Bachelor of Social Work (Honours) 

Overview

The Bachelor of Social Work (Honours) provides an alternative final year of study for high achieving students who have demonstrated excellence in the first three years of the Bachelor of Social Work (347). Students who complete the Bachelor of Social Work (Honours) will develop research capabilities that prepare them for postgraduate or research degrees in Social Work, or professional roles involving applied research. Accreditation is currently being sought from the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).

Entry Requirements & Credit Arrangements

Students must have completed the first three years of the Bachelor of Social Work and achieved a distinction average across all SOWK 200 and 300 subjects. Academic requirements and English requirements are available from the Course Finder. 

Course Learning Outcomes 

Students graduating from the Bachelor of Social Work (Honours) will be able to: 

1. Analyse the practices, responsibilities and commitments of the social work profession and your location within it.
2. Articulate social work values and ethics and utilise them to make judgments and decisions within the complexity of practice.
3. Demonstrate the purposeful use of skills and knowledge within a range of social work methods of intervention.
4. Use theories from social science disciplines to analyse human behaviour, social policy and social issues, in Australia and internationally.
5. Recognise different value systems and ethical frameworks, including your own, ascertain the moral complexities of your decisions and judgments and acknowledge the consequences of them.
6. Evaluate existing research to inform practice and undertake and disseminate ethical research informed by practice.
7. Demonstrate effective communication and interpersonal skills to build respectful relationships in a range of cultural and professional settings.
8. Evaluate their own professional practice, identify learning needs and strategies for extending their repertoire of knowledge and skills.
9. Work effectively within and between organizations and social service systems, formulating proposals for change where appropriate.
10. Work collaboratively and respectively across the boundaries of unavoidable dependencies, cultural differences and inequalities in Australia and internationally.
11. Demonstrate deliberate and informed participation in the civic life of the community through, for example, service learning, supervised professional practice, co-curricular activities and/or community activism.
12. Articulate ideas using a wide range of techniques effective with different audiences including experts and non-experts.
13. Conceptualise, plan and undertake an independent research project and communicate a coherent argument that explains and disseminates research results and conclusions. 

 Course Structure

The Bachelor of Social Work (Honours) requires the successful completion of 192 credit points of subjects in accordance with the subject progression table below.
The Honours grade will be calculated in accordance with University of Wollongong Method 1. For further information refer to General Course Rules.    

For information regarding timetables, tutorials, and classes please the visit the Timetables and Classes page.

Compulsory Work Placement / Online Components

This course contains a total of 1000 hours over 104 weeks of compulsory work-based placements. This course may also contain compulsory components to be completed online.

Professional Recognition/Accreditation

Accreditation is currently being sought from the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW). Graduates will be required to meet the AASW English language requirements for migration and/or employment purposes.  

Other Information

 Further information email ssc@uow.edu.au