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Study community services & care online with Murdoch University through Open Universities Australia. Explore all degrees, subjects and short courses now.

Study social justice, community issues, institutions (family, work, law) and social issues (gender, race, unemployment, health, welfare, deviance and social control). Apply your learning to community groups, government departments and not-for-profits.

Bachelor of Arts (Community Development)

Understand how community level programs from government and aid agencies can reduce poverty and increase sustainability. Compare project management approaches in cross-cultural settings.  Assess the impact our Asia-Pacific region has globally.

Bachelor of Arts (International Aid and Development)

A postgraduate qualification for healthcare professionals seeking career advancement. Open doors to management with skills in mentoring, supervision, and coaching. Bolster your knowledge of safety and quality. Explore ethics, law and policy.

Graduate Certificate in Health Care Management

Designed for health care professionals to dive deep into management, quality, and safety. Gain the knowledge you need to become a leader of excellence in health care. Prepare for management opportunities in community, mental health, primary and aged care.

Master of Health Care Management

Introduction to Community Development

Indigenous Community Development

Creative Ways to Work with Community

Overseas Aid and International Development

Social Policy and Community Action

Preparing for Professional Community Practice

Stories of Doing Community Work

Sustainability, Ecology and Communities

Sustainable Urban Communities

Work alongside Indigenous groups. Examine the profound impact legislation has had on Indigenous communities in the past. Then explore the culturally appropriate storytelling techniques being used to shape successful community initiatives today.

Join the debates about how to approach community development in a modern society. Research Marxist, fascist, feminist and other drastically different ideas about community development. Unpack case studies. Apply an Australian context to your studies.

Undertake a community work placement with an organisation. Observe industry professionals in a collaborative setting. Get a sense of the work while participating in organisational activities. Record detailed and rigorous notes and reflections.

Wrestle with social policy and how it shapes social and community work. Sift through concepts including social justice, welfare and reciprocity. Track recent trends in Australia's social policies. Familiarise yourself with the policy analysis process.

Assemble a more complete view of the areas of practice that make up community development. Digest practical examples of community projects. Grasp the role community development plays in social work, remote area education, aid work and government.

Appraise how effective Australian overseas aid and development policies are. Form a picture of key development agencies. Unpack the motivations behind international aid. Engage in historical and philosophical analyses of the ongoing debates in this field.

Approach sustainable development from conceptual, practical and policy perspectives. Define sustainable governing practices. Discover how to foster change in individuals, organisations and communities. See how policy can aid ecological sustainability.

Forecast the spread of urban communities and the sustainability of this growth. Ask how society maintains dignity and equality in the face of urbanisation. Identify challenges facing modern cities. Consider issues like public transport and water usage.

Understand what it takes to manage in diverse situations or improve your management skills. Consider the unique challenges of health leadership. Learn concepts in change management, motivation, conflict and human resources.

Managing in a Health Care Environment

Examine imaginative strategies and tools in the field of community-based work. Switch onto the role digital technology can have in connecting communities. Underscore the number of ways you can approach community participation creatively

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