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- If supporting others is your calling,
then we're here to help you reach your goal.
Our social work degrees focus on social justice,
human rights and making a real impact in the community.
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- So why should you study social work at ACU?
One excellent reason is because, ACU graduates get jobs.
In Australia, we are first for graduate employment
and second for graduate employer satisfaction.
We also rank in the top 2% of universities worldwide.
We help you, get the skills to promote change
and help others facing challenges
like inequality, discrimination, violence
and other types of oppression.
We will support you to improve individual
and community wellbeing.
Just know, by studying with us,
we are putting your future career direction in your hands,
and you will have so many options.
Our graduates have pursued careers as social workers,
case managers, community workers, aged care coordinators,
disability support workers and more.
It's up to you, which path you take,
but we are here to support you every step of the way
to help you reach your goals.
Our degrees focus on social justice, human rights
and making a real impact in the community.
And we ensure our degrees are industry relevant,
which is why the Bachelor of Social Work is accredited by
the Australian Association of Social Workers.
You will learn from an excellent range of academics.
Our lecturers work in the community
and carry out research,
so they are bringing the latest information
and approaches into class.
This means that right from your first semester,
you are learning the skills that employers are looking for.
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Social work courses we offer nationally include
the Bachelor of Social Work,
which includes an honors research component
for higher achieving students
and Masters of Social Work (Qualifying),
which is for those students
who have a bachelor degree in another discipline
and want to become a social worker.
It's important to note,
that our course offering do vary across our campuses.
So make sure you check out the website to find out more.
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- Professional Practice Experience
or Field Education as we call it,
is an opportunity for you to gain experience
and knowledge on how social work practice
looks and feels.
It's to get a deeper sense of the lived experiences
of inequality and the broader social issues
studied in the program.
During our studies,
you would take into professional practice experiences
of five hundred hour each,
totaling 1000 hours of field education
as required by the Australian Association of Social Workers.
We have a number of services
and agencies that we partner with,
to deliver learning opportunities for you,
including government, non-government,
social enterprise and private practice,
as well as rural-remote and international settings.
You can expect to work in diverse and innovative contexts,
such as community development,
direct practice with service users
and research on policy advocacy initiatives.
You'll be working in health,
child protection and safety,
aged care, refugee and asylum seeker support,
homelessness, youth and education,
and more depending on our local community needs.
Field education is a dynamic part of your experience
in a social work degree.
It's a great commitment to undertake,
requiring good planning and some sacrifice to complete.
However, it is an integral part of learning,
helping you to develop your understanding
and skills of what it means
and takes to be a social worker in the real world.
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- We have range of study abroad opportunities
you can take advantage of in the future.
ACU offers student exchange at more than 80 universities
in Asia, Europe, north America, south America,
or Africa for a semester or a full year.
Before you plan your trip,
it's a good idea to contact your course coordinator,
to discuss your options
and learn which overseas institutions
will satisfy your program requirements.
You'll also be able to take part in intensive unit
at our Rome campus during the semester break,
go on a community engagement study tour of Nepal
or join other ACU students to study our core curriculum
in Rome, New York, Leeds, Paris or Beijing.
And don't forget,
we offer many scholarships to help you along the way.
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- If you're worried you won't get
into your preferred course, don't panic.
That's why we offer a range of entry and pathway programs.
Pathway programs can act as a stepping stone
into your chosen degree.
At ACU, we offer foundation,
certificate and diploma programs,
which once completed can be used to gain entry
into a range of bachelor's degrees.
We also have articulation agreements
with TAFEs and colleges,
so you might be able to use credit
from those courses to get into ACU.
It's important to note that not all ACU degrees
have pathway programs,
so make sure you check out what's relevant
for your desired course.
You may also wish to explore our entry programs
and adjustment factors.
These are a way of boosting your chance of success
with your first application
and are often based on your personal background,
such as if you went to school in a regional area,
experienced financial hardship
or identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.
We also offer programs for veterans
and elite athletes and performance
and if you're in year 12,
you should check out ACU Guarantee.
Our early offer program that assesses you for entry to ACU
based on your year 11 results.
You can head to our website for more information
about these programs.
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- As a university,
we've grown rapidly over the past few years,
but our classes are the perfect size.
You won't get lost in the crowd.
Your lecturers will know your name,
they're here to support and mentor you
and make great friends and strong networks.
Now let's chat about your schedule.
If you're a full-time student,
you'll typically be studying three to four days a week.
Remember as a student dedicating
40 hours each week to study,
this is your full-time job.
If you're a part-time student,
it will be more like one or two days each week.
The number of days you spend on campus each week
will depend on how your units are timetabled.
As a full-time student,
you might be able to fit it all into three days
where you might have classes across more days.
We know timetables are important to you,
which is why ACU has just introduced
a new timetabling system to help you secure the classes
that suit you best.
- Now, here's what you need to know about assessments.
We are committed to authentic assessment tasks
that reflect the kinds of work that social workers do
in the real world.
Assessments involve written tasks like analysis
based on realistic case scenarios,
policy submissions, court reports, and personal reflections
as well as essays and reports.
We also have assessments that involve
role-playing client interactions, presentations,
group or class facilitations
and engagement with community-based organizations.
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- If later on you want to further your career,
change job or up-skill,
we have a selection of postgraduate courses
for example, we offer the Master of Social Work (Qualifying)
which is a degree for those who wish to build on
previous studies to become a social worker
along with a whole suite of
postgraduate mental health program
for allied health professionals,
who wish to advance their career in mental health.
We also offer a Doctor of Philosophy
and Master of Philosophy.
- Thank you for joining us today.
Don't forget, you can always find more information online
at our events, in our course guides
or by contacting AskACU.
Good luck with your journey to University.
We hope to welcome you to ACU soon.
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