Course HC5 - Bachelor of Community and Human Services

Course overview

Are you passionate about helping people? Would you like to be able to provide support and assistance to a range of individuals, families and communities that are experiencing family violence, poverty, homelessness, mental health or living with disability? In this degree, you'll learn the important skills and ethics needed for helping to improve the lives of others. You'll spend time in the industry, putting your skills into practice and experiencing real-life situations. This degree will prepare you for a career as a counsellor, social research, youth justice, family and disability support, aged care, community engagement courses and more.You'll learn the professional skills needed to succeed in the workplace, like communications and interpersonal skills and the theories behind your practices. Your subjects include 'social policy', 'social issues and personal values ' and ' Australian indigenous societies'. You can also choose subjects from any other FedUni Arts degree, to learn a language, about public relations or politics.Please note that this course contains compulsory online units.Field PlacementStudents can expect to have placements in second year and third year. Placements are undertaken continuously not block mode. Please contact the University for more information.This course will be offered in a blended learning approach with face-to-face tutorials every week, and some lectures and activities online.

Institute / school:

Institute of Education, Arts & Community

Discipline:

Social Work, Community & Human Services

Study level:

Undergraduate

Study load:

Credit points:

360

AQF level:

7 - Bachelor Degree

Duration (in full time equivalent):

3 years

Domestic students:

International students:

Guaranteed ATAR:

Professional accreditation:

CRICOS code:

085212G

Course coordinator:

Academic requirements

ATAR

Guaranteed ATAR

Selection rank adjustments

<ul> <li>Subject adjustments Subject adjustments may apply to this course. Please visit <a href="https://delta.vtac.edu.au/coursesearch/#/search">CourseSearch</a> in the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) website, find this course and open the 'Course requirements' section to see if subject adjustments apply. </li> <li>Equity schemes If you've faced educational disadvantage, we encourage you to apply for our <a href="https://www.federation.edu.au/apply/how-to-apply/undergraduate/equity-schemes/">equity schemes</a>. Depending on your eligibility and circumstances, an equity scheme application may support your course application. </li> </ul>

Academic requirements

English language requirements

Course rules show the number and type of credit points needed to finish your course. They help you understand what you need to complete to graduate. You’re responsible for following the course rules and completing the right units. You’ll find a recommended sequence of units that meets these course rules in the course structure.

Complete 360 credit points comprising:

285 credit points from Core Units, and
15 credit points from Indigenous Studies Core Unit, and
Either:
60 credit points for one Minor from Minor, or
60 credit points from Electives

Core Units

Complete exactly 285 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit points
BSWUG1001	Introduction to Social Work, Community and Human Services	15
CHSUG1002	Interpersonal Communication for Professional Practice	15
CHSUG1003	Theories and Models for Practice	15
BASOC1001	The Sociological Imagination	15
PSYCB2102	Lifespan Development Psychology	15
CHSUG2001	Theories and Practices of Group Work	15
CHSUG2003	Community Practice Approaches	15
CHSUG2004	Models of Case Management	15
CHSUG2005	Social Policy and Social Change	15
CHSUG2101	Reflecting on Work in the Human Services Organisations	15
CHSUG2102	Field Placement	15
CHSUG3001	Critical Practice Approaches	15
CHSUG3002	Counselling for Individuals and Families	15
CHSUG3003	Health and Wellbeing in Diverse Communities	15
CHSUG3005	Field Placement	45
FEAFN3001	Research Methods in the Social Sciences	15
BAXDC3004	Applied Ethics in Contemporary Societies	15

Indigenous Studies Core Unit

Complete exactly 15 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit points
BAIND1001	First Nations Histories (1788-1967)	15
BAIND1002	Introduction to First Nations People of Australia	15

Minor

Complete one Minor from the following:

Code	Title	Credit points
HC5.MIN.BEHAV	Behavioural Studies	60
HC5.MIN.CRIMJ	Criminal Justice	60
HC5.MIN.EDU	Education	60
HC5.MIN.INDSTUD	Indigenous Studies	60
HC5.MIN.SOC	Sociology	60

Electives

Complete exactly 60 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit points
HC5.MIN.BEHAV	Behavioural Studies	60
HC5.MIN.CRIMJ	Criminal Justice	60
HC5.MIN.EDU	Education	60
HC5.MIN.INDSTUD	Indigenous Studies	60
HC5.MIN.SOC	Sociology	60

Complete 60 Credit Points comprising any of the units within the above minors

Commendation

Counselling

Unsatisfactory

Exclusion / suspension

Final unit supplementary assessment

Students who receive an MF grade in their final Semester may apply to the Course Coordinator within 7 days of the publication of results for supplementary assessment if that unit is the only outstanding unit required to complete the degree and the student has not been found guilty of any form of academic misconduct (e.g. plagiarism, contract cheating, collusion) in that Semester. The highest grade attainable will be a Pass grade.

