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Social Care and Human Services

Postgraduate | MAQ-SOCX863 | 2019

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Examine how human services are deployed. Analyse the planning, funding and regulation aspects of social policy.Study the characteristics of care in personal relationships and compare them to those found in professional care relationships

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
Duration
-

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Social Care and Human Services

About this subject

  • At the completion of this subject students will have:

    1. a demonstrated understanding of the key issues involved in undertaking social analyses of policies and programs for the development of human services
    2. experience in considering the application a number of research perspectives to the study of human services
    3. an ability to work with a range of policy documents concerned with the planning, provision, regulation, and funding of human services
    4. recognition of the contribution of a range of sociological, economic and demographic and other perspectives to developments in care and human services
    5. a capacity to analyse the characteristics of care in intimate interpersonal relationships, as well as in contexts in which professional relationships require the provision of care to strangers
    6. a critical understanding of the different meanings attached to the concept of care and of changing patterns in the need for care across the life degree.

Entry requirements

To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

  • MAQ-SGY886 (Not currently available)

  • MAQ-SGY386 (Not currently available)

Others

Admission to the below programs

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

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