1806 - Bachelor of Arts/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/BSoc&CommWelf |
|---|---|
| CRICOS Code | 030965J |
| Managing faculty | Arts |
| Study location and mode | Off-campus (Gippsland) On-campus (Gippsland) Multi-modal (Gippsland) This course has compulsory off-campus placement requirments. In addition, off campus students must attend Gippsland campus 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
Fieldwork
Objectives
Structure
Students must complete 96 points in the Bachelor of Arts component and 96 points in the Bachelor of Social and Community Welfare component.
Areas of study
Students complete a compulsory arts major and arts minor chosen from the following;
- 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
- writing
For information on arts majors and minors, 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 the following:
(a.) a prescribed sequence in social and community welfare (66 points):
- 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
- SCW3310 Social policy
- SCW3303 Insights into practice
- SCW3306 Field education and practice (12 points)
- SCW3307 Human services management and practice
(b.) three compulsory supporting units (18 points):
- AIS1011 Introduction to Australian Indigenous societies
- PSS1712 Behaviour across the lifespan**
- SCY1801 Sociological reflections on everyday life
(c.) One compulsory supporting unit at second year level (6 points)
- SCY2811 Social justice
- AIS2808 Human rights and the Indigenous Australian experience
- AIS2025 Activism, politics and Indigenous Australia
- AIS2170 Australian Indigenous women
(d) an arts major (48 points)
(e) an arts minor (24 points)
(f) a further 30 points of arts
Students must complete a minimum of 36 points at third-year level.
** 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.
Professional recognition
Award(s) received on completion
- Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Social and Community Welfare