant courses

0002 Bachelor of Arts (and associated double degrees)*
1712 Bachelor of Arts (Psychology)*
1719 Bachelor of Behavioural Science*
1731 Bachelor of Social and Community Welfare (and associated double degrees)

* Minor only for students enrolled in these courses.

Social and community welfare is designed to provide students with an understanding of social issues as they relate to their personal, organisational and socio-political contexts. Students will develop the necessary skills and knowledge to equip them to work effectively in organisational and community contexts, and for bringing about change at personal, community, organisational and political levels.

Sequences

First-year sequence

A first year sequence in social and community welfare consists of SCW1303 and SCW1304. Students undertaking a Bachelor of Social and Community Welfare must also complete SCW1302.

Minor sequence

Students complete a standard minor chosen from the units listed below.

Major sequence

The major is only available to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Social and Community Welfare (and associated double degrees). Students complete a 66 credit point sequence chosen from the units listed below, including the full first-year sequence.

Units

First-year level

SCW1303 Foundations of interpersonal practice
SCW1304 Communications and counselling skills
SCW1302 Governing inequality: Foundations of social welfare provision*

* Only for students undertaking the major.

Minor

Second-year level

Two of:

SCW2303 Case management
SCW2304 Community development
SCW2311 Social issues and personal value

Major

Second/Third-year level

SCW2303 Case management theory and practice
SCW2304 Community development
SCW2311 Social issues and personal values
SCW3303 Insights into practice
SCW3306 Field education and practice
SCW3307 Human services management and practice
SCW3310 Social policy

NOTE: Pre-2009 students - unit cancellations

SCW1305 (Constructive groups and teams) will be offered for the last time in 2009 by off-campus mode. SCW2312 (Welfare law rights and ethics) and SCW3304 (Paradigms of practice) are no longer offered. If one or both of these units have not been completed, the options are as follows:

Replace:

SCW2312 with one of: AIS2025, AIS2808, AIS2170 or SCY2811
SCW3304 with a third-year arts elective.

Contact details

Enquiries (Gippsland): Room 283, building 2W

Telephone +61 3 9902 6339

Email humcass.info@arts.monash.edu.au

Visit http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/humcass