Undergraduate international course guide - Edith Cowan University

Students majoring in Children and Family Studies must complete
the following additional Core Units:
CSV3108 Culture, Equity and Diversity 15
CSV3111 Community Development 15
Students majoring in Counselling and Psychotherapy must
complete the following additional Core Units:
CSV3105 Gender Issues: Terms and Debates 15
CSV3108 Culture, Equity and Diversity 15
CSV3111 Community Development 15
CSV3203 Working with Groups 15
Students majoring in Human Services must complete the
following additional Core Units:
CSV3108 Culture, Equity and Diversity 15
CSV3203 Working with Groups 15
Students majoring in Social Science must complete the
following additional Core Units:
CSV3105 Gender Issues: Terms and Debates 15
CSV3108 Culture, Equity and Diversity 15
CSV3111 Community Development 15
CSV3203 Working with Groups 15
Students majoring in Youth Work must complete the
following additional Core Units:
CSV3111 Community Development 15
CSV3203 Working with Groups 15
MAJoRS
Children and Family studies
campus: Joondalup
Practicum: Yes
Equips students with knowledge and skills of working with
children, families and communities as practitioners, policy makers
and managers in a variety of fields. These fields include childrens
services, family support, parent education and policy and service
development. This is a specialised major which adopts the
frameworks of human rights and social inclusion.
Additional Major Information
The Children and Family Studies Major consists of 17 units / 255
credit points.
yEAR 1 SEMESTER ONE Credit Points
CHN1101 Ecology of Children and Families 1 15
CHN1103 Working with Infants and Toddlers 15
CSV1101 Introduction to Community Work 15
yEAR 1 SEMESTER TWO
CHN1102 Ecology of Children and Families 2 15
CSV1103 Interpersonal and Helping Skills 15
CSV1102 Introduction to Social Analysis 15
yEAR 2 SEMESTER ONE
CHN3130 Purpose of Play 15
CHN3203 Child Rearing 15
CSV3109 Vulnerable People and Communities 15
yEAR 2 SEMESTER TWO
CSV3108 Culture, Equity and Diversity 15
CSV3115 Leadership and Management in Community
Services 15
CSV3116 Ethics in Human Services 15
yEAR 3 SEMESTER ONE
CHN3113 Children and Family Studies Professional
Placement* 30
CSV3101 Social Policy 15
CSV3111 Community Development 15
* CHN3113 is undertaken across semester 1 and semester 2.
104
yEAR 3 SEMESTER TWO
CHN3206 Designing Family Support Programs 15
CSV3114 Social Research and Program Evaluation 15
careers: Family Welfare Officer, Childcare Worker, Childcare
Coordinator, Coordinator of Parent and Early Intervention
Programs, Children and Family Service Worker.
Counselling and psychotherapy
campus: Joondalup
Designed for students aiming to pursue a career in broad human
service-related occupations. Units that make up this major lay
the first conceptual and clinical skills for working in the helping
context. 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.
The Counselling and Psychotherapy Major consists of 12 units /
180 credit points.
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.
human services
campus: Joondalup
Practicum: Yes
Contains two complementary streams: social science and social
work. These streams provide the student with knowledge and
skills in working with people across the community services sector.
This major has also been designed to meet the ‘Specified Callings’
for potential employment in the Department for Child Protection.
It focuses on understanding the rights of people to have access
to professionals and services that provide support to minimise
harm in their everyday lives. The social science stream focuses on
child development and youth issues, community work, helping and
interpersonal skills, cultural and gender dimensions, social policy,
social research, leadership, and management, and challenges the
student to consider viewing and solving societal issues from a
number of perspectives. The social work stream focuses on social
work theory and practice and includes a field placement.
The Human Services Major consists of 20 units /
330 credit points.
yEAR 1 SEMESTER ONE Credit Points
CHN1101 Ecology of Children and Families 1 15
CSV1101 Introduction to Community Work 15