Bachelor of Human Services (BHumanServ) - Course List

Information valid for students commencing 2014

Bachelor of Human Services

Part A

Year 1, Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
HSER1011 2 Contemporary Approaches to Human Services
HSER1022 2 Ethics, Rights and Law for the Human Services
PSYC1030 2 Introduction to Psychology: Developmental, Social & Clinical Psychology

and #2 from major or electives

Year 1, Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
HSER1024 2 Foundations for Interpersonal Practice
POLY1000 2 Australian Social Policy
SWSP1044 2 Human Development and Social Work

and #2 from major or electives

Year 2, Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
HSER2001 4 Practicum 1: Engagement and Reflection in Fieldwork
SWSP3011 2 Working in Human Service Organisations

and #2 from major or electives

Year 2, Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
SWSP2001 2 Identity and Difference in Social Work Practice
HSER3046 2 Human Services Practice with Indigenous Australians

and #4 from major or electives

Year 3, Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
SOSC2288 2 Community Development: Local and International Practices
SWSP3302 2 Research in Social Work and Human Services Practice

and #4 from major or electives

Year 3, Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
HSER3000 4 Practicum 2: Working in the Field
[ SWSP3027 2 Foundational Social Work Field Practice Course in Mental Health
[ or
[ SWSP3028 2 Foundational Social Work Field Practice Course in Child, Youth and Family
[ or
[ SWSP3029 2 Foundational Social Work Field Practice Course in Health and Ageing
[ or
[ SWSP3076 2 Foundations for Social Work Practice in Disability

and #2 from major or electives

Part B

Applied Psychology

#16 consisting of:
#4 for -

Course Code Units Course Title
PSYC1030 2 Introduction to Psychology: Developmental, Social & Clinical Psychology
PSYC1040 2 Psychological Research Methodology I

plus #4 for -

Course Code Units Course Title
PSYC2010 2 Psychological Research Methodology II
PSYC2030 2 Developmental Psychology

plus #2 from the following advanced level 2 courses -
Level 2

Course Code Units Course Title
PSYC2000 2 Psychology of Sport and Exercise
PSYC2311 2 Developmental Disorders of Childhood
PSYC2331 2 Psychology and Educational Contexts
PSYC2341 2 Psychological Problems of Adolescence
PSYC2361 2 Psychology of Criminal Justice
PSYC2371 2 The Science of Everyday Thinking

plus #4 from Level 3 advanced courses -
Level 3

Course Code Units Course Title
PSYC3000 2 Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology
PSYC3042 2 Psychological Research: Interpretation & Evaluation
PSYC3062 2 Introduction to Human Factors
PSYC3071 2 Psychology of Disability
PSYC3082 2 Psychotherapies and Counselling
PSYC3102 2 Psychopathology
PSYC3132 2 Health Psychology
PSYC3202 2 Industrial & Organisational Psychology
PSYC3302 2 Cognitive Neuroscience

and #2 for -

Course Code Units Course Title
PSYC3020 2 Measurement in Psychology

Aboriginal&TorresStrait Islander Studies

Single Major

16 units consisting of:

4 units for compulsory gateway courses -

Course Code Units Course Title
ABTS1000 2 Indigenous Australian Issues: Past, Present, Future
ABTS1010 2 Torres Strait Islander Studies

and 6 units for compulsory cornerstone courses -

Course Code Units Course Title
ABTS2010 2 Aboriginal Women: Gendered Business
ABTS2020 2 Aboriginal & Torres Strait Island Approaches to Knowledge
ABTS2060 2 Family, Country, Community: Indigenous Australian Understandings of Kinship

and 2 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
ABTS2080 2 Independent Project in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies I
ABTS2090 2 Independent Project in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies 2
ABTS2102 2 Aboriginal Music: Performing, Place, Power & Identity
ANTH2010 2 Anthropology of Aboriginal Australia
ABTS3000 2 Aboriginal Politics & Political Issues

and 4 units for compulsory capstone courses -

Course Code Units Course Title
ABTS3010 2 Work Placement in Indigenous Australian Studies
ABTS3020 2 Working with Indigenous People

Criminology

Single Major

16 units consisting of:

4 units for compulsory gateway courses -

Course Code Units Course Title
CRIM1000 2 Introduction to Criminology
CRIM1019 2 Introduction to Criminal Justice

and 2 units for compulsory cornerstone course -

Course Code Units Course Title
CRIM2300 2 Comparative Criminology - the Cross-Cultural Study of Crime and Criminal Justice

and 4 units for -

Course Code Units Course Title
SOCY2049 2 Introducing Qualitative Research
SOCY2339 2 Introducing Quantitative Research

and 2 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
ARCS2003 2 Forensics: The Archaeology of Death & Crime Scenes
CRIM2000 2 Youth and Deviance in Australia
CRIM2011 2 Crime, Victims and Justice
CRIM2080 2 Drugs and Crime
CRIM2099 2 Crime, Race and Gender
CRIM2100 2 Punishment and Society
CRIM2200 2 Police and Society
CRIM3050 2 Independent Study in Criminology
CRIM3070 2 Crime and Public Policy

and 2 units for compulsory capstone course -

Course Code Units Course Title
CRIM3039 2 Advances in Criminological Theory

and 2 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
SOCY3039 2 Applied Quantitative Research
SOCY3329 2 Advanced Issues in Qualitative Inquiry

