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Hobart, Launceston, Cradle Coast

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Unit name Social Work Thesis A
Unit code HGW414
Credit points 12.5
Faculty/School College of Arts, Law and Education
School of Social Sciences
Discipline Social Work
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Learning Outcomes

  1. Devise and implement practical, informed, ethical and just responses to the tensions and dilemmas associated with the organizational, legal and policy contexts of social work practice.
  2. Apply interdisciplinary research evidence and social work theories to construct clever interventions that improved the wellbeing and life chances of social work clients, service users and other stakeholders.
  3. Defend chosen methods and processes for projects and research in discussion with relevant stakeholders, such as community members, co-collaborators, peers and academic supervisors.

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Requisites

Prerequisites

Entry into the Research Honours pathway

Co-requisites

HGW423

Teaching

Teaching Pattern

2 x 1 half-day research workshops; individual supervision

Assessment

Task 1: Literature review, 2000 words, (50%)

Task 2: Seminar presentation of topic and chosen methods (50%)

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