Bachelor of Social Practice

program code:BSP - BSP

Compulsory Course ID:011691 - 5163 - Fields of Practice

Course count:1

Compulsory Course ID:011701 - 5164 - Social Practice with Migrant and Refugee Background Communities

Course count:2

Compulsory Course ID:011688 - 5165 - Whanau/Family and Social Practice

Course count:1

Compulsory Course ID:011687 - 5166 - Foundations of Social Practice

Course count:1

Compulsory Course ID:011690 - 5167 - Ripene Tahi

Course count:2

Compulsory Course ID:011702 - 5168 - Talanoa Pasifika

Course count:2

Compulsory Course ID:013017 - 5170 - Sociology for Social Practice: Inequality and Social Change

Course count:2

Compulsory Course ID:013018 - 5171 - Enquiry and Communication

Course count:1

Compulsory Course ID:009575 - 5880 - Concepts of Psychology

Course count:0

Compulsory Course ID:013425 - 6169 - Concepts of Psychology

Course count:1

Compulsory Course ID:011692 - 6231 - Assessment in Social Work

Course count:2

Compulsory Course ID:011693 - 6232 - Advocacy

Course count:1

Compulsory Course ID:011694 - 6233 - Discourses of Social Practice

Course count:2

Compulsory Course ID:011695 - 6234 - Professional Practice

Course count:1

Compulsory Course ID:011714 - 6236 - Community Development

Course count:1

Compulsory Course ID:011715 - 6237 - Child Protection Studies

Course count:2

Compulsory Course ID:011716 - 6238 - Disabilities and Mental Health

Course count:2

Compulsory Course ID:013426 - 7242 - Family Violence Studies

Course count:2

Compulsory Course ID:011698 - 7913 - Social Practice in Action

Course count:0

Compulsory Course ID:011699 - 7914 - Social Policy

Course count:2

Compulsory Course ID:011700 - 7917 - Research Methods

Course count:2

Compulsory Course ID:011697 - 7922 - Social Practice Practicum 1

Course count:0

Compulsory Course ID:011705 - 7923 - Advanced Social Practice Theory

Course count:2

Compulsory Course ID:011707 - 7924 - Social Practice Practicum 2

Course count:0

Compulsory Course ID:011719 - 7925 - Management and Organisational Change

Course count:1

Compulsory Course ID:011720 - 7926 - Just Practice

Course count:8

Compulsory Course ID:011706 - 7986 - Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Social Practice in Aotearoa/New Zealand

Course count:1
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Elective Course ID:011393 - 5145 - Understanding Communities

