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| 2011 | Casuarina Campus | 114731 | I | Casuarina Campus | | 2011 | External Studies | 114731 | E | Casuarina Campus | |
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The Bachelor of Humanitarian and Community Studies provides students with the knowledge and skills required to work with individuals, groups and communities in areas of reduced or limited infrastructure. In particular, students will gain practical skills to work effectively and safely with communities in situations where resources are limited due to geographic location (remoteness), social circumstances, emergency situations or regional disaster.
Themes running through the course include multi-disciplinary practice, challenging cross-cultural constructs and working in remote locations. Students will exit the three year program with both a foundation in human services work providing eligibility to join the Australian Institute for Welfare and Community Workers and practical skills based on the entry/application requirements of Humanitarian Aid agencies for work as a humanitarian logistician.
This course will provide students with the necessary skills to prepare them to work effectively in remote communities in Australia, disaster affected areas nationally and internationally and in logistically supporting Humanitarian Aid agencies.
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Police check: students must have cleared a Police Check before they can undertake field placements. Students whose Police Checks are not cleared by the education sectors will not be able to undertake field placements and will not therefore be able to complete the requirements of the course.
Students are required to have a valid driver's license due to four wheel drive training requirements. |
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| Admission to Charles Darwin University higher education coursework programs are received and processed by the South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre (SATAC). Detailed entry and special entry criteria for this course is published in the SATAC University Guide. Check out the following information about how to apply for undergraduate courses or how to apply for postgraduate courses.
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| For detail on English Language Entry Requirements please read the entry requirements provided for International students.
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Pathways for VET to Higher Education
Guaranteed credit transfer arrangements are available to students commencing a Bachelor degree at Charles Darwin University with completed Certificate IV, Diploma, Advanced Diploma or Associate Degree qualifications in the same field or discipline at Charles Darwin University. Students who hold completed qualifications should refer to the additional information provided by using one of the following links:
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For information about credit transfer available to students with complete or incomplete study at this or other Institutions refer to Pathways for Higher Education to Higher Education
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The course is comprised of 240 credit points of core, common and elective units including introductory units in social work, psychology and sociology, direct practice with individuals and groups, community work and community development, project management, legal issues, social policy and remote and regional practice.
The core units include practical skill development combined with theoretical knowledge. Students will undertake a remote project experience unit which includes a residential component possibly at Katherine and Mataranka to develop practical skills needed to cope in areas of reduced infrastructure. In their final year students are required to undertake 50 days of field education in a regional or remote location where they can apply and integrate the skills developed through earlier units.
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A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 240 credit points as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless indicated.
| Unit type | Credit Points | Specific requirements | Common
(2 units) | 20 | Units totalling 20 credit points selected from Common Units available (e.g. units coded with a prefix of "CUC"). Students must complete the compulsory regional and indigenous issues unit (CUC107) and one of the two academic skills units.
CUC107 Northern Perspectives (compulsory)
Plus either:
CUC106 Design and Innovation: Communicating Technology (recommended for this course) or
CUC100 Academic Literacies
Select Common Units to find out more about individual units and advanced standing options. | Core
(16 units) | 170 | Compulsory Core units totalling 170 credit points from units detailed below: HEA401 Culture in Practice (last offered in BHCS in 2010)
PMO201 Project Management
PSY140 Introduction to Psychology A
SOC145 Global Sociology
SWK141A Introduction to Human Services
SWK142B Communication Skills
SWK242A Dynamics of Group work
SWK243 Human Service Organisations
SWK260 Remote Project Experience (20 credit points)
SWK341 Social Policy
SWK343 Working with and Developing Communities
SWK347A Social Work Research Methods
SWK350 Field Placement (unit title change in 2008)
SWK351 Engaging with Individuals/Families in Partnership
SWK365 Integrated Methods of Humanitarian and Community Studies (replaces HEA401 in 2011)
SWK440A Skills for Regional and Remote Practice
SWK459 Legal Issues in Social Work
| Electives
(5 units) | 50 | Units totalling 50 credit points selected from undergraduate units offered by the University.
