undergraduate

I was able to study units that interested me.
The practical content of the Bachelor of Social
Science course constantly validated the course as
one that would stand up in both the academic and
professional worlds.
MATT BARTLETT
ECU Social Science graduate
Required Units
Credit Points
CHN1101 Ecology of Children and Families 1 15
CHN1102 Ecology of Children and Families 2 15
CHN1103 Working with Infants and Toddlers 15
CHN3130 Purpose of Play 15
CHN3203 Child Rearing 15
CHN3206 Designing Family Support Programmes 15
CHN3113 Children and Family Studies Professional
Placement 30
Year 1 - Semester 1
CHN1101 Ecology of Children and Families 1 15
CHN1103 Working with Infants and Toddlers 15
CSV1101 Introduction to Community Work 15
Year 1 - Semester 2
CHN1102 Ecology of Children and Families 2 15
CSV1103 Interpersonal and Helping Skills 15
CSV1102 Introduction to Social Analysis 15
Year 2 - Semester 1
CHN3130 Purpose of Play 15
CHN3203 Child Rearing 15
CSV3109 Vulnerable People and Communities 15
Year 2 - Semester 2
CSV3108 Culture, Equity and Diversity 15
CSV3115 Leadership and Management in
Community Services 15
CSV3116 Ethics in Human Services 15
Year 3 - Semester 1
CHN3113 Children and Family Studies Professional
Placement* 30
CSV3101 Social Policy 15
CSV3111 Community Development 15
* CHN3113 is a full year unit undertaken in Semester 1 and Semester 2.
Year 3 - Semester 2*
CHN3206 Designing Family Support Programmes 15
CSV3114 Social Research and Program Evaluation 15
* You will continue with CHN3113 in this semester.
Careers
Family Welfare Officer, Childcare Worker, Childcare
Coordinator, Coordinator of Parent and Early Intervention
programs, Children and Family Service Worker.
Counselling and Psychotherapy
This major is for students aiming to go further in the broad
human service related occupations.
Attention is given to the different ways of conceiving and doing
counselling. There is also detailed consideration of working
with different populations. The major provides the foundation
to become a Professional Counsellor / Psychotherapist with
further study.
All students in the Counselling and Psychotherapy Major must
complete all of the following 12 units. Each semester, students
will normally select one unit from each group.
Group A - Counselling Skills
Credit Points
COU1101 Dynamic Models of Counselling 15
COU1102 Self Development 1 15
COU3101 Humanistic Models of Counselling 15
COU3102 Self Development 2 15
COU3106 Skills Training in Humanistic Counselling 15
COU3105 Psychodynamic Concepts into Practice 15
Group B - Therapeutic Practice
COU1201 Therapeutic Practice with Families
and Couples 15
COU1202 Cross Cultural Therapeutic Practice 15
COU2101 Therapeutic Practice with Older Adults 15
COU2102 Therapeutic Practice with Children and
Adolescents 15
COU3201 Contemporary Challenges in Therapeutic
Practice 15
COU3202 Sexuality and Therapeutic Practice 15
Careers
Human Service Practitioner, Community Worker,
Pastoral Roles.
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