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Graduates will be ready for social work practice and will have the required knowledge, skills and values.

Graduates will enact the values in the Australian Association of Social Workers’ Code of Ethics (2020), including respect, social justice and professional integrity, and work in a culturally responsive manner.

Graduates will apply social work theories, methods and skills to enhance the wellbeing of individuals, groups and communities and to address inequality and injustice.

Incorporating knowledge from a range of disciplines, including psychology, sociology and social policy, graduates will focus on the interaction between people and their environments.

Graduates will build effective relationships with the people they work with.

Graduates will work in a range of contexts, including government, not for profit and private organisations.

Failure to complete the course within 10 consecutive years or the award of a grade of Fail (F) in the same topic on more than one occasion, may constitute prima facie evidence of unsatisfactory progress for the purposes of the University's Policy on Student Progress.

Students in the Bachelor of Social Work are required by the AASW to attend at least 20 days on campus throughout their course. This course requirement applies to students who are enrolled and studying while living overseas as well as to those who live in Australia. Students enrolled externally can meet the requirement to attend 20 days on campus by attending non-semester (NS) topics delivered via a combination of online preparation and one five day intensive each. At least one block of at least five days face-to-face study must be completed prior to the first placement.