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Bachelor of Community and Human Services
Bachelor of Community and Human Services

Bachelor of Community and Human Services

  • ID:FU610007
  • Level:3-Year Bachelor's Degree
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Admission Requirements

Entry Requirement

Prerequisites 

  • Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 20 in any English.

This course uses the ATAR as part of its selection considerations.

English Requirement

Overall Academic IELTS band score of 6.0, with no band less than 6.0 or equivalent

Course Information

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, in social research, youth justice, family and disability support, aged care, community engagement programs 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.

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Year 1

Semester 1

  • Introduction to community and human services

  • The sociological imagination

  • Behavioural studies

  • Elective choices

  • Criminal justice

  • Elective choices

  • Indigenous studies

  • Elective choices

  • Sociology

  • Elective choices

Semester 2

  • Interpersonal communication for professional practice

  • Theories and models for practice

  • Introduction to first nations perspectives

  • Behavioural studies

  • Elective choices

  • Criminal justice

  • Elective choices

  • Indigenous studies

  • Elective choices

  • Sociology

  • Elective choices

Year 2

Semester 1

  • Theories and practices of group work

  • Community practice approaches

  • Reflecting on work in the human services organisations

  • Field placement

Semester 2

  • Lifespan human development

  • Models of case management

  • Social policy and social change

  • Behavioural studies

  • Elective choices

  • Criminal justice

  • Elective choices

  • Indigenous studies

  • Elective choices

  • Sociology

  • Elective choices

Year 3

Semester 1

  • Critical practice approaches

  • Counselling for individuals and families

  • Health and wellbeing in diverse communities

  • Research methods in the social sciences

Semester 2

  • Applied ethics in contemporary societies

  • Field placement

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Pathway Courses

 

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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

  • Case coordinator

  • Child welfare worker

  • Family caseworker

  • Case worker

  • Community development officer

  • Family services worker

  • Case management officer

  • Case manager

  • Child protection worker

  • Community development worker

  • Family support worker

Ability to settle

Overseas Student Health Cover

OSHC: 530 ($) AUD per year

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