Bachelor of Social Work
James Cook University JCU
Course Fee:
International: $116,320
Entry Requirements:
Year 12 or equivalent; English (4, SA). Suitability to Work with Children Card (Blue Card) from the Queensland Family and Child Commission
Structure:
96 credit points of subjects with supervised field experience in 2 of the 4 years of the course, totalling 1080 hours.
Subjects you can Study:
Social work
Study Pathways:
Honours is offered to students who meet the stated criteria, available on a full or part-time basis.
Further information:
The Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) requires all students to demonstrate that they have attended 20 days on campus face-to-face throughout their entire course. Meeting the AASW attendance requirements does not mitigate the attendance requirements for specific subjects within this course. Throughout this course more than 20 days attendance face-to-face on campus may be required. International student visa-holders must not enrol in more than a third of the total credit points for the course in online, distance or external study.
Recognition:
Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
Accepts International Students:
Yes
Provider CRICOS: 00117J
Related Careers:
Social Worker,| Campus | ATAR/OP | Mid Year Intake | Study Mode | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cairns | No info | Yes | Full time | 4 years |
| Cairns | No info | Yes | Part time | 8 years |
| Townsville | No info | Yes | 4 years | |
| Townsville | No info | Yes | Full time | 4 years |
| Townsville | No info | Yes | Part time | 8 years |
Study for life
JCU’s commitment to providing you with the skills needed to be job-ready is consistently rewarded with a five-star rating for ‘full-time graduate employment’ (The Good Universities Guide 2018). JCU graduates are also leading the way in employer satisfaction, receiving the highest rating in a national report (QILT 2017 Employer Satisfaction Survey).
University study areas
- Arts (Social Sciences)
- Biomedical Sciences
- Business
- Dentistry
- Diploma of Higher Education
- Education
- Engineering
- Environmental Practice
- Information Technology
- Law
- Medical Laboratory Science
- Medicine
- Nursing and Midwifery
- Occupational Therapy
- Pharmacy
- Physiotherapy
- Planning
- Psychology
- Public Health
- Science
- Social Work
- Speech Pathology
- Sport and Exercise Science
- Veterinary Science
Flexible learning options
You can choose an on-campus university lifestyle, study online and externally, or combine the two options. Within your degree, you also have the flexibility to enrol in a major from one discipline while broadening your knowledge by taking electives from other JCU disciplines.
As part of your degree, you may also have the exciting opportunity to study overseas with one of JCU's many partner universities.
Campus locations
JCU is a multi-campus institution with our main campuses in the tropical cities of Cairns, Singapore and Townsville. A Russo Higher Education-run campus in Brisbane offers courses for international students and we have study centres in Mount Isa, Thursday Island and Mackay.
Progressive facilities
Huge investments in university infrastructure ensure you enjoy modern facilities, including:
- Technologically advanced lecture theatres that support teaching and learning
- A dental clinic
- A variety of vet and dry laboratories
- Speech and language clinic
- Exercise physiology and movement analysis labs
- Veterinary hospital
- Modern libraries
- Computer labs
- Recording studio
- Lighting studio
- Art galleries
- Accommodation halls of residence.
Field work at amazing locations
JCU’s access to the most spectacular and diverse natural laboratories in the world offer advantages to you that cannot be overstated. Field site environments for research on coral reefs, tropical rainforests, coastal wetlands, woodland savannahs and the arid outback are all available in
our backyard. The university has field research stations available for field trips, study and research, including:
- JCU Fletcherview Research Station
- JCU Orpheus Island Research Station
- JCU Veterinary Teaching Resource Centre (Malanda)
- JCU Daintree Rainforest Observatory.
Course Fee:
International: $116,320
Entry Requirements:
Year 12 or equivalent; English (4, SA). Suitability to Work with Children Card (Blue Card) from the Queensland Family and Child Commission
Structure:
96 credit points of subjects with supervised field experience in 2 of the 4 years of the course, totalling 1080 hours.
Subjects you can Study:
Social work
Study Pathways:
Honours is offered to students who meet the stated criteria, available on a full or part-time basis.
Further information:
The Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) requires all students to demonstrate that they have attended 20 days on campus face-to-face throughout their entire course. Meeting the AASW attendance requirements does not mitigate the attendance requirements for specific subjects within this course. Throughout this course more than 20 days attendance face-to-face on campus may be required. International student visa-holders must not enrol in more than a third of the total credit points for the course in online, distance or external study.
Recognition:
Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
Accepts International Students:
Yes
Provider CRICOS: 00117J
Related Careers:
Social Worker,| Campus | ATAR/OP | Mid Year Intake | Study Mode | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cairns | No info | Yes | Full time | 4 years |
| Cairns | No info | Yes | Part time | 8 years |
| Townsville | No info | Yes | 4 years | |
| Townsville | No info | Yes | Full time | 4 years |
| Townsville | No info | Yes | Part time | 8 years |
Study for life
JCU’s commitment to providing you with the skills needed to be job-ready is consistently rewarded with a five-star rating for ‘full-time graduate employment’ (The Good Universities Guide 2018). JCU graduates are also leading the way in employer satisfaction, receiving the highest rating in a national report (QILT 2017 Employer Satisfaction Survey).
University study areas
- Arts (Social Sciences)
- Biomedical Sciences
- Business
- Dentistry
- Diploma of Higher Education
- Education
- Engineering
- Environmental Practice
- Information Technology
- Law
- Medical Laboratory Science
- Medicine
- Nursing and Midwifery
- Occupational Therapy
- Pharmacy
- Physiotherapy
- Planning
- Psychology
- Public Health
- Science
- Social Work
- Speech Pathology
- Sport and Exercise Science
- Veterinary Science
Flexible learning options
You can choose an on-campus university lifestyle, study online and externally, or combine the two options. Within your degree, you also have the flexibility to enrol in a major from one discipline while broadening your knowledge by taking electives from other JCU disciplines.
As part of your degree, you may also have the exciting opportunity to study overseas with one of JCU's many partner universities.
Campus locations
JCU is a multi-campus institution with our main campuses in the tropical cities of Cairns, Singapore and Townsville. A Russo Higher Education-run campus in Brisbane offers courses for international students and we have study centres in Mount Isa, Thursday Island and Mackay.
Progressive facilities
Huge investments in university infrastructure ensure you enjoy modern facilities, including:
- Technologically advanced lecture theatres that support teaching and learning
- A dental clinic
- A variety of vet and dry laboratories
- Speech and language clinic
- Exercise physiology and movement analysis labs
- Veterinary hospital
- Modern libraries
- Computer labs
- Recording studio
- Lighting studio
- Art galleries
- Accommodation halls of residence.
Field work at amazing locations
JCU’s access to the most spectacular and diverse natural laboratories in the world offer advantages to you that cannot be overstated. Field site environments for research on coral reefs, tropical rainforests, coastal wetlands, woodland savannahs and the arid outback are all available in
our backyard. The university has field research stations available for field trips, study and research, including:
- JCU Fletcherview Research Station
- JCU Orpheus Island Research Station
- JCU Veterinary Teaching Resource Centre (Malanda)
- JCU Daintree Rainforest Observatory.
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