Flinders University

Structure

Students complete fourteen core (compulsory) topics including professional experience placement topics, and one option topic chosen from a range of option topics available. These topics aim to provide students with skills in areas of policy, research, clinical and community based practice. Australian Social Work Education and Accreditation Standards (2012) require that students undertake a minimum of twenty (20) days of face-to-face study on-campus. Normally students are expected to include some face-to-face study in all four semesters of full-time equivalent study. To meet these requirements, students can choose from various topics offered as on-campus intensives. This degree requires completion of two (2) field placements of 500 hours each. Students will undertake professional experience placements as part of the course. For more information visit https://students.flinders.edu.au/my-course/placements/compliance/social-work .

Subjects

• Social work

Entry requirements

• Applicants must hold a bachelor degree or equivalent qualification other than in social work.
• and must also have completed the equivalent of one year full-time or equivalent study in social and behavioural sciences. Social and Behavioural Science study areas may include Anthropology, Community Development, Counselling, Criminology, Geography with a human/social focus, Indigenous Studies, International relations, Philosophy, Political Sciences, Psychological sciences, Psychology, Sociology, Public Health, Nursing and post-graduate nursing studies, Educational sociology, Social Policy, and Mental health and wellbeing.Study areas such as archaeology, economics, accountancy, commerce, film making and media studies do not meet the social and behavioural science pre-requisites for this course.Applicants with less than a full-time year or no social science and behavioural science studies should apply for the Graduate Certificate in Society and the Individual (SATAC code 2GC144) to meet this requirement.Selection is based on academic merit.

Recognition

Graduates are eligible to apply for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers.