悉尼大学

This five-year degree offers a comprehensive and flexible combined degree program that qualifies you as an accredited social worker, while also allowing you to enhance your qualification with majors and minors that complement the Bachelor of Social Work.

These include sociology, social policy, diversity studies, gender studies or philosophy, offered through the Bachelor of Arts.

You'll undertake integrated studies in social sciences, social policy and social work theory and practice, with a strong emphasis on Australian and comparative social welfare studies.

In the last two years of the degree all students undertake the professional social work program, which includes two fieldwork placements supervised by highly skilled and experienced practitioners in a variety of settings.

We develop field education learning expectations across the program and aim to develop values, skills and knowledge for levels from beginner to a practitioner capable of meeting the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) Practice Standards.

Majors

Note: Minors can be completed in any of the Majors listed below, as well as standalone minors in Australian Literature, Celtic Studies, Criminology, Diversity Studies, Sanskrit, Social Policy or Writing Studies.

• Agricultural and Resource Economics (Major)
• American Studies (Major)
• Ancient Greek (Major)
• Ancient History (Major)
• Anthropology (Major)
• Arabic Language and Cultures (Major)
• Archaeology (Major)
• Art History (Major)
• Asian Studies (Major)
• Biblical Studies and Classical Hebrew (Major)
• Chinese Studies (Major)
• Cultural Studies (Major)
• Digital Cultures (Major)
• Econometrics (Major)
• Economic Policy (Major)
• Economics (Major)
• English (Major)
• European Studies (Major)
• Film Studies (Major)
• Financial Economics (Major)
• French and Francophone Studies (Major)
• Gender Studies (Major)
• Germanic Studies (Major)
• Hebrew (Modern) (Major)
• History (Major)
• Indigenous Studies (Major)
• Indonesian Studies (Major)
• International Relations (Major)
• International and Comparative Literary Studies (Major)
• Italian Studies (Major)
• Japanese Studies (Major)
• Jewish Civilisation, Thought and Culture (Major)
• Korean Studies (Major)
• Latin (Major)
• Linguistics (Major)
• Modern Greek Studies (Major)
• Music (Major)
• Philosophy (Major)
• Political Economy (Major)
• Politics (Major)
• Socio-Legal Studies (Major)
• Sociology (Major)
• Spanish and Latin American Studies (Major)
• Studies in Religion (Major)
• Theatre and Performance Studies (Major)

Careers & future study

Graduate opportunities

Our Bachelor of Social Work graduates have a wide range of career opportunities available to them in fields such as housing, health, social security, aged care, family welfare, programs for people with disabilities and services for migrant communities.

Possible career pathways include:

Aged care worker

children and families support worker

community worker in programs for people with disabilities

migrant and refugee liaison officer

international development worker

social policy adviser.

Future study options

Eligible candidates may proceed to an honours year in the Bachelor of Arts, or apply for admission to a rich postgraduate program in the humanities and social sciences, comprising advanced learning and professional courses.