Bachelor of Social Science in Human Services and Community Work

Edith Cowan University

Provides students with the knowledge and skills required to work with people and communities in diverse settings This major covers community work interpersonal and helping skills cultural and gender dimensions social policy social research leadership and management and challenges students to consider viewing and solving societal issues from a number of perspectivesLearning OutcomesApply broad social science knowledge to a range of theoretical and practical contextsThink critically to analyse interpret and analyse complex social science knowledge and issuesThink creatively to generate and challenge knowledge in the social cultural spaceUse digital technologies and related literacies to access evaluate and synthesise relevant information from multiple sourcesCommunicate social science knowledge and ideas clearly coherently and with independenceDemonstrate a global outlook with respect for culture and diversity including Indigenous cultural competenceWork collaboratively and demonstrate initiative to implement social sustainable and ethical values held within the social science fieldDemonstrate autonomy accountability and judgement for own learning and professional practice

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