A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 80 credit points (cp) as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless otherwise indicated.
| Unit type | Credit Points | Specific requirements |
Core Units
(2 units) | 20cp | Compulsory Core units totalling 20 credit points as detailed below. SWK101 Introduction to Human Services
SWK102 Communication Skills
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Specialist Electives
(4 - 6 units) | 40 - 60cp | Specialist Elective units totalling 40 - 60 credit points from the units below. LAL100 Language, Literacy and Sustainability (replaces CUC100 from 2024)
IAS201 Cultural Capabilities (replaces CUC107 from 2024)
HSC132 Introduction to Health Promotion
HSC133 Perspectives of First Nations Health (title change 2026) (added from 2025)
PSY150 Introduction to Psychology A (replaces PSY140 from 2022)
SWK103 Social Work Skills A #
AOD202 Alcohol and Other Drugs Studies (replaces AOD201 from 2022)
HSC220 Society, culture and health: A sociological introduction (replaces HSC230 from 2021)
IAS222 Global Sociology (added from 2025)
IAS245 Indigenous Contemporary Perspectives
PSY203 Developmental Psychology Across the Lifespan (replaces PSY202 from 2022)
SWK201 Human Service Organisations
SWK202 Dynamics of Group Work (moved from core in 2025)
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General Electives
(0 - 2 units) | 0 - 20cp | Elective units totalling 0 - 20 credit points selected from undergraduate units offered by the University. When selecting electives, choose units at a suitable level. The first number in each unit code indicates the year level at which the subject is taught. Undergraduate units are coded at 100 to 300 level, therefore units coded as SWK1xx, SWK2xx and SWK3xx would be first, second and third year units respectively.
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| | 80cp | Total Credit Points |
Course Rules (unless otherwise indicated in the above course structure)
# Intensive block: Students are required to attend a 5 day on-campus intensive block as a part of this unit.
COURSE CHANGES - 2025
YSCCR1 Diploma of Social Care will be in teach out from Semester 1 2025 and is not replaced.
- Core units have decreased from 30 credit points to 20 credit points
- Specialist Electives have been changed from 50 credit points to between 40 - 60 credit points
- General Electives of up to 20 credit point have been add to the structure.
Core unit changes
- SWK202 has moved to a specialist elective unit
Specialist Elective changes
- HSC133 and IAS222 have been added as specialist elective units
COURSE CHANGES AND TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS - 2023
Core units have decreased from 60 credit points to 30 credit points.
- HSC132, HSC220 and IAS245 have moved from core units to specialist elective units
Specialist Elective unit requirements have increased from 20 credit points to 50 credit points.
- HSC132, HSC220 and IAS245 have moved from core to specialist elective units
- CUC100 and CUC107 have been added as specialist elective units
