Overview
About this course
This five-year degree offers a comprehensive and flexible combined degree program that qualifies you as an accredited social worker, while also allowing you to enhance your qualification with majors and minors that complement the Bachelor of Social Work.
Who is it for?
Ideal for people looking to meet field education learning expectations across the program and aim to develop values, skills and knowledge for levels from beginner to a practitioner capable of meeting the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) Practice Standards.
Structure
What you’ll study
The Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Social Work is a combined undergraduate coursework degree that allows you to hone your analytical skills, think independently, and form and articulate judgements based on argument and evidence. It also provides you with the capacity to transfer knowledge and skills across different social contexts.
You will complete a major from the Arts and Social Sciences disciplinary pool, along with an additional minor in Sociology or Social Policy (or a minor or major from the disciplinary pool or the shared pool if you elected to take Sociology as your first major).
Additionally, you will complete units from the Open Learning Environment, and any elective units as needed to make up the required credit points for the degree.
After completing the Bachelor of Arts requirements, you will then complete core units from the Bachelor of Social Work
Costs
Funding
Admissions
Secondary or tertiary qualification
A secondary education qualification such as the NSW Higher School Certificate (including national and international equivalents), OR approved higher education study, including approved preparation courses.
A minimum result of 7.0 overall and a minimum result of 7.0 in each band
A minimum result of 96 overall including a minimum result of 23 in Reading, Listening and Speaking and 25 in Writing