Social Work (Qualifying)
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| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Social Work |
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Master of Social Work (Qualifying) |
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| Students complete 96 credit points of units of study, including: | |||
| (a) 78 credit points of core units, including: | |||
| (i) a 6 credit point capstone unit in their final semester; and | |||
| (b) 18 credit points of elective units, including a minimum of one research unit. | |||
Core Units |
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| SCWK5008 Re-Imagining Child and Family Social Work |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Departmental permission only |
Semester 1 |
| SCWK5010 Social Work Practice |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| SCWK5011 Violence Against Women |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| SCWK5004 Practice Learning 1 |
18 | P SCWK5010 |
Semester 2 |
| SCWK5005 Practice Learning 2A |
12 | P SCWK5010 and SCWK5004 and 12 additional credit points |
Semester 1b |
| SCWK5006 Practice Learning 2B |
6 | P SCWK5005 |
Semester 2 |
| SCWK5007 Social Perspectives on Ageing |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| SCWK6023 Practice with Indigenous Australians |
6 | Semester 2a |
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| SCWK6952 Critical Perspectives on Mental Health |
6 | Semester 1 |
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Elective Units |
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| SCWK5009 Poverty and Social Exclusion This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | Intensive May |
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| SCWK5012 Health and Inequality This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| SCWK6048 Environmental Change for Social Justice |
6 | Semester 1a |
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| SCWK6902 Social Research |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| SCWK6910 Working with Communities This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | Semester 1a |
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| SCWK6943 Practice Theory Development |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Intensive September |
Intensive September Semester 2 |
| SCWK6944 Dying, Death and Mourning |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| SCWK6948 Social Policy Frameworks |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| SCWK6949 Global Social Policy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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Capstone unit |
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| SCWK5003 Integration of Learning |
6 | P 72 credit points |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |