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Degree rules

• Students must satisfactorily complete the courses outlined in the program schedule in the order and sequence stated, unless granted Advanced Standing in one or more of the courses specified.
• Students must complete no more than 10 courses at Level 1.
• A total of 192 units of credit must be achieved for eligibility for the degree to be awarded.
• Students must observe all conditions and restrictions which are listed in the footnotes to the Table of Course Availability.
• Students must satisfy all pre- and co-requisites as outlined in the Table of Course Availability.
• Field Education and Fieldwork courses which required placement in an approved social work agency are compulsory and may be undertaken only after consultation with, and approved by, the Fieldwork Coordinator of the School of Social Work and Welfare Studies.
• No student will be permitted to separately negotiate a Field Education and Fieldwork placement without consultation with the Fieldwork Coordinator.
• Unless approved by the course coordinator, students will not be permitted to proceed to the next year of the program until they have passed all requirements of the previous year of the program.

Compulsory residential school attendance

Regardless of their mode of enrolment all beginning students are required to attend an induction week at CQU Rockhampton to be held prior to Orientation Week of the year in which they commence SOWK11012 Introduction to Social Work. This week is essential in order to outline for students the required community focused model of teaching and learning in Social Work. A furthter week-long residential school is required in first year. This is usually heald in October/November.

There are compulsory week-long residential attendance requirements in Terms 1 and 2 for the courses:

• Social Work Theory & Practice II and Social Work Skills & Methods
• Social Work Theory & Practice III, Field Education & Fieldwork I and Ethical Social Work Practice
• Social Work Theory & Practice IV and Field Education & Fieldwork II

These will be conducted at CQU Rockhampton or in other locations determined from time to time by the School.

Application for credit transfer

Credit transfer will only be granted where a student is able to demonstrate that tertiary studies equivalent in content and depth to the CQU program has been successfully completed.

Students should examine the course synopses in this Handbook to determine the courses for which they may be eligible to claim exemption. Credit transfer must meet the guidelines approved by the AASW. For more information contact the program coordinator.

Students have the opportunity to graduate from the Bachelor of Social Work with Honours. The Honours component of the course is integrated into Year 4 of the curriculum. Honours enables students to learn and apply research knowledge and skills in a particular area of social work practice. The Honours program also gives students the opportunity to qualify as candidates for Masters and Doctoral Studies at CQU and elsewhere.

The Honours program is integrated with Year 4 of the BSW. Therefore, in order to be eligible for the Honours program students will be required to:

• Achieve a grade point average of 5.5 or higher in Introduction to Social Work and all Social Work specific courses in years two and three of the program.
• To be awarded Honours, the student must successfully complete SOWK19022 and SOWK19023 Qualitative Research Methods A & B. This can be done on either a part-time or full-time basis.

Students will be awarded honours within the usual classes of such awards within the University.

First Class Honours is awarded to students who complete all requirements as stated and achieve an overall grade of High Distinction. Second Class Honours Division I will be awarded to students who complete all stated requirements and achieve an overall grade of Distinction. Second Class Honours Division II will be awarded to students completing all stated requirements and who achieve an overall grade of Credit. Third Class Honours will be awarded to students who complete all stated requirements and achieve an overall Pass grade.