Bachelor of Social Science - Plan BP363

Bachelor of Social Science - Plan BP363

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Duration:
Full-time 3 years
Part-time 6 years
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Next intake:
February, July
Location:
Melbourne City
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Duration:
Full-time 3 years
Fees:

$40,320 (2027 annual)

Next intake:
February, July
Location:
Melbourne City

CRICOS code: 120990C

To graduate you must complete the following: All courses listed may not be available each semester

To graduate you must complete the following. All courses listed may not be available each semester.

List of Combinations

All students must complete First-year block Foundation Courses (48 credit points) and Core Courses (48 credit points).

Combination 1: Complete One (1) Major (144 credit points) and One (1) Minor (48 credit points).

Combination 2: Complete One (1) Major (144 credit points) and 48 credit points program options.

'Program options' include all courses listed within each major and minor.

Details of majors and minors can be found at the end of the program structure.

NOTE: If you use a course toward the completion of a major or minor, you cannot use that same course again to count toward another major or minor.

NOTE: If you select and complete the Mental Health and Wellbeing major, you cannot also select the Mental Health and Wellbeing minor. Similarly, if you select and complete the Youth Work major, you cannot select the Youth Studies minor.

Students must complete a series of compulsory onboarding modules during their first semester or study period. Complete 48 credit points from the following First-year block foundation courses:

Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus
Ethics, Reflexivity and Praxis 12 HWSS2228 City Campus
Australian Society in a Global Context 12 HUSO1207 City Campus
Communication Skills 12 HUSO2473 City Campus
Public Policy 12 POLI1066 City Campus

AND

Complete 48 credit points from your chosen combination.

Complete 24 credit points from the following core courses:

Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus
Foundations of Social Research 12 HUSO2166 City Campus
On Country, In Relation: Stories, Practices and Futures 12 HUSO1296 City Campus

AND

Complete 72 credit points from your chosen combination.

Complete 12 credit points from the following:

Note: Select and complete the capstone course that aligns with your chosen Major. (Complete HUSO2391 (Course ID 053223) Mental Health and Wellbeing Capstone if your chosen Major is 'Psychology' or 'Mental Health & Wellbeing'.)

Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus
Mental Health and Wellbeing Capstone 12 HUSO2391 City Campus
Youth Work Capstone 12 HUSO2418 City Campus

AND

Complete 12 credit points from the following core course:

Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus
Work Integrated Learning 2 12 HWSS2233 City Campus

AND

Complete 72 credit points from your chosen combination.

List of Majors

Complete 144 credit points from the following:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus
Introduction to Mental Health and Wellbeing 12 HUSO2474 City Campus
Self, Identity and Agency 12 HUSO2164 City Campus
Introduction to Practice Skills 12 HWSS2230 City Campus
Group Work Theory and Practice 12 HWSS2093 City Campus
Critical Practice Skills 12 HWSS2247 City Campus
Co-creating Social Change with Communities 12 HUSO2393 City Campus
Counselling Theory and Practice 12 HWSS2267 City Campus
Relational Counselling 12 HWSS2268 City Campus
Creative Counselling 12 HWSS2269 City Campus
The Emerging Counsellor 12 HWSS2263 City Campus
Community Wellbeing 12 HUSO2469 City Campus
Lived Experiences and Critical Approaches to Mental Health 12 HUSO2470 City Campus

Complete 132 credit points from the following:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus
An Introduction to Youth Work 12 HWSS2229 City Campus
Foundations of Youth Studies 12 HUSO2414 City Campus
Introduction to Practice Skills 12 HWSS2230 City Campus
Youth Identities and Interdependencies 12 HUSO2416 City Campus
Young People, Representation and Resistances 12 HUSO2415 City Campus
Introduction to Mental Health and Wellbeing 12 HUSO2474 City Campus
Critical Practice Skills 12 HWSS2247 City Campus
Work Integrated Learning 1 12 HWSS2232 City Campus
Co-creating Social Change with Communities 12 HUSO2393 City Campus
Legal and Justice Frameworks for Young People 12 HUSO2471 City Campus

AND

Complete 12 credit points from the following:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus
Alcohol and Other Drugs, Interventions and Complex Needs 12 HWSS2171 City Campus
Working with Violence and Abuse 12 HWSS2158 City Campus
Homelessness: Contemporary Themes, Policy and Practice 12 HWSS2227 City Campus

Complete 144 credit points from the following:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus
Foundations of Psychology 12
BESC1126 City Campus
BESC1125 Bundoora Campus
Principles of Psychology 12
BESC1123 City Campus
BESC1122 Bundoora Campus
Developmental Psychology 12 BESC1182 City Campus
Biological Psychology 12 BESC1190 City Campus
Research Methods in Psychology 12 BESC1449 City Campus
Cognitive Psychology 12 BESC1178 City Campus
Social Psychology 12 BESC1186 City Campus
Professional Practices and Cross-Cultural Psychology 12 BESC1453 City Campus
Philosophy and Methodology of Psychology 12 BESC1437 City Campus
Forensic Psychology 12 BESC1429 City Campus
Psychopathology and Models of Intervention 12 BESC1445 City Campus
Psychological Assessment and Individual Differences 12 BESC1433 City Campus

