Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Social Work

5 years full-time
6 years full-time with Honours

This professional qualification is accredited with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) and satisfies all academic requirements for professional recognition as a social worker. The combined degree offers you the opportunity to mix this professional qualification in Social Work with majors offered through the Bachelor of Arts degree. Students can undertake studies in Arts and Social Sciences subjects which may complement the Bachelor of Social Work, such as sociology and social policy, gender studies or philosophy.

If you are interested in a career as a social, youth, health, welfare or community worker, or in the areas of crisis work, residential care, administration, research, policy development or counselling, this degree offers you the skills and knowledge to achieve your goals.

Students undertake integrated studies in social sciences, social policy and social work theory and practice, with a strong emphasis on Australian and comparative social welfare studies. In the last two years of the degree students undertake the professional social work program, which includes fieldwork placements supervised by highly skilled and experienced practitioners in a variety of settings. These placings are an essential part of the learning experience.

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Requirements

To qualify for the award of the pass degrees in the combined program, candidates must complete 240 credit points in total, comprising;

1. a maximum of 48 junior credit points, including 12 junior credit points of Sociology units of study;
2. a minimum of 66 senior credit points from Table A, including a major;
3. 12 senior credit points of Sociology and Social Policy units of study (as specified below);
4. 12 intermediate credit points of Psychology for Social Work units of study (as specified below);
5. 6 senior credit points of Indigenous Australian Studies units of study (as specified below)
6. 96 credit points of core social work units of study prescribed for the Fourth and Fifth years in the Bachelor of Social Work table of units.

Sociology and Social Policy Units of Study

Psychology for Social Work Units

SCWK2004 Psychology for Social Work 201
SCWK2005 Psychology for Social Work 202

Indigenous Australian Studies Unit

KOCR2600 Indigenous Australia: An Introduction

Pathways

There are many ways to structure your degree. Below we’ve given you just one example:

						Credit Points
First Year	S1	Arts (Table A) Major Junior Pre-req Unit	Arts (Table A) Junior Unit Choice	Arts (Table A or B) Junior Unit Choice	SCLG1001 Intro. to Sociology 1	24
	S2	Arts (Table A) Major Junior Pre-req Unit	Arts (Table A) Junior Unit Choice	Arts (Table A or B) Junior Unit Choice	SCLG1002 Intro. to Sociology 2	24
Second Year	S1	Arts (Table A) Major Senior Unit	KOCR2600 Indigenous Australia: An Intro.	SCWK2004 Psych. for Social Work 201	SCPL2601 Australian Social Policy	24
	S2	Arts (Table A) Major Senior Unit	Arts (Table A) Major Senior Unit	SCWK2005 Psych. for Social Work 202	SCLG2602 Social Inq.: Research Methods	24
Third Year	S1	Arts (Table A) Major Senior Unit	Arts (Table A) Major Senior Unit	Arts (Table A or B) Senior Unit Choice	Arts (Table A or B) Senior Unit Choice	24
	S2	Arts (Table A) Major Senior Unit	Arts (Table A) Senior Unit Choice	Arts (Table A) Senior Unit Choice	Arts (Table A or B) Senior Unit Choice	24
					Total=	144
		Full-time Social Work Studies				48
		Full-time Social Work Studies				48
					Total=	240

KEY
	Arts Junior / Senior Unit Choice (Table A or B)
	Arts Major Junior / Senior Unit or Arts Table A Senior Unit
	Arts Compulsory Junior/Senior Unit
	Other Faculty's Junior / Intermediate / Senior Unit Choice with in a Tableicular disipline area (eg. Maths or Statistics)
	Other Faculty's Compulsory Junior / Intermediate / Senior Unit
	:: NOTE: The width of the boxes represent the amount of credit points each UoS is Worth::

Arts and Social Sciences Component Degree Director