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QTAC code (Australian and New Zealand applicants): Toowoomba campus: 909311; Distance education: 909315; Ipswich campus: 929311

CRICOS code (International applicants): 070616K

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Professional accreditation

The Bachelor of Human Services (Counselling major) is fully accredited by the (PACFA). PACFA is a peak body that represents the majority of counselling associations throughout Australia.

Program aims

This program aims to provide an enhanced understanding of the basic issues and principles in the community sector together with skills and theoretical frameworks for people interested in becoming human services professionals in the community sector. Particular major and minor studies will focus on competencies required for these roles. The program affords the opportunity to engage in specialised study of marginalised groups.

Program objectives

On successful completion of the program students should be able to demonstrate:

• professional skills and understanding of the key issues appropriate for working in the community sector

• an understanding of professional and contextual issues in counselling and welfare

• an ability to communicate in a range of forms, including formal and informal, oral and written

• the ability to work in teams

• research skills appropriate for working in human services

• an understanding of community development and welfare based on social justice/human rights perspective from within Australia, and globally

• competence in the specified aims and objectives of their chosen major

• an understanding of the environmental, economic and social context especially including such issues as sustainability, equity, and justice.

Admission requirements

Students will normally have completed year 12 or equivalent with a satisfactory achievement in English. Overall Position (or its equivalent) will be used as a general basis for selection.

Students must have a Blue Card issued by the Commission of Children and Young People and Child Guardian in Queensland or its respective interstate equivalent to enrol in and . These courses must be satisfactorily completed in order to graduate with a major in Counselling.

Domestic and International Applicants from a non-English speaking background are required to satisfy .

If you do not meet the English language requirements you may apply to study a 精东传媒app-approved . On successful completion of the English language program, Applicants may be admitted to an Award Program.

Program fees

Commonwealth supported place

A Commonwealth supported place is where the Australian Government makes a contribution towards the cost of your higher education and you as a student pay a , which varies depending on the courses undertaken. You are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the .
Commonwealth Supported students may be eligible to defer their fees through a Government loan called .

Domestic full fee paying place

Domestic full fee paying places are funded entirely through the full fees paid by the student. Full fees vary depending on the courses that are taken. You are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the
Domestic full fee paying students may be eligible to defer their fees through a Government loan called provided they meet the residency and citizenship requirements.
Australian citizens, Permanent Humanitarian Visa holders, Permanent Resident visa holders and New Zealand citizens who will be resident outside Australia for the duration of their program pay full tuition fees and are not eligible for .

International full fee paying place

International students pay full fees. Full fees vary depending on the courses that are taken and whether they are studied on-campus, via distance education/online. You are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the .

Program structure

The program comprises 24 units including 8 core courses/units and one of the following combinations:

• one 12 unit major (counselling only) and one 4 unit minor or

• one 12 unit major (counselling only) and 4 electives or

• one 8 unit major, one 4 unit minor and 4 electives or

• one 8 unit major and two 4 unit minors or

• one 8 unit major and 8 electives or

• two 8 unit majors*

The Bachelor of Human Services is a multidisciplinary program that incorporates existing courses from the Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences, and the Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts.

Important notes about Residential Schools (Counselling Major):

To gain eligibility for membership in a Psychotherapy & Counselling Federation of Australia counselling association (PACFA) students need to ensure they have met the minimum face to face tuition requirements for , , , , , and by attending the course residential schools.

Attendance at the for , , , , , and is strongly recommended. Attendance will be recorded to enable the student to demonstrate that they meet a proportion of the required number of hours of face-to-face instruction/tuition for eligibility to join a PACFA affiliate upon graduation.

Students in the counselling major who cannot attend the Residential School may apply to attend the following year, may consider transferring to BHMS (Child and Family) or another major, or stay within the program and potentially graduate without eligibility for PACFA membership.

Required time limits

Students have a maximum of 9 years to complete this program.

Core courses

In this section:

• Child and Family major (8 units)
• Counselling major (12 units)
• Community Development major (8 units)
• Human Resource Management major (8 units)
• Indigenous Studies major (8 units)

Child and Family major (8 units)

Note: Students aiming for a career in Child and Family major may additionally consider the following elective alongside their Child and Family Major: (elective).

Counselling major (12 units)

Note: Please refer to section headed 鈥淐linical requirements鈥� below for information pertaining to and .

Community Development major (8 units)

Human Resource Management major (8 units)

Indigenous Studies major (8 units)

Minor Studies

Minor studies are designed to enable students to widen their knowledge and perspectives, or to complement their choice of major. Courses must be taken over two levels and should be in the same discipline or recognised multi-disciplinary area 鈥� please refer to the Minor studies section of this Handbook. Enrolment requirements must be satisfied for any course selected.

For students intending to study the Psychology Minor: there is a requirement to select four courses that are not already included in the BHMS core or the chosen major.

Clinical requirements

Practical and/or clinical experience will be undertaken as part of the program. Students will negotiate supervised industry placement where they will have to demonstrate competency in those components of the course (s) which require application in a community or human services situation.

Students undertaking practical and/or clinical experience are responsible for their own transport to and from their clinical placements and are also responsible for their own safety in organising that transport, whether public or private. Students are expected to hold a current drivers鈥� licence if driving themselves, and their vehicle must be registered and appropriately insured if they are driving their own vehicle.

Students must have a Blue Card issued by the Blue Card Services Public Safety Business Agency in Queensland or its respective interstate equivalent to enrol in and . These courses must be satisfactorily completed in order to graduate with a major in Counselling.

Information about application requirements for each state can be found .

Articulation

The Diploma in Community Welfare and Development will articulate into the Bachelor of Human Services program provided students have completed the following eight courses: , , , (students cannot study both CDS2000 and within the one degree), , plus two electives.

Exit points

Students who have successfully completed , , , (students cannot study both CDS2000 and within the one degree), , plus two electives may exit with the Diploma of Community Welfare and Development.

Credit

Exemptions/credit will be assessed based on the .

In this section:

• Recommended enrolment pattern - Counselling major (12 units)
• Recommended enrolment pattern - Child and Family major (8 units)
• Recommended enrolment pattern - Community Development major (8 units)
• Recommended enrolment pattern - Human Resource Management major (8 units)
• Recommended enrolment pattern - Indigenous Studies major (8 units)

Recommended enrolment pattern - Counselling major (12 units)

Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.

Recommended enrolment pattern - Child and Family major (8 units)

Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.

Recommended enrolment pattern - Community Development major (8 units)

Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.

Recommended enrolment pattern - Human Resource Management major (8 units)

Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.

Recommended enrolment pattern - Indigenous Studies major (8 units)

Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.