List of Social Science Minors

Complete 12 credit points from the following:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus
Introduction to Creative Practice, Wellbeing and Social Change 12 HUSO2472 City Campus

AND

Complete 36 credit points from the following:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus
Art and Social Practice 12 VART3749 City Campus
Public Art Projects 12 VART2027 City Campus
Performance and Live Art 12 VART3504 City Campus
Self, Identity and Agency 12 HUSO2164 City Campus
Introduction to Mental Health and Wellbeing 12 HUSO2474 City Campus

Complete 48 credit points from the following:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus
Counselling Theory and Practice 12 HWSS2267 City Campus
Relational Counselling 12 HWSS2268 City Campus
Creative Counselling 12 HWSS2269 City Campus
The Emerging Counsellor 12 HWSS2263 City Campus

Complete 48 credit points from the following:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus
Introduction to Mental Health and Wellbeing 12 HUSO2474 City Campus
Introduction to Practice Skills 12 HWSS2230 City Campus
Critical Practice Skills 12 HWSS2247 City Campus
Lived Experiences and Critical Approaches to Mental Health 12 HUSO2470 City Campus
Community Wellbeing 12 HUSO2469 City Campus
Alcohol and Other Drugs, Interventions and Complex Needs 12 HWSS2171 City Campus
Working with Violence and Abuse 12 HWSS2158 City Campus
Homelessness: Contemporary Themes, Policy and Practice 12 HWSS2227 City Campus

Complete 48 credit points from the following:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus
Sex, Gender and Justice 12 JUST2325 City Campus
Working with Violence and Abuse 12 HWSS2158 City Campus
Responding to Violence 12 HWSS2265 City Campus
Trauma Informed Social Work Practice 12 HWSS2254 City Campus
Alcohol and Other Drugs, Interventions and Complex Needs 12 HWSS2171 City Campus
Introduction to Practice Skills 12 HWSS2230 City Campus

Complete 48 credit points from the following:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus
An Introduction to Youth Work 12 HWSS2229 City Campus
Legal and Justice Frameworks for Young People 12 HUSO2471 City Campus
Introduction to Practice Skills 12 HWSS2230 City Campus
Introduction to Mental Health and Wellbeing 12 HUSO2474 City Campus
Foundations of Youth Studies 12 HUSO2414 City Campus
Youth Identities and Interdependencies 12 HUSO2416 City Campus
Young People, Representation and Resistances 12 HUSO2415 City Campus

List of Interdisciplinary Minors:

Complete 48 credit points from the following:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus
Drug Related Crime 12 JUST2368 City Campus
Digital Criminology 12 SOCU2322 City Campus
Miscarriages of Justice 12 JUST2339 City Campus
Terrorism and Society 12 POLI1062 City Campus
Deviance, Control and Conflict 12 SOCU2324 City Campus
Victimology 12 SOCU2323 City Campus
Comparative Criminal Justice Systems 12 JUST2370 City Campus
The Sociology of Drug Use 12 SOCU2325 City Campus
Youth Justice Systems 12 HWSS2117 City Campus
Global Crime 12 SOCU2235 City Campus
Design Thinking in Criminology 12 SOCU2326 City Campus

Complete 48 credit points from the following:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus
Introduction to Gender 12 COMM2925 City Campus
Gender, Development and Globalisation 12 HUSO2092 City Campus
Global Feminisms 12 HUSO2388 City Campus
Rethinking Masculinities 12 COMM2926 City Campus
Feminist and Queer Perspectives 12 COMM2879 City Campus
Gender, Communication and Social Change 12 COMM2927 City Campus

Complete 24 credit points from the following:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus
Sustainable Futures 12 ENVI1153 City Campus
Climate Change Responses 12
ENVI1212 City Campus
ENVI1219 Melbourne transfer to Vietnam

AND

Complete 24 credit points from the following:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus
The Science of Climate and Biodiversity 12 ENVI1211 City Campus
Environmental Management and Assessment 12 ENVI1049 City Campus
Building Relationships with Country 12 ENVI1048 City Campus
Communicating Sustainability 12 ENVI1137 City Campus
Development Economics 12 ECON1259 City Campus
Energy and Earth's Environment 12 PHYS2066 City Campus
Environmental Policy Project 12 ENVI1179 City Campus

Complete 48 credit points from the following:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus
Principles of Social Impact 12 BUSM2656 City Campus
Social Enterprise and Innovation 12 BUSM4702 City Campus
Designing Social Futures 12 BUSM2655 City Campus
Information and Accountability for Social Impact 12 BUSM1789 City Campus

Complete 36 credit points from the following:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus
Personalised Learning Practice 12 TCHE2628 Bundoora Campus
Meeting the Needs of All Learners 12 TCHE2474 Bundoora Campus
Developing Positive Schools and Classrooms 12 TCHE2476 Bundoora Campus

AND

Complete 12 credit points from the following:
Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus
Professional Experience: Teaching in Diverse Educational Settings (School Settings) 12 TCHE2722 Bundoora Campus
Professional Experience: Teaching in Diverse Educational Settings (Non-School Settings) 12 TCHE2723 Bundoora Campus
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