Human and Community Services

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Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition Session

Human and Community Services

Graduate Certificate in Human and Community Services

Students complete 24 credit points, comprising:
(a) 6 credit points of core units of study; and
(b) 18 credit points of elective units of study, including:
(i) 12 credit points of elective units; and
(ii) 6 credit points of elective units chosen from any postgraduate units offered by the Sydney School of Education and Social Work.
Specialisation:
(b) completion of a specialisation is optional
(a) a specialisation in Domestic and Family Violence is available. This specialisation requires:
(i) a minimum of 12 credit of the required specialisation core and elective units listed below

Core units

SCWK6943
Practice Theory Development
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Intensive September

Intensive September
Semester 2

Elective units

SCWK6048
Environmental Change for Social Justice
6      Semester 1a
SCWK6902
Social Research
6      Semester 1
SCWK6910
Working with Communities

This unit of study is not available in 2022

6      Semester 1a
SCWK6917
Practice Development
6      Semester 2
SCWK6948
Social Policy Frameworks
6      Semester 1
SCWK6949
Global Social Policy
6      Semester 2
Domestic and Family Violence specialisation
SCWK5008
Re-Imagining Child and Family Social Work
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment
Departmental permission only
Semester 1
SCWK5011
Violence Against Women
6      Semester 1
SCWK6950
Sexual Assault in the Australian Context
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment
This unit is offered in Block Mode to ECAV pathway students only
Intensive June
SCWK6951
Trauma-informed Responses to Violence
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment
This unit is offered in Block Mode to ECAV pathway students only
Intensive November
LAWS6105
Child Sexual Abuse: Diverse Perspectives

This unit of study is not available in 2022

6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html
Semester 2
SCWK6023
Practice with Indigenous Australians
6      Semester 2a