|  | 240 | Total Credit Points |
Of the total 240 credit points:
· Not more than 100 credit points may be taken from 100 level units
· A minimum of 40 credit points must be taken from 300 level units
· Not more than 30 credit points shall be included with a grade of "PT" or "PC" or "PS" COURSE CHANGES and TRANSITION arrangements - 2011 Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Humanitarian and Community Studies prior to 2011 will note that the Course Structure above indicates some change to the course requirements. Change to Core Units: HEA401 has been replaced by Integrated Methods of Humanitarian and Community Studies. Students who have completed HEA401 prior to 2010 can count the unit as a core unit in lieu of SWK365 or can count HEA401 as an Elective unit, and count SWK365 as a core unit. Common Units
As of 2011, CUC106 is the preferred 2nd Common Unit students should complete. Student who have completed CUC100 prior to 2011 in this course, or are transferring into the course from another CDU Bachelor degree course are not required to undertake CUC106.
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Further Assistance
For further assistance please contact the Information Centre on (08) 8946 7766 or 1800 061 963. Information Centre staff will assist you with applying for or enrolling in a course and provide assistance with timetables, fees, HECS, external materials, enrolment changes and many other issues.
If you are a continuing student and have any queries about your course progression that you would like clarified, please contact enrolmenthelp@cdu.edu.au, or the relevant Faculty Academic Liaison Unit or Institute of Advanced Studies School office:
Education, Health &; Science: (08) 8946 7357
Law, Business and Arts: (08) 8946 7305
Graduate School for Health Practice: (08) 8946 7179
Menzies School of Health Research: (08) 8922 7873 |
- Unit Repository - provides general information about each unit including a brief description and the semester and mode offered.
- Timetables - provide detail on the individual class times for units offered internally. Timetables for the following academic year are available from the middle of December each year.
- Bookshop - if text books have been prescribed, recommended or ordered for units in this course, details are available by unit code through the Casuarina Campus Bookshop.
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Students Commencing in Semester 1
Study plans for 2011 are accurate as at 3 August 2010. The University reserves the right to make changes up until 1 October 2010. 2011 unit offering and fee information will be available from 1 October 2010. The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in semester 1 and enrolling in a standard full time load. Students entering this course with advanced standing, or wishing to vary their study plan due to work, personal, financial or other reasons should use the table as a guide to create an individual study plan.
When designing an individual study plan: ♦ ensure Common Units are completed in the first year of study; ♦ maintain the basic order in which units are to be attempted; and ♦ check the assumed knowledge for each unit as some 200 and 300 level units assume you have completed foundation unit/s in the subject area at a lower level. 200 level units have the unit code which includes a number starting with 200 i.e. SWK243.
| Legend: | CU = Common Unit | CO = Core Unit | SE = Specialist Elective | E = Elective |
Semester 1 | Semester 2 | Year 1 | | CUC106 Design & Innovation: Communicating Technology | CU | CUC107 Northern Perspectives | CU | | SWK141A Introduction to Human Services | CO | SWK142B Communication Skills | CO | | PSY140 Introduction to Psychology A | CO | SOC145 Global Sociology | CO | | Elective 1 | E | Elective 2 | E | Year 2 | | SWK243 Human Service Organisations | CO | SWK242A Dynamics of Groupwork | CO | | SWK347A Social Work Research Methods | CO | PMO201 Project Management | CO | | Elective 3 | E | SWK260 Remote Project Experience (20 credit points) (intensive unit offered in Study Period 2) | CO | | Elective 4 | E | | | Year 3 | | SWK351 Engaging with Individuals/Families in Partnership | CO | HEA401 Culture in Practice | CO | | SWK341 Social Policy | CO | SWK350 Field Placement | CO | | SWK343 Working with and Developing Communities | CO | SWK440A Skills for Regional and Remote Practice | CO | | SWK459 Legal Issues in Social Work | CO | Elective 5 | E |
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Students Commencing in Semester 2
Study plans for 2011 are accurate as at 3 August 2010. The University reserves the right to make changes up until 1 October 2010. 2011 unit offering and fee information will be available from 1 October 2010. The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in semester 2 and enrolling in a standard full time load. Students entering this course with advanced standing, or wishing to vary their study plan due to work, personal, financial or other reasons should use the table as a guide to create an individual study plan.