Peace and Conflict Studies

Single Major

16 units consisting of:

2 units for compulsory gateway course -

Course Code Units Course Title
POLS1501 2 Introduction to Peace & Conflict Analysis

and 2 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
POLS1301 2 Introduction to Political Ideas
POLS1701 2 Introduction to International Inequality & Development

and 2 units for compulsory cornerstone course -

Course Code Units Course Title
POLS2504 2 Conflict Prevention & Resolution

and 4 units to 8 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
POLS2404 2 The Political Dynamics of Development and Resistance
POLS2503 2 Conflict & Nonviolent Change
POLS2510 2 International Peacekeeping
POLS2603 2 World Women: International Perspectives on Politics & Culture

up to 2 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
POLS2101 2 Indigenous Politics & Policy
POLS2207 2 Terrorism & Insurgency in World Politics
POLS2211 2 International Organisations & Political Cooperation
POLS2222 2 Human Security and the Responsibility to Protect
POLS2501 2 Human Rights & International Politics
POLS2509 2 Ethnic Conflict & Nationalism
POLS2703 2 Principles of Research: Social and Comparative Perspectives
POLS3802 2 Independent Study
RELN2310 2 Religion, Peace and Violence

and #2 for capstone course -

Course Code Units Course Title
POLS3511 2 The Politics of Peacebuilding

and 2 units to 6 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
POLS3203 2 Power and Order in Transnational Politics
POLS3502 2 Ethics in International Politics
POLS3512 2 Global Media, War and Peace
POLS3801 2 Internship

Public Policy

Single Major

16 units consisting of:

2 units for compulsory gateway course -

Course Code Units Course Title
POLS1102 2 Introduction to Politics & Public Policy

and 2 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
POLS1101 2 Introduction to Australian Political Institutions
POLY1000 2 Australian Social Policy

and 2 units for compulsory cornerstone course -

Course Code Units Course Title
POLS2120 2 Policy Knowledge and Processes

and 4 units to 6 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
POLS2101 2 Indigenous Politics & Policy
POLS2111 2 Politics & the Media
POLS2113 2 Political Communication & Public Affairs
POLS2117 2 Political Leadership
POLS2201 2 Australian Foreign Policy
POLS2301 2 Democratic World Politics
POLS2401 2 Politics & the Economy
POLS2402 2 Globalisation & International Political Economy
POLS2404 2 The Political Dynamics of Development and Resistance
POLS2703 2 Principles of Research: Social and Comparative Perspectives
POLS3802 2 Independent Study

and 2 units for compulsory capstone course -

Course Code Units Course Title
POLS3102 2 Governance & Australian Public Policy

and 2 units to 6 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
POLS3107 2 Queensland: People and Politics
POLS3115 2 Environmental Politics & Policy
POLS3116 2 Politics of Law & Justice in Australia
POLS3801 2 Internship
POLS3807 2 Policy Practice

Sociology

Single Major

16 units consisting of:

2 units for compulsory gateway course -

Course Code Units Course Title
SOCY1050 2 Introduction to Sociology

and 2 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
SOCY1030 2 Introduction to Health, Illness and Society
SOCY1060 2 Gender, Sexuality and Society: An Introduction

and 4 units for compulsory cornerstone courses -

Course Code Units Course Title
SOCY2049 2 Introducing Qualitative Research
SOCY2339 2 Introducing Quantitative Research

and 2 units to 4 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
SOCY2020 2 Sociology of the Environment
SOCY2040 2 Families & Households
SOSC2169 2 Media, Culture &Society
SOCY2179 2 Sex, Drugs and Disease: Health of the Marginalised
SOSC2190 2 Human Bodies, Culture & Society
SOCY2220 2 Globalisation & Development in Post-Colonial Societies
SOCY2280 2 Sociology of Sport
SOCY2340 2 Sociology of the City
SOCY3020 2 Medicine, Markets and Health: Sociological Perspectives on Health and Illness

and 2 units for compulsory capstone course -

Course Code Units Course Title
SOCY3200 2 Current Issues & Debates in Sociology

and #2 to #4 from -

Course Code Units Course Title
SOCY3039 2 Applied Quantitative Research
SOCY3329 2 Advanced Issues in Qualitative Inquiry