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Objectives
The Bachelor of Social Science encompasses a mix of several disciplines including Criminology, Psychology, Counselling and Behavior Management. This program allows students to combine subjects from these areas and from other areas to complete a degree whose title reflects a specialisation in the Social Sciences.
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Practical experience
Work Experience & Internships Some students without practical workplace experience, or with workplace experience in a field different from their studies, choose to undertake an internship as part of their degree. This intensely practical professional development approach fosters graduates who are ready, willing and able to hit the ground running and make an immediate impact in the workplace.
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Entry requirements
Successful completion of Year 12 or equivalent, Bond College Certificate
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Academic title
Bachelor of Social Science
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Course description
Career Outcomes
This program provides students with a basis for working in areas such as welfare, government departments, disability services or as disability officers or case workers, client support and advocacy as well as working with behavioural difficulties of children in educational settings. Those students who choose a Behavioural Management focus will learn the framework and procedures for implementing functional analytical therapy with clients who have severe behavioural difficulties. Students who choose Criminology focus combined with Behaviour Management will gain the ability to understand atypical behaviour patterns. Those students who combine their studies with Psychology will be provided with the basis for understanding the presenting problems with clients in order to develop effective needs-based treatment programs.
Combined Degrees
Students can combine this degree with any other undergraduate degree at Bond (except Medicine) to suit their professional and personal interests. Bond's three-semester academic year allows students to complete two degrees in the same time it would take to complete just one degree at other universities (dependant upon degree combination).
Program Structure
Core Subjects
Every Bachelor degree student at Bond is required to complete at least one subject from each of the following four discipline clusters
Communication (1)
* CORE11-100 Communication Skills
* CORE11-101 Public Speaking: Presentation Skills for Leaders
Outcomes: To communicate effectively in writing, speaking and visual; to understand the nature of communication processes and sources of difficulty in communication.
Information Technology (1)
* CORE11-110 Information Technology 1
* CORE11-111 Business Applications of IT
Outcomes: To work effectively with contemporary information technology; to evaluate critically the current and future role of computing technology in the storage, retrieval and processing of information.
Values (1)
* CORE11-120 Cultural and Ethical Values
* CORE11-120 Contemporary Issues in Law and Society
Outcomes: To appreciate the foundation of moral, ethical and social theories and their relevance to issues of public concern and debate; to use theoretical ideas in formulating arguments about how particular issues should be resolved.
Organisations (1)
* CORE11-130 Strategic Management
* CORE11-131 Entrepreneurship
Outcomes: To appreciate the natural, dynamic and strategic positioning of organisations within their environments; to appreciate the nature of effective work in groups.
Compulsory subjects (12)
Option 1 – Psychology and Criminology
* Six (6) subjects from the PSYC offerings
* Six (6) subjects from the CRIM offerings
Option 2 – Psychology and Behaviour Management
* Six (6) subjects from the PSYC offerings
* Six (6) of the following Behaviour Management subjects:
o BVMT11-109 The Influence of Biology on Human Behaviour
o BVMT13-153 Interventions with People Experiencing Difficulties
o BVMT12-123 Assessment and Diagnosis
o BVMT13-155 Policy, Case Management and Independent Living
o BVMT12-304 Behaviour Analysis and Interventions
o COUN13-102 Understanding and Changing Human Behaviour
Option 3 – Psychology and Counselling
* Six (6) subjects from the PSYC offerings
* Six (6) of the following Counselling subjects:
o BVMT11-103 Abnormality and Illness
o BVMT12-123 Assessment and Diagnosis
o COUN13-103 Counselling Interventions for Specific Groups and Populations
o COUN13-108 Ethical, Legal and Professional Issues in Counselling
o COUN13-301 Foundations of Counselling
o COUN13-102 Understanding and Changing Human Behaviour
Option 4 – Criminology and Behaviour Management
* Six (6) subjects from the CRIM offerings
* Six (6) of the following Behaviour Management subjects:
o BVMT12-123 Assessment and Diagnosis
o BVMT12-304 Behaviour Analysis and Interventions
o BVMT13-153 Interventions with People Experiencing Difficulties
o BVMT13-155 Policy, Case Management and Independent Living
o BVMT11-109 The Influence of Biology on Human Behaviour
o COUN13-102 Understanding and Changing Human Behaviour
Option 5 – Criminology and Counselling
* Six (6) subjects from the CRIM offerings
* Six (6) of the following Counselling subjects:
o BVMT11-103 Abnormality and Illness
o BVMT12-123 Assessment and Diagnosis
o COUN13-103 Counselling Interventions for Specific Groups and Populations
o COUN13-108 Ethical, Legal and Professional Issues in Counselling
o COUN13-301 Foundations of Counselling
o COUN13-102 Understanding and Changing Human Behaviour
Electives (8)
Any eight (8) other subjects of which at least four (4) must come from the H&SS list of undergraduate subjects.
