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QTAC code (Australian and New Zealand applicants): Ipswich campus: 939311; External: 909315; Toowoomba campus: 909311

CRICOS code (International applicants): 070616K

Programs at USQ regularly undergo a comprehensive re-accreditation process to assure their relevance and quality. This program is currently being re-accredited and, as a consequence, is likely to undergo some changes. Full details will be made available when it is approved. If you have any questions, please .

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Professional accreditation

The Bachelor of Human Services is undergoing accreditation with the (ACWA).

Students who successfully complete a minimum of 400 hours of professional placement (fieldwork) will be eligible to apply for ACWA accreditation. Professional placement courses are available in the following majors:

• Child and Family Studies

• Counselling

• Community Development and Indigenous Studies

• Health and Social Wellbeing

Students not located in Australia should apply to the program coordinator to undertake three approved courses in place of the three professional placement courses, of note, this will make them ineligible for accreditation with ACWA.

Professional placement courses are not required in the Human Resource Management major and this major does not have ACWA accreditation.

Professional recognition - Counselling major: Graduates who have completed all eight units within the Counselling major, and who have successfully completed one counselling field placement, will be eligible for Level 1 membership with the . As these graduates will have completed a minimum of 400 hours of placement in total, they are also eligible to apply for ACWA accreditation.

Attendance recommendations - Counselling major: Students aiming to become professional counsellors and/or join professional counselling associations, are strongly recommended to attend residential schools for all of the following courses: , , , , and . Students who attend residential schools will receive certification of attendance.

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Program aims

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

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Program objectives

On completion of this program students should be able to:

• develop and apply knowledge and professional skills in human services surrounding the key issues appropriate to working in the community and government sectors

• comprehend broad and coherent knowledge of professional and contextual issues in human services, counselling, disability studies, human resources management, indigenous studies and community development

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

• demonstrate the ability to work in teams

• examine theoretical knowledge of human services based on social justice and human rights within an Australian and international perspective

• evaluate theoretical knowledge of environmental, economic and social contexts including knowledge of issues of indigeneity, diversity management, equity and justice.

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Australian Qualifications Framework

The Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) is a single national, comprehensive system of qualifications offered by higher education institutions (including universities), vocational education and training institutions and secondary schools. Each AQF qualification has a set of descriptors which define the type and complexity of knowledge, skills and application of knowledge and skills that a graduate who has been awarded that qualification has attained, and the typical volume of learning associated with that qualification type.

This program is at AQF Qualification Level 07. Graduates at this level will have broad and coherent knowledge and skills for professional work and/or further learning.

The full set of levels criteria and qualification type descriptors can be found by visiting .

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Program Information Set

View USQ’s admission criteria, student profiles and a summary of all offers made under via the QTAC website.

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Admission requirements

To be eligible for admission, applicants must satisfy the following requirements:

• Have achieved a minimum Overall Position (OP) 15, tertiary entrance rank 66 or equivalent qualification.^

• Subject Pre-requisite: English (4,SA) or equivalent.

• English Language Proficiency requirements for Category 2.

All students are required to satisfy the applicable .

If students do not meet the English language requirements they may apply to study a ¾«¶«´«Ã½app-approved . On successful completion of the English language program, students may be admitted to an award program.

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Requirements for professional experience placements

Australian Community Workers Association (ACWA) accreditation is only applicable to domestic students who complete a minimum of 400 hours of professional placement. To be eligible to apply for ACWA accreditation, students are required to successfully complete (140 hours), (140 hours) and (140 hours).

ACWA accreditation is only applicable to domestic students who successfully complete a minimum of 400 hours of professional placement. Students not located in Australia must apply to the program coordinator to take approved courses instead of the three placement courses.

Applicants must be willing to undertake and submit the requirements of the ¾«¶«´«Ã½app of Southern Queensland for practical placement. Please refer to the relevant for Bachelor of Human Services and Bachelor of Human Services Honours Students.

Child & Family Studies/Health and Social Wellbeing majors - may be required to demonstrate immunisation status depending upon the nature of service delivery and the conditions assigned by the host human services agency.

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Program fees

Commonwealth supported place

A Commonwealth supported place is where the Australian Government makes a contribution towards the cost of a students' higher education and students pay a , which varies depending on the courses undertaken. Students 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. Students 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. Students are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the .

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Program completion requirements

Students will be eligible to graduate from the Bachelor of Human Services following satisfactory completion of all theoretical and fieldwork components (if required). Some courses have compulsory attendance requirements and to satisfy the placement courses students must participate in the required hours of placement offered at off-campus venues and satisfactorily demonstrate the learning objectives of the course.

Students transitioning in the Counselling major and who elect to remain with the 12 unit structure should enrol and be allocated a field placement in the course (2 unit) which will remain available for the duration of the transitional arrangements.

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Program structure

The program comprises 24 units including 8 core courses/units (or 5 core courses/units and 3 approved courses) and one of the following combinations:

• one 8-unit Human Services major, one 4-unit minor and 4 electives or

• one 8-unit Human Services major and two 4-unit minors or

• one 8-unit Human Services major and 8 electives or

• one 8-unit Human Services major and one other major.^*

At least four courses in the program must be at Level 3.