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.federation.edu.au/students/student-essentials/how-to-enrol/what-to-enrol-in/">Course structures</a> set out the recommended sequence of units for enrolment. It's your responsibility to comply with the course rules and confirm unit availability (which you'll find under 'Offering' in the 'Key information' section of each unit outline). Select the semester you started your course in (not the semester you're enrolling for).

Year 1

Semester 1

BSWUG1001

Introduction to Social Work, Community and Human Services

Core Units

BASOC1001

The Sociological Imagination

Core Units

Minor

Or Elective chosen from the Minor Streams

Indigenous Core Unit or Minor Unit or Elective chosen from the Minor Streams

Students must complete 1 core indigenous unit. Students can choose to complete the unit in Semester 1 or Semester 2 of the course. Students must undertake the minor unit in the semester they do not take the alternative indigenous studies core unit.

Semester 2

CHSUG1002

Interpersonal Communication for Professional Practice

Core Units

CHSUG1003

Theories and Models for Practice

Core Units

Minor

Or Elective chosen from the Minor Streams

Indigenous Core Unit or Minor Unit or Elective chosen from the Minor Streams

Year 2

Semester 1

CHSUG2001

Theories and Practices of Group Work

Core Units

CHSUG2003

Community Practice Approaches

Core Units

CHSUG2101

Reflecting on Work in the Human Services Organisations

Core Units

CHSUG2102

Field Placement

Core Units

Semester 2

CHSUG2004

Models of Case Management

Core Units

CHSUG2005

Social Policy and Social Change

Core Units

PSYCB2102

Lifespan Development Psychology

Core Units

Minor

Or Elective chosen from the Minor Streams

Year 3

Semester 1

CHSUG3001

Critical Practice Approaches

Core Units

CHSUG3002

Counselling for Individuals and Families

Core Units

CHSUG3003

Health and Wellbeing in Diverse Communities

Core Units

FEAFN3001

Research Methods in the Social Sciences

Core Units

Semester 2

BAXDC3004

Applied Ethics in Contemporary Societies

Core Units

CHSUG3005

Field Placement

Core Units

Year 1

Semester 2

CHSUG1002

Interpersonal Communication for Professional Practice

Core Units

CHSUG1003

Theories and Models for Practice

Core Units

Minor

Or Elective chosen from the Minor Streams

Indigenous Core Unit or Minor Unit or Elective chosen from the Minor Streams

Semester 1

BSWUG1001

Introduction to Social Work, Community and Human Services

Core Units

BASOC1001

The Sociological Imagination

Core Units

Minor

Or Elective chosen from the Minor Streams

Indigenous Core Unit or Minor Unit or Elective chosen from the Minor Streams

Year 2

Semester 2

CHSUG2004

Models of Case Management

Core Units

CHSUG2005

Social Policy and Social Change

Core Units

PSYCB2102

Lifespan Development Psychology

Core Units

Minor

Or Elective chosen from the Minor Streams

Semester 1

CHSUG2001

Theories and Practices of Group Work

Core Units

CHSUG2003

Community Practice Approaches

Core Units

CHSUG2101

Reflecting on Work in the Human Services Organisations

Core Units

CHSUG2102

Field Placement

Core Units

Year 3

Semester 2

BAXDC3004

Applied Ethics in Contemporary Societies

Core Units

CHSUG3005

Field Placement

Core Units

Semester 1

CHSUG3001

Critical Practice Approaches

Core Units

CHSUG3002

Counselling for Individuals and Families

Core Units

CHSUG3003

Health and Wellbeing in Diverse Communities

Core Units

FEAFN3001

Research Methods in the Social Sciences

Core Units

Upon successful completion of this course, graduates will be able to:

