The Bachelor of Social Work (Honours) is designed to provide social work students with a Distinction average in the third year of the Bachelor of Social Work programme to undertake a one year research thesis on an area of interest related to rural, regional and remote social work practice. Students undertaking the Honours programme will complete under supervision a 10,000-12,000 word thesis which displays a capacity to develop a conceptual framework of understanding in relation to the topic area, research and review the academic and research literature in relation to the topic area, design an appropriate research methodology to collect relevant data in relation to the topic, analysis the data in relation to its relevance to future social work understandings and  practice.

Completion of first 5 semesters of  Bachelor of Social Work at a course weighted average mark of 70+, by invitation of the Course Coordinator.

Admission to this course is by invitation only to students in Bachelor of Social Work who have achieved a weighted average mark of 70+ in the first five semesters of the course.