Course count:0

Elective Course ID:011398 - 5152 - Healthy Societies

Course count:0

Elective Course ID:011713 - 6235 - Gender Studies

Course count:1

Elective Course ID:011717 - 6239 - Creative Social Practice

Course count:1

Elective Course ID:011718 - 6241 - Negotiated Study

Course count:0

Elective Course ID:011400 - 6241 - Tauhokai Waiora

Course count:0

Elective Course ID:011401 - 6242 - Human Rights, Social Justice and Advocacy

Course count:0

Elective Course ID:011408 - 6248 - Growing Our Youth

Course count:0

Elective Course ID:011696 - 7918 - Introduction to Counselling

Course count:1

Elective Course ID:011708 - 7919 - Research Practicum

Course count:0

Elective Course ID:011808 - 7927 - Counselling in Action

Course count:0

Elective Course ID:011712 - 7946 - Special Topic

Course count:0

Elective Course ID:011709 - 7982 - Advanced Collaborative Practice 1

Course count:0

Elective Course ID:011710 - 7983 - Advanced Collaborative Practice 2

Course count:0

Elective Course ID:011413 - 7340 - Advanced Research

Course count:0

Elective Course ID:011420 - 7347 - Waiora o nga Rangatahi

Course count:0

Elective Course ID:011463 - 8002 - Applied Research Proposal

Course count:12

Compulsory first Course array:5

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["prereqs"]=> string(22) "Restriction: CSTU5512." } [2]=> array(8) { ["level"]=> string(1) "5" ["crse_id"]=> string(6) "011688" ["subject"]=> string(4) "CSTU" ["catalog_nbr"]=> string(4) "5165" ["description"]=> string(33) "Whanau/Family and Social Practice" ["credit"]=> string(4) "15.0" ["aim"]=> string(456) "This course introduces students to the form and function of whānau and families in Aotearoa New Zealand society, as well as exploring the nature of the forces shaping family in the contemporary context, including intersecting issues of gender, class, ethnicity, sexuality, religion and disability. The student will have opportunities to apply this analysis to their own family context, and will be introduced to specific issues around children and youth." ["prereqs"]=> string(50) "Restrictions: (CSTU6211 and CSTU6540) or CSTU5911." } [3]=> array(8) { ["level"]=> string(1) "5" ["crse_id"]=> string(6) "011687" ["subject"]=> string(4) "CSTU" ["catalog_nbr"]=> string(4) "5166" ["description"]=> string(30) "Foundations of Social Practice" ["credit"]=> string(4) "15.0" ["aim"]=> string(583) "This course introduces students to three principal approaches to social practice and to the theoretical framework of narrative practice within the context of a bicultural Aotearoa. The course will enable them to acquire a basic experiential introduction to effective relationship skills when working with individuals and groups in diverse practice environments; and develop student reflexivity around awareness of their own personal history, bias and values and how this impacts on practice. Students will have opportunities to extend and demonstrate core academic literacy skills." ["prereqs"]=> string(35) "Restrictions: CSTU5150 or CSTU5950." } [4]=> array(8) { ["level"]=> string(1) "5" ["crse_id"]=> string(6) "011690" ["subject"]=> string(4) "CSTU" ["catalog_nbr"]=> string(4) "5167" ["description"]=> string(11) "Ripene Tahi" ["credit"]=> string(4) "15.0" ["aim"]=> string(262) "To introduce students to basic te reo Māori (Māori language), tikanga Māori (cultural values and protocols), and to explore the implications of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in relation to the historic and contemporary cultural and socio-economic development of Maori." ["prereqs"]=> string(35) "Restrictions: CSTU5110 or CSTU5910." } [5]=> array(8) { ["level"]=> string(1) "5" ["crse_id"]=> string(6) "011702" ["subject"]=> string(4) "CSTU" ["catalog_nbr"]=> string(4) "5168" ["description"]=> string(16) "Talanoa Pasifika" ["credit"]=> string(4) "15.0" ["aim"]=> string(324) "This course introduces students to Pasifika approaches to social practices by exploring the development of Pasifika communities in Aotearoa. This will enable students to negotiate a mutually beneficial relationship of partnership and collaboration with Pasifika Peoples, particularly when working with Pasifika communities." ["prereqs"]=> string(35) "Restrictions: CSTU5511 or CSTU5960." } [6]=> array(8) { ["level"]=> string(1) "5" ["crse_id"]=> string(6) "013017" ["subject"]=> string(4) "CSTU" ["catalog_nbr"]=> string(4) "5170" ["description"]=> string(59) "Sociology for Social Practice: Inequality and Social Change" ["credit"]=> string(4) "15.0" ["aim"]=> string(300) "The aim of this course is to introduce students to sociological concepts and theories, which will enable them to explore the nature and effects of international and Aotearoa/New Zealand’s, cultural, social, economic and political structures, especially their impact on injustice and inequality." ["prereqs"]=> string(109) "Students must be admitted to the Bachelor of Social Practice (480 Credits) programme to enrol in this course." } [7]=> array(8) { ["level"]=> string(1) "5" ["crse_id"]=> string(6) "013018" ["subject"]=> string(4) "CSTU" ["catalog_nbr"]=> string(4) "5171" ["description"]=> string(25) "Enquiry and Communication" ["credit"]=> string(4) "15.0" ["aim"]=> string(184) "This course introduces the principles of communication, knowledge construction, and academic literacy & develops scholarly skills