Ref	Outcome

Placement information

VET pathways

Qualification code and title	Credit points	Restrictions
	120 credit points
	120 credit points
	120 credit points
	105 credit points
	120 credit points
	120 credit points

Recognition of prior learning

Unit exclusions

<ul><li>CHSUG3005 Field Placement 2</li><li>BAIND1001 First Nations Histories (1788-1967)</li><li>BSWUG1001 Introduction to Social Work, Community and Human Services</li><li>BASOC1001 The Sociological Imagination</li><li>CHSUG1002 Interpersonal Communication for Professional Practice</li><li>CHSUG1003 Theories and Models for Practice</li><li>BAIND1002 Introduction to First Nations People of Australia</li><li>INDSL1000 Introduction to Indigenous Australia</li><li>CHSUG2001 Theories and Practices of Group Work</li><li>CHSUG2003 Community Practice Approaches</li><li>CHSUG2101 Reflecting on Work in the Human Services Organisations</li><li>CHSUG2004 Models of Case Management</li><li>CHSUG2005 Social Policy and Social Change</li><li>PSYCB2102 Lifespan Development Psychology</li><li>CHSUG3001 Critical Practice Approaches</li><li>CHSUG3002 Counselling for Individuals and Families</li><li>CHSUG3003 Health and Wellbeing in Diverse Communities</li><li>FEAFN3001 Research Methods in the Social Sciences</li><li>BAXDC3004 Applied Ethics in Contemporary Societies</li><li>CRJUS1285 Crime to Punishment: Processes and Institutions</li><li>CRJUS1286 Crime in Contemporary Contexts</li><li>CRJUS1287 Explanations of Crime</li><li>CRJUS2100 Australian Criminal Courts in International Context</li><li>CRJUS2300 Punishment, Penalty and Rehabilitation: Australian and International Perspectives</li><li>CRJUS2472 Locating Crime in Urban, Regional and Rural Contexts</li><li>BEHAV2002 Abnormal Behaviour and Disorders</li><li>BEHAV2003 Behaviour in the Workplace</li><li>PSYCB1101 Introductory Psychology A: Biological and Cognitive Psychology</li><li>PSYCB1102 Introductory Psychology B: Personality and Individual Differences</li><li>INDSL2109 Victorian Aboriginal History 1800-1900</li><li>INDSL3001 Contemporary Issues in Indigenous Australia (1967-)</li><li>INDSL3002 Myths and Massacres: Australian History and Reconciliation</li><li>INDSL2002 Myths and Massacres: Australian History and Reconciliation</li><li>INDSL3006 Indigenous Rights in the International Arena</li><li>BAHIS1001 Global Histories</li><li>BAHIS2005 Gender, Sexuality and History</li><li>BASOC2001 Examining Race and Ethnicity</li><li>BAXDC1003 Ideologies in the Modern World</li><li>FEAFN1101 Foundations of Knowledge</li><li>SOCIO2001 Sociology of Families and Relationships</li><li>SOCIO2002 Sociology of Genders, Sexes and Sexualities</li><li>SOCIO2734 Sociology of Deviance</li><li>EDBED1013 Understanding Dis/ability</li><li>EDBED1014 Inclusive Education</li><li>EDBED1016 Learning and Teaching</li><li>EDECE2001 Diversity: Children, Families and Communities</li><li>BASOC1002 Sociology of Families and Relationships</li></ul>

Institute / school:

Institute of Education, Arts & Community

Discipline:

Social Work, Community & Human Services

Study level:

Undergraduate

Study load:

Credit points:

360

AQF level:

7 - Bachelor Degree

Duration (in full time equivalent):

3 years

Domestic students:

International students:

Guaranteed ATAR:

Professional accreditation:

CRICOS code:

085212G

Course coordinator:

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Complete exactly 285 credit points from the following:

Indigenous Studies Core Unit

Complete exactly 15 credit points from the following:

Minor

Complete one Minor from the following:

Electives

Complete exactly 60 credit points from the following:

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Course rules

Course rules

Core Units

Complete exactly 285 credit points from the following:

Indigenous Studies Core Unit

Complete exactly 15 credit points from the following:

Minor

Complete one Minor from the following:

Electives

Complete exactly 60 credit points from the following:

Academic progress regulations

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Semester 1 entry course structure

Semester 2 entry course structure

Course learning outcomes

Course learning outcomes

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Credit, pathways, and recognition of prior learning

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