Social Work courses

Our staff teach a range of study options from undergraduate through to PhD research. Explore a sample below.

Undergraduate degree level courses

The courses below are taught on a rotation in the areas in the Bachelor of Social Work (Honours) and the Bachelor of Public and Community Health at the University of Newcastle.

• SWRK1001 Introduction to Social Work 1
• SWRK2001 Social Work Theory and Practice
• SWRK2003 Interpersonal Skills
• SWRK3007 Social Work Ethics
• SWRK3300 Field Practicum 1
• SWRK4009 SW Honours Project
• SWRK4300 Social Work Theory and Practic
• SWRK1002 Introduction to Social Work 2
• SWRK2005 Violence, Abuse and Trauma
• SWRK2200 Social Work Theory & Practice B
• SWRK3002 Social Work Theory and Practice C
• SWRK4400 Field Practicum 2
• SWRK4500 Social Work Research

Higher Degrees by Research (HDR)

Our Healthy Communities staff supervise a range of research thesis topics for Ph.D. and M.Phil. degrees in their specialist areas of expertise. We encourage students to discuss criteria and topics with their potential supervisors well in advance of their application.

Learn more about thesis guidelines

HDR areas

PhD and Masters by Research proposals are invited in the following areas:

• Evidence-based social work
• Knowledge production and transfer in social work
• Strength-based community development
• Neoliberal managerialism and its impact on social work
• Family estrangement
• Social policy
• Child protection
• The relationship between social work and art
• International and Indigenous social work
• Social work supervision
• Community development and natural disasters
• Disability policy and person centred practice
• Child and family well-being
• Rural social work
• Natural disaster planning, response and recovery
• Social support and early childhood intervention
• National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
• Rural social work