Handbook - Social Work (Honours) / Law

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Overview

This Handbook is for commencing students. If you commenced in a prior year please refer to the Online Handbook in the year you started your Law degree or contact the Faculty of Law for advice. This program qualifies students for the professional practice of both social work and law. The … For more content click the Read More button below. The UNSW BSW Hons draws on the extensive expertise and experience of qualified Social Work practitioners to deliver a unique combination of scholarly and practise-based courses. Students also undertake two separate field placements in Years 3 and 4 of the degree to gain the necessary practical experience. Duration/Award The program is a 6.5 years full-time program leading to the award of the two degrees of Bachelor of Social Work (Honours) and Bachelor of Laws BSW(Hons) LLB.

This Handbook is for commencing students. If you commenced in a prior year please refer to the Online Handbook in the year you started your Law degree or contact the Faculty of Law for advice.

This program qualifies students for the professional practice of both social work and law.

The Bachelor of Social Work with Honours (UNSW BSW Hons) offers you an innovative and accredited program leading to eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW). The UNSW BSW Hons includes studies in the areas of social work practice, social and behavioural sciences, and contextual studies. The program includes a number of courses aimed at the development of research skills, including research design and methodology, and every student completes a piece of independent or directed research as part of the Honours requirement.

The UNSW BSW Hons draws on the extensive expertise and experience of qualified Social Work practitioners to deliver a unique combination of scholarly and practise-based courses. Students also undertake two separate field placements in Years 3 and 4 of the degree to gain the necessary practical experience.

Duration/Award
The program is a 6.5 years full-time program leading to the award of the two degrees of Bachelor of Social Work (Honours) and Bachelor of Laws BSW(Hons) LLB.

Stand Alone Programs

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Double Degree Structure
312 Units of Credit:

Students must complete 312 UOC.

1. Law compulsory courses - 96 UOC
2. Law prescribed elective - 6 UOC
3. Law elective courses - 42 UOC
4. Social Work courses - 168 UOC

Level 1 Core Courses
4033 - Social Work (Honours)

Students must take 42 UOC of the following courses.

Introduction to Social Work

Lifespan, Health and Resilience

Policy and Society

Social Research and Society

Rethinking the Social

Culture, Experience and Change

Level 2 Core Courses
4033 - Social Work (Honours)

Students must take 36 UOC of the following courses.

Counselling: Engagement, Assessment and Brief Intervention

Social Work Practice - Community Work

Culture, Identity and Diversity

Counselling and Group Work with Sole Clients and Families

Aboriginal People and Social Work

Power and Powerlessness

Level 3 Core Courses
4033 - Social Work (Honours)

Students must take 42 UOC of the following courses.

Socio-Legal Practice in Social Work Settings

Ethics and Reflective Practice

Organisational Practice

Social Work Practice Level 3 Placement A

Social Work Practice Level 3 Placement B

Policy Analysis

Level 4 Core Courses
4033 - Social Work (Honours)

Students must take 48 UOC of the following courses.

Advanced Social Work Practice Methods

Evidence and Practice Based Research

Social Work Practice in Mental Health and Trauma

Child and Family Welfare Practice

Social Work Practice Level 4 Placement A

Social Work Practice Level 4 Placement B

One of the following

Honours Research Thesis

Social Work Honours Advanced Practice Portfolio

Core Courses
4701 - Law

Students must take 96 UOC of the following courses.

Law Electives
4701 - Law

Students must complete 42 UOC of Law Electives.

Note: With the permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies and the course teacher, undergraduate students may enrol in one or more Postgraduate courses, in a select list of approved Postgraduate Electives. Not more than half the students' total elective courses may be taken from the postgraduate offerings.

Law Theory Prescribed Electives
4701 - Law

Students must take 6 UOC of the following courses.

Theories of Law and Justice

Legal Experimentalism

Law and Social Theory

Course exclusions
4787 - Social Work (Honours) / Law

If you are enrolled in the Social Work (Hons)/Law degree you are excluded from enrolling in the core course SOCW3006 Socio-Legal practice in Social Work Settings as there is overlap in content with Law courses. You should instead enrol in any Level 3 Criminology prescribed elective offered in program 3422 … For more content click the Read More button below.

Nura Gili Pre-Law Program
4701 - Law

Indigenous students who have entered the Bachelor of Law program through the Nura Gili Pre-Law program must complete the following two courses (6 UOC):- LAWS1213 Foundations Enrichment 1 (3 UOC)- LAWS1214 Foundations Enrichment 2 (3 UOC)These courses are taken in place of 6 UOC of electives and are not available … 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.

Program Fees

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Faculty
Faculty: The primary academic unit in which related disciplines of teaching and research are conducted.

Campus

Kensington

Study Level
Study Level refers to the academic level of a program, specialisation or course.

Undergraduate

Typical duration:

6.7 years

Intake Period

Term 1

Academic Calendar

3+ Calendar

Minimum Units of Credit

312

Award(s)
Award(s): Qualification upon completion (all awards offered by UNSW are accredited by UNSW and align with the Australian Qualifications Framework).

Bachelor of Social Work (Honours) - BSW (Hons)
Bachelor of Laws - LLB

UAC Code

426000

CRICOS Code

074887K