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Master of Social Work (Professional Qualifying)

ProviderCharles Sturt University
Course code: SIA-38238UniversityStudy area: Society and CultureCourse data availableData JSON

Course overview

Turn your passion for pursuing social justice and human rights into your future career. The Master of Social Work (Professional Qualifying) from Charles Sturt University prepares you to make a meaningful contribution to people and communities as a dynamic professional social worker. Available online, this course provides the opportunity you have been looking for to upgrade your relevant undergraduate qualifications and achieve professional recognition with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).

Entry requirements

Postgraduate and higher courses usually use academic prerequisites, degree equivalence and English-language requirements.

Postgraduate entry

Successful completion of a relevant three-year AQF Level 7 degree course that contains at least one year, or the equivalent, of full-time studies in the social and behavioural sciences, including content in each of the following areas:.

  • Communication for human services/critical thinking.
  • Human development or life span psychology.
  • Sociology/social theory.
  • The full year of prerequisite study and/or specified content must be completed prior to commencing study.

Where prerequisite study has not been met, it can be completed:.

  • by single subject studies.
  • /or.
  • through the Graduate Certificate in Human Services, for students who are assessed as having already completed six months/four subjects of relevant content.
  • as part of another qualification at undergraduate or postgraduate level.
English requirement
Cambridge C1 Advanced 169, no component below 162Cambridge C2 Proficiency 169, no component below 162IELTS Academic 6, no band below 5.5PTE Academic 50, no component below 42TOEFL iBT 60, no component below 15

If your current English result is below direct entry, consider the university-recognised English language pathway or ELICOS package; successful completion at the required level can usually satisfy English entry without another English test.

Course curriculum

Course structure, credit points and subject sequence

Course curriculum not yet available

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