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Courses Handbook 2014

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2014.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2013.

312041 v.2 Social Work Honours Stream


Major/Stream Overview

This major/stream is part of a larger course. Information is specific to the major/stream, please refer to the course for more information.


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.



Major/Stream Entry and Completion Details

Specific Course Completion

A bound copy of the dissertation must be presented to the School of Occupational Therapy & Social Work prior to graduation being approved.



Major/Stream Organisation


Course Structure Hrs/Wk Credit
Year 3 Semester 1
311256 v.2   Allied Health Honours Research Design 341 5.0 25.0
312030 v.3   Social Work Honours Field Education 341 75.0
  100.0
Year 3 Semester 2
4055 v.10   Working in Human Service Organisations 342 25.0
311257 v.2   Allied Health Honours Proposal 342 4.0 25.0
312023 v.3   Social Work with Groups and Families 342 3.0 25.0
312024 v.3   Social Work Practice with Children and Young People 342 3.0 25.0
  100.0
Year 4 Semester 1
312026 v.2   Violence, Abuse and Trauma 441 3.0 25.0
314062 v.1   Allied Health Honours Data Collection 441 25.0
312036 v.2   Complexity and Case Management 441 3.0 25.0
312027 v.2   Community Social Work 441 3.0 25.0
  100.0
Year 4 Semester 2
312033 v.2   Social Work Honours Field Education 442 75.0
311259 v.2 *   Allied Health Honours Dissertation 442 25.0
  100.0

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





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