1802 - Bachelor of Arts (Journalism) and Bachelor of Social and Community Welfare

This course entry should be read in conjunction with information provided in the Faculty information section of this Handbook by the managing faculty for this course

Abbreviated title	BA(Journ)/BSoc&CW
CRICOS Code	023735D
Managing faculty	Arts
Study location and mode	Off-campus (Gippsland) On-campus (Gippsland) Multi-modal (Gippsland) This course has compulsory off-campus placement requirements. In addition, off-campus students must attend on-campus at Gippsland for two residential workshops during the course, involving one two-day workshop and one three-day workshop. Psychology units also require compulsory attendance at least at one weekend school per unit per semester. Students may select limited units from any campus, but should be aware of the teaching location as this may require travel to another campus. Students may also select units offered in off-campus mode.
Total credit points required	192
Duration (years)	4 years FT, 8 years PT Students have a maximum of 10 years to complete this course.
Contact details	http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/current/coursework/contact_us/

Description

This double degree allows students to combine the study of journalism with that of social and community welfare.

Fieldwork

Students are required to undertake a 16-day field education placement and a 60-day field placement during this course.

Objectives

The degree is structured to ensure that graduates have the necessary capabilities and understandings to work in a wide variety of public and private organisations requiring communication and social and community welfare expertise and knowledge (eg organisations engaged in in-house journalism, in public relations and promotions or lobbying).

Structure

Students must complete 96 points in the Bachelor of Arts (Journalism) component and 96 points in the Bachelor of Social and Community Welfare component.

Areas of study

Students complete a compulsory major in journalism. The additional arts studies may be chosen from:

Australian Indigenous studies
Australian studies (minor only)
communications
community studies (minor only)
English (minor only)
history-politics
philosophy
psychological studies
psychology
public relations
sociology
writing.

For information on the journalism major and other arts studies offered, refer to the 'Areas of study' section in this Handbook at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/undergrad/arts-ug-areas-of-study.html.

Requirements

Students must complete a minimum of 36 points at third-year level(throughout the duration of the degree).

Arts (journalism) component

Students complete:

(a.) a journalism major (48 points)

(b.) a further 48 points of arts

Social and community welfare component

Students complete:

(a.) a prescribed sequence (66 points) in social and community welfare comprising:

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

(b.) three compulsory supporting units (18 points):

PSS1712 Behaviour across the lifespan**
SCY1801 Sociological reflections on everyday life
AIS1011 Introduction to Australian Indigenous societies

**The psychological studies units PSS1711 Understanding Human Behaviour and PSS1712 Behaviour across the Lifespan are tailored to those students intending to proceed in the social and community welfare field. Students may choose to replace psychological studies with psychology which means replacing the psychological studies unit PSS1712 with PSY1022 Intro to Psychology 1B and add PSY1011 Intro to Psychology 1A in the first semester.

(c.) one compulsory supporting unit (6 points) at second level chosen from:

SCY2811 Social justice
AIS2808 Human rights and the Indigenous Australian experience
AIS2025 Activism, politics and Indigenous Australia
AIS2170 Australian Indigenous women

(d.) one further arts elective (6 points)

Professional recognition

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

Award(s) received on completion ^*

Bachelor of Arts (Journalism)

Bachelor of Social Welfare

* Where more than one award is listed, or in the case of double degrees, where more than one award is listed for one or both components of the double degree, the actual award/s conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved (eg in the case of 'with honours' programs), or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.

13 October 2017 18 May 2024