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Social Policy | 2017
Overview
Social policy refers to government action that addresses social problems and ensures that human needs are met. Utilising a multidisciplinary social sciences perspective, the major explores how social policy is developed, influenced, implemented, and evaluated, in Australian and global contexts. Students study major areas of social policy, including health, economic security, education, child and family well-being, and environmental protection.
Social policy students learn to propose policy approaches to social problems and to analyse policies for their potential impacts on social and economic welfare, recognising tensions related to resource allocation, power and inequality, political ideologies, and government intervention.
Subjects Required for Major Study
A major in Social Policy requires the successful completion of at least 48 credit points of subjects in accordance with the table and recommended progression below.
Subject Code | Subject Name | Credit Points | Session(s) |
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Year 1 | |||
Spring | |||
ECON102 | Economics and Society | 6 | Autumn, Spring |
Year 2 | |||
HAS 202 | Introduction to Social Policy | 6 | Spring |
HAS 234 | Research Methods in the Social Sciences | 6 | Spring |
GEOG224 | The Future of Food: Resilience, Communities and Policy | 6 | Spring |
Year 3 | |||
Autumn | |||
GEOG336 | Qualitative Research Design for Social Scientists | 6 | Autumn |
HAS 346 | Social Advocacy | 6 | Spring |
Any year | |||
Plus at least 12 credit points at 300-level from the list of Social Policy electives. |
Social Policy Electives
Subject Code | Subject Name | Credit Points | Session(s) |
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100 Level | |||
GEOG123 | Indigenous Geographies: Questioning Country | 6 | Spring |
LAW 101 | Law, Business and Society | 6 | Autumn |
200 Level | |||
HAS 201 | Work Health & Safety | 6 | Spring |
ECON205 | Macroeconomic Theory and Policy | 6 | Autumn, Spring |
300 Level | |||
ECON318 | Economics of Health and Human Resources | 6 | Spring |
HAS 347 | Social Sciences Project | 6 | Spring |
HAS 350 | Social Determinants of Indigenous Health | 6 | Spring |
HIST351 | Debates in Australian Cultural History | 6 | Autumn First Offered 2018 |
INTS311 | Human Security, Global Capitalism and the Environment | 6 | Autumn First Offered 2018 |
SOC 328 | Social Research and Social Policy | 6 | Autumn First Offered 2018 |
SOC 356 | Cultures in Dispossession | 6 | Spring First Offered 2018 |
Credit Arrangements
Credit and articulation arrangements are available from the Course Finder. Refer to UOW's credit arrangements for information on how to apply for credit.
Other Information
Further information is available at:
UOW Course Finder
Email: ssc@uow.edu.au