Bachelor of Social Work with Honours

Now more than ever compassionate and engaged social workers are needed to help improve the life and wellbeing of people and to combat societal inequality.

Social workers need contemporary skills to respond meaningfully to social problems. Our Bachelor of Social Work with Honours has been designed with direct industry input to reflect current and emerging practice trends in the profession.

The Bachelor of Social Work with Honours is a professionally accredited qualification, awarded full accreditation by the Australian Association of Social Workers. It is an entry qualification into the social work profession and has been determined to meet the Australian Social Work Education and Accreditation Standards.

The honours-level course has specialisation options, and you will engage with distinctive Tasmanian, national, and international contexts. Threaded through the course is a focus on decolonising, Indigenising, sustainability, collaboration, and innovation in social work, ensuring that as a graduate, you are well-equipped for new and diverse roles in changing workplaces.

The Bachelor of Social Work with Honours prepares students for generalist social work practice, helping them to develop core knowledge, skills and values that can be applied across practice settings, fields and methods of social work practice. In your third and fourth year of study, you’ll complete a minimum of 1,000 hours of supervised professional field education placement.

Part-time students should be aware that undertaking their professional experience placement part-time may extend their course duration by up to a year. If you are studying part-time, please contact the Field Education team to discuss.