Current course offerings

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Course duration

This course runs over course, commencing in Semester 2, 2025.

Course description

This is a core first-year course in the Bachelor of Social Work (Honours) program. The course is designed to introduce core concepts in social work, social and political science, and ways of knowing about social being. It provides foundational knowledge about theories and concepts you will use throughout your academic study at university.

The Bachelor of Social Work (Hons) program is accredited by the Australian Association of Social Workers. The Australian Social Work Education and Accreditation Standards (2020) stipulates that accredited social work programs are required to include content that addresses the five core curriculum areas listed below. This course contains content in the following curriculum areas:

1.Constructions of social work purpose, place, and practice.

2. Power, oppression, and exploitation.

4. Culture, identity, and discrimination.

5. Psychosocial health and wellbeing across the lifecycle.

The BSocWk(Hons) will undergo re-accreditation in 2026 under the new ASWEAS (2024), which outlines updated required curriculum. This course content maps to the following:

1.     Social worker values and professional identity.

2.     Approaches to social work.

Archived offerings