Bachelor of Social Science (Human Services),
Bachelor of Psychological Science
This double degree provides integrated studies in psychology and human services, offering a balance of courses in behavioural and social sciences, the understanding of human behaviour, critical and analytical skills, research and data analysis skills, practice skills, project management skills and social policy. This program prepares graduates to be effective human service professionals with a strong understanding of psychology and, on completion, students will be able to
- work in a range of challenging human service careers
- apply psychological knowledge about individuals and social contexts to their work
- develop further as informed and skilled human services professionals
Please send your enquiries to swp.enquiries@unisa.edu.au or enquire online
Program Director
Mr Harry Savelsberg
School of Social Work and Social Policy
Tel : +61 8 830 24319
Email: Harry.Savelsberg@unisa.edu.au
What will I study?
This unique program offers a combination of courses from Psychology and Social Science (Human Services), including two supervised work placements. The combination of these two areas of study greatly enhances the employability of graduates in a richly diverse, complex and dynamic field.
Students undertake two field placements of 20 days and 40 days respectively, supervised by field staff and arranged, monitored and assessed by UniSA staff. They also incorporate regular tutorial sessions and enable students to integrate and apply their learning in work situations. The courses are invaluable for providing real-life work experience, and many students are offered employment by the agencies in which they do their placements.
What does it take?
This program is ideally suited for students who have an interest in:
- understanding human behaviour
- understanding how social contexts shape human behaviour
- managing themselves and their own identities
- managing projects
- the legal environment
- social policy development and implementation
- thinking critically and problem solving
- working practically and professionally
- working with people to help them solve problems.
Who will employ me?
The combination of psychological understanding and human service expertise uniquely prepares graduates for a broad range of positions in human service project management and research, and in practice areas such as youth work, family support work, community development, case management, court liaison, domestic violence work, refugee resettlement, policy development and counselling. Graduates of the double degree will be eligible for all of the employment options open to graduates of both social science (human service) and undergraduate psychology degrees. The combination of human service and comprehensive psychology knowledge with a strong research orientation further enhances the attractiveness of graduates to a wide range of human service employers.