Introductory courses (9) 108 units

CRM101 Introduction to Criminology
COU101 Theories of Counselling: From Freud to Integrative Practice
COU176 Group Processes and Practice
COU180 Therapeutic Communication Skills
SCS101 Foundations of Human Behaviour
SCS110 Australian Society: How does(n't) it work? - An Introduction to Sociology
SCS130 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
SWK100 Introduction to Social Work Practice Theories
SWK172 Introduction to Social Work and Human Services

Developing and Graduate courses (18) 228 units

COU200 Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: Skills and Applications
COU265 Strengths Based Counselling: Collaborative Approaches
SCS225 Social Research
SCS235 Social Justice, Welfare and the State
SWK200 Social Work Practice in Various Organisational Settings
SWK201 Human Services Placement 1
SWK202 Mental and Physical Health and Wellbeing
SWK251 Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
SWK277 Working With Children, Youth and Families
SWK278 Ethics, Law and the Helping Professions
SWK286 Disability: Culture, Community and Change
COU300 Counselling for Crisis, Trauma and Loss
COU301 Positive Psychology for Counselling
COU362 Counselling Development and Supervision 2
COU364 Counselling Placement 2
COU381 Developmental and Family Counselling
SWK302 Community Development and Social Action
SWK407 Context Responsive Social Work Practice

Elective courses (4) 48 units

Select 4 elective courses (48 units) (200, 300 or 400 coded) from the undergraduate elective course options.

As part of the 48 units (4 courses) Elective requirements students enrolled in AR303 Bachelor of Counselling/ Bachelor of Human Services are required to undertake COU361 and COU363 , which are both 12-unit courses, in place of 24-units (2 courses) of electives. If the additional placement courses are not completed, upon graduation students will not meet the requirements to be registered with PACFA

Note: Program structures are subject to change. Not all UniSC courses are available on every UniSC campus.

In order to graduate you must:

• Successfully complete 384 units as outlined in the Program Structure
• As part of the 48 units (4 courses) Elective requirements students enrolled in AR303 Bachelor of Counselling/ Bachelor of Human Services are required to undertake COU361 and COU363 , which are both 12-unit courses, in place of 24-units (2 courses) of electives. If the additional placement courses are not completed, upon graduation students will not meet the requirements to be registered with PACFA

Program notes

• Completing this program within the specified (full-time) duration is based on studying 48 unit points per semester (normally 4 courses) and following the recommended study sequence
• The unit value of all courses is 12 units unless otherwise specified
• It is each students responsibility to enrol correctly according to your course requisites, program rules and requirements and be aware of the academic calendar dates
• Courses within this program are assessed using a variety of assessment methods including essays, seminar presentations, reports, in-class tests and examinations. Not all courses will necessarily include all methods
• As part of your UniSC program, you may apply to Study Overseas to undertake courses with an overseas higher education provider.
• Refer to the Managing your progression page for help in understanding your program structure, reviewing your progress and planning remaining courses.

In order to commence field education placement you must:

• • Hold a valid Blue Card, throughout the duration of your program, which is issued by the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian (CCYPCG). You should allow 12 weeks for CCYPCG to issue the card. Note: students who do not possess a valid Blue Card will be unable to complete the field education component of their program and will be unable to meet graduation requirements
  • Have a National Criminal History check (by Queensland Police Service or other state/territory authority)
  • Travel to attend field education placements
  • Please note, while all endeavours will be made to place students in a given semester, this is not guaranteed and students may need to enrol at a later time should a position in an agency be unavailable in the preferred semester

WIL notes

• It is a Queensland Government requirement that students undertaking a placement within a clinical setting are fit tested annually for an approved respirator. Clinical settings include hospitals, residential aged care facilities, residential disability care facilities, prison health services, youth detention health services, community health care settings, and vaccination clinics. If the Fit Testing requirement applies to placement activity within your Program, it will appear in your mandatory checks on Sonia Online. In accordance with Australian Standards, you must be clean shaven for your fit test. Facial hair that lies along the sealing surface of a tight-fitting respirator prevents an effective seal. Therefore, it is a requirement that there is no hair growth between the skin and the facepiece sealing surface in order to achieve a fit. At this stage, there is no exemption in Queensland to this requirement for religious or other reasons and UniSC is unable to waive this requirement.
• It is no longer a requirement that students in Bachelor of Human Services are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Please note that some placement host organisations have chosen to continue requiring COVID-19 vaccination. If you are not fully vaccinated, it is important to know that placement opportunities in your program may be limited and may result in a delay to your placement. UniSC still strongly recommends that all students undertaking placement are fully vaccinated and provide evidence of this vaccination status to the University.
• For more information on mandatory requirements refer to Human Services - Placement.