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Overview

This program only applies to students commencing 2014 onwards. Students who commenced their program before 2014 should refer to the 4039 Social Work/Criminology & Criminal Justice 2013 Online Handbook The Bachelor of Social Work (Honours) Bachelor of Criminology & Criminal Justice (BSW Hons BCCJ) is a five-year Dual degree. The … For more content click the Read More button below.

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Program
4033
Social Work (Honours)
Program
3422
Criminology & Criminal Justice

Double Degree Structure
240 Units of Credit:

Students must complete 240 UOC.

  • 4034 - Social Work (Honours) / Criminology & Criminal Justice
  • 4033 - Social Work (Honours)
  • 3422 - Criminology & Criminal Justice

Level 1 Core Courses
4033 - Social Work (Honours)

Students must take 42 UOC of the following courses.

PSYC1001
6 UOC
Psychology 1A
SOCW1001
6 UOC
Introduction to Social Work
SOCW1004
6 UOC
Lifespan, Health and Resilience
SRAP1000
6 UOC
Policy and Society
SRAP1001
6 UOC
Social Research and Society
ARTS1870
6 UOC
Rethinking the Social
ARTS1753
6 UOC
Culture, Experience and Change

Level 2 Core Courses
4033 - Social Work (Honours)

Students must take 36 UOC of the following courses.

SOCW2003
6 UOC
Counselling: Engagement, Assessment and Brief Intervention
SOCW2006
6 UOC
Social Work Practice - Community Work
SOCW2008
6 UOC
Culture, Identity and Diversity
SOCW2009
6 UOC
Counselling and Group Work with Sole Clients and Families
SOCW2100
6 UOC
Aboriginal People and Social Work
ARTS2871
6 UOC
Power and Powerlessness

Level 3 Core Courses
4033 - Social Work (Honours)

Students must take 42 UOC of the following courses.

SOCW3006
6 UOC
Socio-Legal Practice in Social Work Settings
SOCW3009
6 UOC
Ethics and Reflective Practice
SOCW3010
6 UOC
Organisational Practice
SOCW3012
12 UOC
Social Work Practice Level 3 Placement A
SOCW3013
6 UOC
Social Work Practice Level 3 Placement B
SRAP3003
6 UOC
Policy Analysis

Level 4 Core Courses
4033 - Social Work (Honours)

Students must take 48 UOC of the following courses.

SOCW4003
6 UOC
Advanced Social Work Practice Methods
SOCW4011
6 UOC
Evidence and Practice Based Research
SOCW4012
6 UOC
Social Work Practice in Mental Health and Trauma
SOCW4013
6 UOC
Child and Family Welfare Practice
SOCW4017
6 UOC
Social Work Practice Level 4 Placement A
SOCW4018
12 UOC
Social Work Practice Level 4 Placement B

Level 1 Criminology Core Courses
3422 - Criminology & Criminal Justice

Students must take 12 UOC of the following courses.

CRIM1010
6 UOC
Criminology: An Introduction
CRIM1011
6 UOC
Introduction to Criminal Justice

Level 1 Social Research and Policy Core Courses
3422 - Criminology & Criminal Justice

Students must take 12 UOC of the following courses.

SRAP1000
6 UOC
Policy and Society
SRAP1001
6 UOC
Social Research and Society

Level 2 Criminology Core Courses
3422 - Criminology & Criminal Justice

Students must take 18 UOC of the following courses.

Note: Students enrolled in the dual award Criminology and Criminal Justice/Law (4763) complete LAWS1021 and LAWS1022 and are excluded from CRIM2020 and CRIM2021. Students should enrol in substitute Criminology Prescribed electives at Level 2.

CRIM2020
6 UOC
Criminal Law and Justice 1
CRIM2021
6 UOC
Criminal Law and Justice 2
CRIM2042
6 UOC
Explaining Crime

Level 2 Social Research and Policy Core Courses
3422 - Criminology & Criminal Justice

Students must take 12 UOC of the following courses.

SRAP2001
6 UOC
Qualitative Social Research
ARTS2871
6 UOC
Power and Powerlessness

Level 3 Criminology Core Courses
3422 - Criminology & Criminal Justice

Students must take 6 UOC of the following courses.

Note: Dual-degree Social Work/Criminology students are not eligible to enrol in CRIM3025.

Level 3 Social Research and Policy Core Courses
3422 - Criminology & Criminal Justice

Students must take 18 UOC of the following courses.

SRAP3001
6 UOC
Quantitative Social Research
SRAP3002
6 UOC
Social Research and Policy Project
SRAP3003
6 UOC
Policy Analysis

Criminology Prescribed Electives
3422 - Criminology & Criminal Justice

Students must take at least 18 UOC of the following courses.

ARTS2845
6 UOC
Sex, Human Rights and Justice
ARTS3871
6 UOC
Forensic Sociology
CRIM2014
6 UOC
Issues in Policing
CRIM2031
6 UOC
Indigenous Perspective in Criminal Justice
CRIM2032
6 UOC
Disability in the Criminal Justice System
CRIM2034
6 UOC
Crime, Politics and the Media
CRIM2036
6 UOC
Prison and Punishment: Introduction to Penology
CRIM2037
6 UOC
Explaining Punishment
CRIM2038
6 UOC
Young People, Risk and Harm
CRIM2040
6 UOC
Criminal Networks and Organised Crime
CRIM2041
6 UOC
Crime and Punishment in Historical Perspective
CRIM3011
6 UOC
Crime Prevention Policy
CRIM3012
6 UOC
Violent and Sexual Offenders
CRIM3015
6 UOC
State Crime and Human Rights
CRIM3017
6 UOC
Cybercrime
CRIM3018
6 UOC
Victims' Rights
CRIM3019
6 UOC
Restorative Justice
CRIM3020
6 UOC
The Criminal Trial
CRIM3022
6 UOC
Public Health and Corrections
CRIM3024
6 UOC
Issues in Drug Policy
HUMS2000
6 UOC
Arts Internship
PSYC3301
6 UOC
Psychology and Law

General Education Requirement

For students completing the BSW (Hons) in this Dual mode a Prescribed Criminology Elective in Criminology & Criminal Justice is replaced with an approved GE course to meet 6 UOC of the GE requirement. The other 6 UOC is to be taken by replacing ARTS1753 Culture, Experience and Change with … For more content click the Read More button below.

Enrolment Disclaimer

Please read the Double Degree Program rules as some specific rules apply to particular Double Degree combinations.

You are responsible for ensuring you enrol in courses according to your program requirements and advice from your Program Authority. myUNSW enrolment checks that you have met enrolment requirements such as pre-requisites for individual courses but not that you are enrolling in courses that will count towards your program.

Sample Programs

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4034 Social Work (Honours)/Criminology & Criminal Justice Sample Program

Additional Information

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