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Required time limits

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

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Core courses

All majors other than Human Resource Management

Core Courses for Human Resource Management major

ACWA Accreditation is not available in the Human Resource Management (HRM) major. Students who wish to undertake the HRM major and have ACWA accreditation, should seek to undertake the HRM major as their second major (i.e. should complete the core courses for all majors other than HRM instead of the courses listed below).

Specific majors

In this section:

• Child and Family Studies major (8 units)
• Counselling major (8 units)
• Community Development and Indigenous Studies major (8 units)
• Health and Social Wellbeing major (8 units)
• Human Resource Management major (8 units)
• Approved courses

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Child and Family Studies major (8 units)

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Counselling major (8 units)

Professional recognition

Graduates of the Bachelor of Human Services (BHMS) who have completed all eight units within the Counselling major, and who have successfully completed one counselling field placement, will be eligible for Level 1 membership with the Australian Counselling Association.

Attendance recommendations

Students aiming to become professional counsellors and/or join professional counselling associations, are strongly recommended to attend residential schools for all of the following courses: , , , , and . Students who attend residential schools will receive certification of attendance.

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Community Development and Indigenous Studies major (8 units)

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Health and Social Wellbeing major (8 units)

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Human Resource Management major (8 units)

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Approved courses

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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. Enrolment requirements must be satisfied for any course selected.

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IT requirements

Students should visit the USQ to check that their computers are capable of running the appropriate software and versions of Internet web browsers and to check the minimum and recommended standards for software.

Students will need internet access to retrieve course materials, undertake assessment and participate in course online activities.

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Residential schools

The attendance requirement of residential schools within this degree is indicated by the following letters: V = Voluntary; O = Optional; C = Compulsory; R = Recommended; HR = Highly Recommended; M = Mandatory. Find out more about , visit the to view specific dates for your degree, or visit the .

Certain courses within some of the majors involve residential schools:

• Child and Family Studies - Recommended^* residential school for

• Counselling - Highly Recommended residential school for , Recommended^* residential school for , , , and

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Articulation

The Diploma of Human Services and Development will articulate into the Bachelor of Human Services program provided students have completed the following eight courses: , , , four courses selected from the Bachelor of Human services core or any major and one elective.

Bachelor of Human Services (BHMS) articulation into the Bachelor of Human Services (Honours) (BHSH) is available for all majors.

All majors except, Health & Social Wellbeing major (HSW):

Students enrolled in all majors (except HSW) should complete 3rd year in the BHMS degree and providing they have a GPA of 5.0, they can articulate into the 4th year of the BHSH to undertake the honours program.

Health & Social Wellbeing (HSW) major only:

For students whose major is the 8 unit HSW major, if they wish to articulate into the honours program they need to enrol in and complete the 3rd year of BHSH (with a GPA of 5.0) so that the students get access to the necessary specialist courses.

The program enrolment pattern for the 4th year of the BHSH is the same for all majors.

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Exit points

Students who have successfully completed , , , , plus five courses selected from the Bachelor of Human services core or any major may exit with the Diploma of Human Services and Development.

Students who have successfully completed the first 16 units of the Bachelor of Human Services in accordance with the recommended enrolment pattern (completed 6 specified core units, at least 4 courses from within one BHMS major and 6 courses allowed within the BHMS structure) may exit with the .

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Credit

Exemptions/credit will be assessed based on the .

Recommended enrolment patterns

In this section:

• Recommended enrolment pattern - Child and Family Studies major (8 units) - commencing in Semester 1
• Recommended enrolment pattern - Child and Family Studies major (8 units) - commencing in Semester 2
• Recommended enrolment pattern - Counselling major (8 units) - commencing in Semester 1
• Recommended enrolment pattern - Counselling major (8 units) - commencing in Semester 2
• Recommended enrolment pattern - Community Development & Indigenous Studies major (8 units) - commencing in Semester 1
• Recommended enrolment pattern - Community Development & Indigenous Studies major (8 units) - commencing in Semester 2
• Recommended enrolment pattern - Health and Social Wellbeing major (8 units) - commencing in Semester 1
• Recommended enrolment pattern - Health and Social Wellbeing major (8 units) - commencing in Semester 2
• Recommended enrolment pattern - Human Resource Management major (8 units) - commencing Semester 1
• Recommended enrolment pattern - Human Resource Management major (8 units) - commencing Semester 2

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Recommended enrolment pattern - Child and Family Studies major (8 units) - commencing in Semester 1

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.

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Recommended enrolment pattern - Child and Family Studies major (8 units) - commencing in Semester 2

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.

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Recommended enrolment pattern - Counselling major (8 units) - commencing in Semester 1

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.

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Recommended enrolment pattern - Counselling major (8 units) - commencing in Semester 2

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.

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Recommended enrolment pattern - Community Development & Indigenous Studies major (8 units) - commencing in Semester 1

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.

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Recommended enrolment pattern - Community Development & Indigenous Studies major (8 units) - commencing in Semester 2

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.

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Recommended enrolment pattern - Health and Social Wellbeing major (8 units) - commencing in Semester 1

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.

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Recommended enrolment pattern - Health and Social Wellbeing major (8 units) - commencing in Semester 2

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.

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Recommended enrolment pattern - Human Resource Management major (8 units) - commencing Semester 1

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.

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Recommended enrolment pattern - Human Resource Management major (8 units) - commencing Semester 2

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.