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Monash University Handbook 2010 Undergraduate - Course

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.

Managing facultyArts
Abbreviated titleAssDegSoc&CommWelf
CRICOS code061794M
Total credit points required96
Standard duration of study (years)2 years FT, 4 years PT
Study mode and locationOn-campus (Gippsland)
Off-campus (Gippsland)
Multi-modal (Gippsland)
Course coordinator

Dr Chris Laming

Notes

  • 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 must also take several off-campus placements.

Description

This course prepares graduates with the necessary skills, knowledge and value base for competent community and social welfare practice in a wide range of settings. Emphasis is placed on the practical and vocational elements of professional practice.

Objectives

Graduates are expected to develop:

  • the intellectual capabilities inherent in the interpretation of sources of knowledge pertaining to the academic discipline
  • an understanding of the world view of the field of study
  • the capacity for quantitative and qualitative analysis, critique and creative thinking in the discipline
  • an understanding of the present interpretations and potential future developments in the issues underlying the content of and approaches to the field of study
  • the skills of written and oral presentation, argument and analysis, including other practical skills such as computer skills, appropriate to the academic discipline.

Fieldwork

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

Professional recognition

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

Structure

This course consists of five compulsory units, a major sequence in social and community welfare and two electives.

Requirements

Students complete the following:

(a.) a prescribed sequence in social and community welfare (54 points):

  • SCW1302 Governing inequality: Foundations of social welfare provision
  • SCW1303 Foundations of interpersonal practice
  • SCW1304 Communication and group skills
  • SCW2303 Case management theory and practice
  • SCW2304 Community development
  • SCW2306 Field education and practice
  • SCW2307 Human services management and practice
  • SCW2311 Social issues and personal values

(b.) three compulsory supporting units at level one (18 points):

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

(c.) TSD1611 Understanding university learning, and one first-year elective (12 points)

(d.) one compulsory supporting unit at level two from the following (6 points):

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

(e.) a further 6 points in arts at level two

Progression to further studies

On successful completion of this course, students may apply to upgrade to one of the following courses:

  • 1731 Bachelor of Social and Community Welfare
  • 1806 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Social and Community Welfare
  • 1802 Bachelor of Arts (Journalism) and Bachelor of Social and Community Welfare
  • 1798 Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) and Bachelor of Social and Community Welfare

Award(s)

Associate Degree in Social and Community Welfare