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Courses Handbook 2011

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2011.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2010.

312041 v.1 Social Work Honours Stream

Introduction

This honours stream allows a small number of selected and highly motivated students the opportunity to extend their research methods skills into the field of social work by completing a supervised research project and preparing an honours dissertation. A bound copy of the dissertation must be presented to the School of Occupational Therapy & Social Work prior to graduation being approved.

Course Structure Hrs/Wk Credit
Year 3 Semester 1
312024 v.1   Social Work Practice with Children and Adolescents 311 3.0 25.0
312026 v.1   Social Work - Violence, Abuse and Trauma 331 3.0 25.0
  OR  
312025 v.1   Social Work with Older People 321 3.0 25.0
312027 v.1   Community Social Work 341 3.0 25.0
312028 v.1   Social Work Honours Research Proposal 351 9.0 25.0
  100.0
Year 3 Semester 2
312030 v.1   Social Work Honours Field Education I 7.0 75.0
312031 v.1   Social Work Honours Dissertation I 10.0 25.0
  100.0
Year 4 Semester 1
312033 v.1   Social Work Honours Field Education II 6.0 75.0
312034 v.1   Social Work Honours Dissertation II 10.0 25.0
  100.0
Year 4 Semester 2
311255 v.1   OT442 - Allied Health Management and Leadership 52.0 25.0
312035 v.1   Social Policy in Practice 412 3.0 25.0
312036 v.1   Community Health - Complexity and Case Management 422 3.0 25.0
312039 v.1 #   Social Work Honours Dissertation III 10.0 25.0
  100.0

#    Students to lodge a bound copy of their Dissertation with the School of Occupational Therapy & Social Work