Unit of Study SWRK4007 Social Work Honours Thesis III (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

Hons Unit
Credit points

24
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

No

Pre-requisites

SWRK4004 - Social Work Honours Thesis II AND HLTH4005 - Research Design

Enrolment restriction

Students must be approved to enrol.

Unit description

This is the third of three Honours Thesis units which collectively provide students with an opportunity to engage in academic research in social work through the completion, under guidance, of a thesis. In this final unit, students will be supported to conduct their research, write and submit their thesis, and communicate findings from their research.

Unit content

With guidance from an academic supervisor, students will cover the following topics in this unit:

Collecting data
Analysing and interpreting data
Discussing findings and implications
Writing a draft thesis
Completing a thesis
Translating and disseminating research

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Gold Coast	Tri Term2	Tri Term2
Online	Tri Term2	Tri Term2

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

demonstrate advanced knowledge in the discipline of social work

practice ethical and inclusive enquiry and communication

create a research body of work that demonstrates research design skills, critical thinking, initiative and well-developed judgement

communicate research using written and verbal formats

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Project 300 hours (Across the term)

Assessment
Thesis	100%
Presentation	SR

Teaching method

Project 300 hours (Across the term)

Assessment
Thesis	100%
Presentation	SR

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Fee information

Domestic

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