The Bachelor of Human and Community Services combines multiple key health and social science disciplines to arm students with the most effective collection of skills and knowledge required to make a positive difference in the growing field of community health care and social services.
The BHCS is provisionally accredited with ACWA, the Australian Community Services Association, enabling our students to register with this professional association upon successful completion of their studies.
Students undertake a well-balanced, rigorous and comprehensive range of subjects and assessment that introduces them to sociology theory, psychology, counseling practice, nutrition studies, public policy, health ethics, epidemiology, statistics, cross-cultural communication, workplace leadership and management and much more.
DURATION: 4 Years
EMPLOYMENT OPPURTUNITIES:
• Community health worker or manager
• Social welfare worker
• Child protection agent
• Early intervention professional
• Government policy advisor
• Community development
• Disability services professional
• Support network manager
• Mental health case worker
• Migrant support worker
• Homeless worker
• Senior youth officer
The Bachelor of Early Childhood Education is a forward-looking program that prepares graduates for employment in the pre-primary, early childhood education sector including kindergartens, preschools and early learning centres.
Accredited by the Australian Children’s Education and Care Authority (ACECQA) students study early childhood cognitive, social and physical development along with education theory and curriculum development in historical context. Classroom management techniques as well as skills in teaching literacy and numeracy are taught in line with national and state early learning frameworks (EYLF and VEYLDF).
Industry placement units are embedded into the course providing consistent opportunities for students to implement and develop their practical skills.
DURATION: 4 Years
EMPLOYMENT OPPURTUNITIES:
• Early learning and childcare centres
• Kindergarten teaching (private or public)
• Pre-school teaching
The Graduate Diploma of Early Childhood Education will grow your abilities to be a self-sufficient, versatile and creative early childhood educator. You will develop and advance your skills in supporting the learning needs of diverse learners across the curriculum from birth to five years of age. You will build effective relationships with children, families and communities to develop evidence based educational interventions.
Industry professional placement subjects are embedded in the course and are completed in a regulated early childhood education service.
A reflexive professional practitioner, you will be able to register with the Victorian Institute of Teaching to teach in an early childhood setting with children aged birth to five years.
Accredited by the Australian Children’s Education and Care Authority (ACECQA).Accredited by the Australian Children’s Education and Care Authority (ACECQA) students study early childhood cognitive, social and physical development along with education theory and curriculum development in historical context. Classroom management techniques as well as skills in teaching literacy and numeracy are taught in line with national and state early learning frameworks (EYLF and VEYLDF). Industry placement units are embedded into the course providing consistent opportunities for students to implement and develop their practical skills.
DURATION: 4 Years
EMPLOYMENT OPPURTUNITIES:
• Early learning and childcare centres
• Kindergarten teaching (private or public)
• Government agencies