in preparation for academic and professional practice." ["prereqs"]=> string(109) "Students must be admitted to the Bachelor of Social Practice (480 Credits) programme to enrol in this course." } [8]=> array(8) { ["level"]=> string(1) "6" ["crse_id"]=> string(6) "013425" ["subject"]=> string(4) "CSTU" ["catalog_nbr"]=> string(4) "6169" ["description"]=> string(22) "Concepts of Psychology" ["credit"]=> string(4) "15.0" ["aim"]=> string(315) "This course will provide foundation level knowledge in psychology. The course gives students a grounding in the psychology of social behaviour, working in groups, human development, memory, cognition and learning and their motivational and neuropsychological concomitants in relation to different cultural contexts." ["prereqs"]=> string(118) "Students must be admitted to the Bachelor of Social Practice programme to enrol in this course. Restriction: CSTU5169." } [9]=> array(8) { ["level"]=> string(1) "6" ["crse_id"]=> string(6) "011692" ["subject"]=> string(4) "CSTU" ["catalog_nbr"]=> string(4) "6231" ["description"]=> string(25) "Assessment in Social Work" ["credit"]=> string(4) "15.0" ["aim"]=> string(370) "This course prepares and equips students to undertake assessments of situations faced by social workers, in various fields of practice including high risk areas. It explores an ecological approach to the concepts of assessment, including assessment and management of risk, and addressing principles of safe practice within the context of bicultural Aotearoa/ New Zealand" ["prereqs"]=> string(35) "Restrictions: CSTU6920 or CSTU6220." } [10]=> array(8) { ["level"]=> string(1) "6" ["crse_id"]=> string(6) "011693" ["subject"]=> string(4) "CSTU" ["catalog_nbr"]=> string(4) "6232" ["description"]=> string(8) "Advocacy" ["credit"]=> string(4) "15.0" ["aim"]=> string(351) "This course develops understanding of concepts of social justice and human rights and knowledge of relevant law, and introduces advocacy skills for social practitioners working with individuals and with groups, with particular reference to the place of Te Tiriti O Waitangi and the United Nation’s Declaration on the Rights of indigenous People." ["prereqs"]=> string(0) "" } [11]=> array(8) { ["level"]=> string(1) "6" ["crse_id"]=> string(6) "011694" ["subject"]=> string(4) "CSTU" ["catalog_nbr"]=> string(4) "6233" ["description"]=> string(29) "Discourses of Social Practice" ["credit"]=> string(4) "15.0" ["aim"]=> string(239) "This course provides students with an experiential introduction to key approaches currently dominant within Social Practice and an opportunity to compare, contrast and differentiate the social and cultural construction of these approaches." ["prereqs"]=> string(35) "Restrictions: CSTU6250 or CSTU5920." } [12]=> array(8) { ["level"]=> string(1) "6" ["crse_id"]=> string(6) "011695" ["subject"]=> string(4) "CSTU" ["catalog_nbr"]=> string(4) "6234" ["description"]=> string(21) "Professional Practice" ["credit"]=> string(4) "15.0" ["aim"]=> string(735) "This course offers an introductory overview of professional practice skills knowledge and values focusing on preparing for practice. It will enable students to develop beginning practice skills, including reflective exploration of self, client centred assessment and documentation, with attention to developing an understanding of the emotional components of social practice. It will enable students to critically discuss the place of ethics and supervision in safe and effective social practice. Development of knowledge, skills, values and attitudes essential for effective practice is the main purpose of the course. The aim is for students to gain the skills and self-awareness they need to go into their first fieldwork practicum." ["prereqs"]=> string(35) "Restrictions: CSTU5130 or CSTU5930." } [13]=> array(8) { ["level"]=> string(1) "6" ["crse_id"]=> string(6) "011714" ["subject"]=> string(4) "CSTU" ["catalog_nbr"]=> string(4) "6236" ["description"]=> string(21) "Community Development" ["credit"]=> string(4) "15.0" ["aim"]=> string(365) "This course provides students with a theoretical understanding of community development. It explores the history and development of the discipline, contemporary theory, and the context and practice of community development today. The course builds on these theoretical perspectives to offer students a range of practical skills useful in community development work." ["prereqs"]=> string(35) "Restrictions: CSTU6990 or CSTU6240." } [14]=> array(8) { ["level"]=> string(1) "6" ["crse_id"]=> string(6) "011715" ["subject"]=> string(4) "CSTU" ["catalog_nbr"]=> string(4) "6237" ["description"]=> string(24) "Child Protection Studies" ["credit"]=> string(4) "15.0" ["aim"]=> string(338) "This course equips students with a contextual understanding of the contemporary challenges and opportunities related to Child Protection in Aotearoa / New Zealand, with specific reference to policy parameters, organisational issues, theoretical influences, and the processes, skills, and knowledge required for safe and creative practice." ["prereqs"]=> string(35) "Restrictions: CSTU6970 or CSTU6870." } [15]=> array(8) { ["level"]=> string(1) "6" ["crse_id"]=> string(6) "011716" ["subject"]=> string(4) "CSTU" ["catalog_nbr"]=> string(4) "6238" ["description"]=> string(30) "Disabilities and Mental