Field Education placements are compulsory in Year 3 and 4 of the course and are available in fixed terms. Field Education 1 (SOWK 13009), a third year unit is offered in Term 1 of third year and normally begins in the first week of March and is 13 to 14 weeks duration (440 hours). Field Education 2 (SOWK 14009), a fourth year unit is offered in Term 2 and  normally begins in July and is 16 weeks duration (560 hours) starting generally in the first week of July. 

Both placements occur in an agency approved by the University. All field education experiences must be supervised either on site or externally by a qualified social worker with at least two years' graduate experience who is eligible for membership with the AASW. Field Education may be organised in international, metropolitan, urban, regional, rural and remote areas. You must complete the inherent requirements for the course and successfully complete all necessary administrative, screening and legal obligations to undertake placement in organisational settings. Once enrolled in any social work unit you will have direct access to detailed information about all of these requirements at Social Work Central, a Moodle on-line space.

COMPONENT Year 1 Term 1 Add elective unit (6 credit points) from across the University. Level 1 elective units students can choose from include:

ENVH11001 Health and Environment

HRMT11010 Organisational Behaviour

HRMT11011 Human Resource Management

MGMT11019 Introduction to Business

SCIE11018 Introduction to Forensic Science

SOCL11059 Introduction to Social Change

NB selection of this unit will determine which advanced level electives can be undertaken in the final year of the course as it will form the pre-requisite for that field of study.

Year 1 - Term 1
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
SOWK11015	Professional Communication in Human Services
SOCL11055	Sociology of Australian Society
SOWK11017	Scope of Social Work Practice in Australia

Year 1 Term 2

Year 1 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
PSYC11009	Fundamentals of Psychology 2: Psychological Literacy
SOWK11014	Contemporary Human Services
SOWK11016	Human Services and the Law
INDG11013	First Nation and Non-Indigenous History: The Interface

Year 2 Term 1

Year 2 - Term 1
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
SOWK12008	Theories of Change for Professional Practice I
SOWK12009	Casework and Case Management
SOWK12012	Organisational Practice
SOWK12015	Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Professional Practice

Year 2 Term 2

Year 2 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
SOCL19069	Social Research Methods
SOWK12010	Theories of Change for Professional Practice II
SOWK12011	Social Group Work and Family Work
SOWK12014	Ethical Professional Practice

Year 3 Term 1

Year 3 - Term 1
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
SOWK13009	Fieldwork Education 1
SOWK13010	Integrating Theory and Practice 1

Year 3 Term 2

Year 3 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
SOWK13011	Community Practice
SOWK13012	Professional Practice and Mental Health
SOWK13013	Professional Practice with Children, Youth and Families
SOWK13014	Contemporary Social Policy

Year 4 Term 1

In Year 4 Term 1 students have two advanced electives to choose as part of the BSW course. The advanced elective, SOWK14004 Reconciliation in the Workplace and Community, is recommended to fourth year students as one of the electives to do. Other advanced electives students can choose from include:

NUTR12001 Human Nutrition

SOCL19065 Rural Social and Social Services (pre-requisite 24 credit points)

HLTH12032 Community Assets and Needs Assessment

INDG19015 Aboriginal Cultures and Country

INDG19016 Contemporary Indigenous Issues

Year 4 - Term 1
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
SOWK14005	Advanced Direct Practice
SOWK14006	Professional Leadership in Human Services

Year 4 Term 2

Year 4 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
SOWK14009	Fieldwork Education 2
SOWK14010	Integrating Theory and Practice 2