Master of Social Work (Qualifying)
Master of Social Work (Qualifying)
Turn your passion for helping people and addressing social and community issues into a rewarding career with accredited qualifications in social work. As a social worker, you’ll play a key role in developing a society based on social justice and in alleviating disadvantage. Social workers stimulate action to change the…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Turn your passion for helping people and addressing social and community issues into a rewarding career with accredited qualifications in social work.
As a social worker, you’ll play a key role in developing a society based on social justice and in alleviating disadvantage. Social workers stimulate action to change the social circumstances of individuals and groups who are socially excluded. They also work to reduce personal pain and distress and provide direction for individual development and control over life situations.
The two year full-time program is particularly suited for new graduates looking for a clearly defined career path as a social worker, or people working in human services wanting to upgrade their skills to become a qualified social worker.
In addition to completing core courses, you’ll have the opportunity to complete advanced practice electives in counselling, community development, or child and family welfare. You’ll undertake 1,000 hours of supervised practical placements in a variety of organisations including not-for-profit, community service organisations and private practice.
This program is accredited by the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) and will enable you to qualify as a social worker and become a member of the AASW.
Career possibilities
Postgraduate study can take you anywhere. Here are some of the careers you could be on your way to:
Social worker (child protection)
Social worker (community development)
Social worker (correctional services)
Social worker (disability services)
Social worker (drug and alcohol services)
Social worker (health services)
Social worker (migrant and refugee services)
Social worker (private practice)
Social worker (youth work and youth justice)
REQUIREMENTS
An approved bachelor degree with at least one year of full-time (or part-time equivalent) demonstrated study in social and behavioural sciences.
The minimum GPA to be considered for admission into this program is 4.0.
English Proficiency
IELTS overall 7; reading 7; writing 7; speaking 7; listening 7. For other English Language Proficiency Tests and Scores approved for UQ
TOEFL IBT – Overall 100, listening 25, reading 25, writing 27, speaking 23.
TOEFL PB – Overall 600, listening 59, reading 59, writing 64/6.
Pearsons – Overall 72, sub bands minimum 72.
CES – Overall 185, All sub bands minimum 185.
BEP and OET are not accepted.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
The University of Queensland (UQ) is in the world’s top 50 universities. It is internationally renowned for its academic excellence and is the winner of more national teaching awards than any other Australian university. UQ is a member of the Universities 21 and a founding member of the Group of Eight (Go8) universities and a member of Universities Australia. UQ is a multicultural hub home to nearly 20,200 international students from 142 countries. Based in Brisbane, UQ has three campuses with advanced facilities and centres to support its students.
