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Undergraduate courseBachelors of Social Work and Social PlanningFAST FACTSTaught on-campus at Flinders. Available to Australian and international students. Course length: The course requires four years of full-time study or the equivalent part-time. Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites and no knowledge is assumed. SATAC Code: 214481 [For Australian students] WHY STUDY SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL PLANNING?This is a double degree program which will equip students to work in a wide range of areas related to the provision of welfare services in a modern society. Graduates will receive two degrees: Bachelor of Social Work; Bachelor of Social Planning.It combines traditional social work skills with the broader issue of social planning, providing expertise not just in the delivery of social services but also in the development and monitoring of programs which are appropriate to current social conditions. Graduates who choose to work as social workers will understand the policy and funding decisions which affect their daily activities, while those who move into policy and planning areas will know the impact of their decisions on people working in the field. As society continues to evolve and welfare becomes a more pressing issue, there is no doubt that a range of new positions will open up for people with just the range of skills and knowledge that this degree will provide. However, the fundamental aim of social work - to improve the quality of people's lives - remains unchanged. WHAT JOBS WILL I GET?Graduates of the double degree program are eligible for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers and qualified to practise as professional social workers with particular expertise in the field of social planning.Social workers are employed in government departments, hospitals and community centres, welfare agencies run by community groups or churches, industrial settings, and in private practice as counsellors, psychotherapists or family therapists. However demand is increasing. Projected jobs growth for social work is rated as strong. Social Planners are employed in local government and in a variety of project and policy positions in the government and non-government sector. To find out more about the jobs this degree can lead to, go to the Your Career section of our graduate careers website. WHAT WILL I STUDY?Social Work and Social Planning are applied disciplines which draw on many other fields. You'll be exposed to ideas from social work theory, human development, social policy, organisational analysis, research methods, social planning and social administration.In First Year students take three specific topics in Social Work and Social Planning and complementary topics in Economics, Politics, Sociology and Psychology. Second Year combines core topics in Social Planning, Human Social Development, Geography, Demography with one elective topic. Third and Fourth Year topics include Community Work, Loss and Grief with other topics focussing on Social Work Practice, linked with two Field Placements. The full program of study is set out in the Course rule and topic descriptions for these degrees. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
Year 12 applicants must have qualified for SACE and obtained Recorded Achievement in at least five two-unit SACE Stage 2 subjects. Included among the five must be four HESS General subjects.
Non-school leavers from various backgrounds, such as tertiary transfers, TAFE, Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT) and other access schemes are eligible to apply. There are no prerequisites.
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