IELTS (Academic version): 6.5 overall score, minimum 6.0 in each subtest
TOEFL internet-based score :Total score 82, Writing 21, Speaking 18, Reading 13, Listening 13
Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE): 58 overall; No communication skills less than 50
The Bachelor of Social Science degree is a broadly based, inter-disciplinary program that provides flexibility and choice within a range of social sciences subject offerings. The degree seeks to equip students with the interdisciplinary and specialist skills and knowledge that a new graduate would need on entering the workforce or on proceeding to advanced study. The degree aims to expand understanding of the social world in three ways: through social theory, social research and the applications of these ideas and knowledge to practice through social engagement. It provides a wide base for understanding issues in the complex, culturally diverse and ever-changing social environment of the 21st century.
CRICOS Code: 041159D
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Year 1
TRIMESTER 1
The Individual in Society
Understanding Society
People, Place and Social Difference
Credit Points, 30
TRIMESTER 2
Introduction to Indigenous Australia: Peoples, Places and Philosophies
Context of Human Services
Working with Cultural Differences
Credit Points, 30
TRIMESTER 3
Investigating and Communicating Social Problems
Community Work & Development
Community and Social Action
Credit Points, 30Year 2
TRIMESTER 4
Ethics in the Social Sciences
Applied Social Research
Families and Intimate Life
Credit Points, 30
TRIMESTER 5
Contemporary Social Issues and Professional Practice
Family Violence: Policy and Practice
Community Management and Organisations
Credit Points, 30
TRIMESTER 6
Child Abuse as a Social Issue
Select two electives
Credit Points, 30ear 3
TRIMESTER 7
Select three electives
Credit Points, 30
TRIMESTER 8
Select three electives
Credit Points, 30
Total Credit Points, 240
Graduates of this degree find career opportunities in areas including:
Cultural tourism
Community work
Teaching (with further study)
International development agencies
Government agencies
Travel planning and tour directing
OSHC: 629 ($) per year
