Social Work Pre-professional (BA)
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Social Work Pre-professional (BA), Dunedin, 2025
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Overview
The Social Work Pre-Professional course is designed to prepare students seeking entry into the third year of the Bachelor of Social Work. Students take the Social Work Pre-Professional course before applying for entry to the Bachelor of Social Work in their third year of study.
Requirements
Social Work Pre-professional (BA)
Level Papers Points 1st stage First Stage Compulsory Papers
SOWK 111 Working with People: The New Zealand Context
SOCI 101 Sociology of New Zealand Society
MAOR 102 Māori Society
MAOR 110 Introduction to Conversational Māori
EDUC 102 Human Development
or
PSYC 112 Human Thought and Behaviour-
18
18
18
18
18
2nd stage Second Stage Compulsory Papers
SOWK 201 Fields of Practice
SOWK 236 The Treaty and Social Services
SOCI 201 Sociological Research in Practice
SOCI 205 Social Inequality
SOCI 207 Families and Society
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18
18
18
18
18
First and Second Stage Elective Papers
Additional approved papers from Arts and Music Schedule C to make a total of at least 234 points (normally 13 papers)
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Regulations on this page are taken from the 2023 Calendar and supplementary material.
This information must be read subject to the statement on our Copyright & Disclaimer page.
Regulations on this page are taken from the 2024 Calendar and supplementary material.