When designing an individual study plan: ♦ ensure Common Units are completed in the first year of study; ♦ maintain the basic order in which units are to be attempted; and ♦ check the assumed knowledge for each unit as some 200 and 300 level units assume you have completed foundation unit/s in the subject area at a lower level. 200 level units have the unit code which includes a number starting with 200 i.e. SWK243.
| Legend: | CU = Common Unit | CO = Core Unit | SE = Specialist Elective | E = Elective |
Semester 1 | Semester 2 | Calendar Year 1 | | | CUC107 Northern Perspectives | CU | | | SOC145 Global Sociology | CO | | | SWK142B Communication Skills | CO | | | Elective 1 | E | Calendar Year 2 | | CUC106 Design & Innovation: Communicating Technology | CU | SWK242A Dynamics of Groupwork | CO | | SWK141A Introduction to Human Services | CO | PMO201 Project Management | CO | | PSY140 Introduction to Psychology A | CO | SWK260 Remote Project Experience (20 credit points) (intensive unit offered in Study Period 2) | CO | | Elective 2 | E | | | Calendar Year 3 | | SWK243 Human Service Organisations | CO | HEA401 Culture in Practice | CO | | SWK347A Social Work Research Methods | CO | SWK350 Field Placement | CO | | SWK343 Working with and Developing Communities | CO | SWK440A Skills for Regional and Remote Practice | CO | | Elective 3 | E | Elective 4 | E | Calendar Year 4 | | SWK351 Engaging with Individuals/Families in Partnership | CO | | | | SWK341 Social Policy | CO | | | | SWK459 Legal Issues in Social Work | CO | | | | Elective 5 | E | | |
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Students Commencing in Summer Semester
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| Study plans for 2011 are accurate as at 3 August 2010. The University reserves the right to make changes up until 1 October 2010. 2011 unit offering and fee information will be available from 1 October 2010. The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in Summer Semester and enrolling in a part time load in the first semester and moving to a standard full time load in Calendar Year 2. Students entering this course with advanced standing, or wishing to vary their study plan due to work, personal, financial or other reasons should use the table as a guide to create an individual study plan.
When designing an individual study plan: ♦ ensure Common Units are completed in the first year of study; ♦ maintain the basic order in which units are to be attempted; and ♦ check the assumed knowledge for each unit as some 200 and 300 level units assume you have completed foundation unit/s in the subject area at a lower level. 200 level units have the unit code which includes a number starting with 200 i.e. SWK243.
| Legend: | CU = Common Unit | CO = Core Unit | SE = Specialist Elective | E = Elective |
Semester 1 | Summer Semester
| Calendar Year 1 | | | CUC107 Northern Perspectives | CU | | | PSY140 Introduction to Psychology A | CO | Calendar Year 2 | | CUC106 Design & Innovation: Communicating Technology | CU | SOC145 Global Sociology | CO | | SWK141A Introduction to Human Services | CO | SWK142B Communication Skills | CO | | SWK243 Human Service Organisations | CO | PMO201 Project Management | CO | | Elective 1 | E |  Elective 2
| E | Calendar Year 3 | SWK343 Working with and Developing Communities
| CO | SWK242A Dynamics of Groupwork | CO
| | SWK347A Social Work Research Methods | CO | SWK260 Remote Project Experience (20 credit points) (intensive unit offered in Study Period 2) | CO | | SWK351 Engaging with Individuals/Families in Partnership | CO | Elective 4
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| E | | | Calendar Year 4 | | SWK341 Social Policy |
| HEA401 Culture in Practice | CO | | SWK459 Legal Issues in Social Work | CO | SWK350 Field Placement | CO | | Elective 5 | CO | SWK440A Skills for Regional and Remote Practice | CO |
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Graduates are eligible to join the Australian Institute of Welfare and Community Workers (AIWCW). |
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Graduates will have the skills to work as Community and Welfare Workers in a variety of environments either with government or private agencies, with Humanitarian AID agencies nationally and internationally, as a humanitarian logistician.
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