Health" ["credit"]=> string(4) "15.0" ["aim"]=> string(407) "This course provides students with an overview of the theoretical approaches around treatment, causation, rehabilitation and therapy, assessment processes, and values and societal issues with regard to disability, mental illness and substance abuse. Skills in establishing equitable relationships with people with a disability and in assessment of substance abuse and mental health issues will be developed." ["prereqs"]=> string(22) "Restriction: CSTU6230." } [16]=> array(8) { ["level"]=> string(1) "7" ["crse_id"]=> string(6) "013426" ["subject"]=> string(4) "CSTU" ["catalog_nbr"]=> string(4) "7242" ["description"]=> string(23) "Family Violence Studies" ["credit"]=> string(4) "15.0" ["aim"]=> string(267) "This course enables students to critically examine a range of analyses of and advocacy skills for working with whānau, family and domestic violence, with an emphasis on the interaction between culture, gender and domestic violence and the power and control paradigm." ["prereqs"]=> string(95) "Students must be admitted to the Bachelor of Social Practice programme to enrol in this course." } [17]=> array(8) { ["level"]=> string(1) "7" ["crse_id"]=> string(6) "011699" ["subject"]=> string(4) "CSTU" ["catalog_nbr"]=> string(4) "7914" ["description"]=> string(13) "Social Policy" ["credit"]=> string(4) "15.0" ["aim"]=> string(173) "This course enables students to critically explore aspects of political ideology, social policy and the law relevant to contemporary social practice in Aotearoa New Zealand." ["prereqs"]=> string(87) "Pre-requisites: CSTU5167 and CSTU6232. Restrictions: CSTU6930 or CSTU5120 and CSTU6530." } [18]=> array(8) { ["level"]=> string(1) "7" ["crse_id"]=> string(6) "011700" ["subject"]=> string(4) "CSTU" ["catalog_nbr"]=> string(4) "7917" ["description"]=> string(16) "Research Methods" ["credit"]=> string(4) "15.0" ["aim"]=> string(482) "This course enables students to explore an area of interest for the literature and to participate in the development and implementation a research project of relevance to social practice. Issues of cultural competence and kaupapa Māori research perspectives and processes contribute to all learning outcomes. CSTU7919 Research Practicum runs alongside this course and the first three learning objectives are achieved during Research Methods, and last two within Research Practicum." ["prereqs"]=> string(35) "Restrictions: CSTU7320 or CSTU7920." } [19]=> array(8) { ["level"]=> string(1) "7" ["crse_id"]=> string(6) "011705" ["subject"]=> string(4) "CSTU" ["catalog_nbr"]=> string(4) "7923" ["description"]=> string(31) "Advanced Social Practice Theory" ["credit"]=> string(4) "15.0" ["aim"]=> string(321) "The course provides an advanced critical study of the principles and the theoretical basis for social practice. Emphasis is placed on the knowledge base relevant to the practice of social work, namely conceptual explorations, research practice principles, models of intervention and current issues in theory and practice." ["prereqs"]=> string(98) "Pre-requisites: CSTU7922 and CSTU6234. Restrictions: CSTU7860 or CSTU7960 or CSTU7870 or CSTU7970." } [20]=> array(8) { ["level"]=> string(1) "7" ["crse_id"]=> string(6) "011719" ["subject"]=> string(4) "CSTU" ["catalog_nbr"]=> string(4) "7925" ["description"]=> string(36) "Management and Organisational Change" ["credit"]=> string(4) "15.0" ["aim"]=> string(410) "This course provides an opportunity for students to become familiar with and critically examine the historical development of a variety of contemporary management theories and practices that includes both organisational culture and change. Students will acquire technical and theoretical knowledge about leadership and management skills that are relevant to work within the various sectors of social practice." ["prereqs"]=> string(35) "Restrictions: CSTU7311 or CSTU7911." } [21]=> array(8) { ["level"]=> string(1) "7" ["crse_id"]=> string(6) "011720" ["subject"]=> string(4) "CSTU" ["catalog_nbr"]=> string(4) "7926" ["description"]=> string(13) "Just Practice" ["credit"]=> string(4) "15.0" ["aim"]=> string(450) "This course provides students with an opportunity to develop critical awareness and skills in social practice that will enhance social justice and social change. It involves interaction with advanced practitioners from the field of Social Practice. Students have the opportunity to reflect on the experience of these practitioners and through collaboration develop strategies to develop their own models of Te Tiriti based and socially just practice." ["prereqs"]=> string(59) "Restrictions: CSTU7550 or CSTU7951. Co-requisite: CSTU7924." } [22]=> array(8) { ["level"]=> string(1) "7" ["crse_id"]=> string(6) "011706" ["subject"]=> string(4) "CSTU" ["catalog_nbr"]=> string(4) "7986" ["description"]=> string(64) "Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Social Practice in Aotearoa/New Zealand" ["credit"]=> string(4) "15.0" ["aim"]=> string(224) "This course seeks to shed light on the relationship between Te Tiriti and social practice. Participants will engage with Kaupapa M?ori and Tauiwi discourses to raise a critical discussion about partnership responsibilities." ["prereqs"]=> string(24) "Pre-requisite: CSTU7914." } }

Elective first Course array:6

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