Bachelor of Human Services/Bachelor of Public Health (HL41)
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Course Details
| Course duration (full-time): | 4 years |
|---|---|
| Total credit points: | 384 |
| Standard credit points/full-time semester: | 48 |
| Course coordinator: | Enquiries to publichealth@qut.edu.au; humanservices@qut.edu.au; +61 7 3138 2000; |
| Discipline coordinator: | AskQUT |
| Course contact: | +61 7 3138 2000, askqut@qut.edu.au |
| Delivery: | Kelvin Grove |
| CRICOS code: | 094204K |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Health |
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QUT You
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Course Structures
| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWB100 | Orientation to Social Work and Human Services |
| Antirequisites: HHB100 |
| SWB105 | Contemporary Human Rights |
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| PUB104 | Australian Health Care Systems |
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| PUB215 | Upstream! Creating a Just World Through Public Health Practice |
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| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWB108 | Australian Society, Social Justice and Policy |
| Antirequisites: SWB103, SWB218 |
| SWB207 | Young People, Social Justice and Diversity |
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| LSB111 | Understanding Disease Concepts |
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| Select one QUT You unit (6 credit points) | |||
| Select one QUT You unit (6 credit points) | |||
| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWB220 | Practice Theories |
| Antirequisites: HHB278 |
| SWB221 | Politics of Helping |
| Antirequisites: HHB279 |
| PUB326 | Introduction to Epidemiology |
| Antirequisites: HLN710Successful completion of 96 credit points is assumed knowledge. |
| PUB332 | Sustainable Environments for Health |
| Antirequisites: PUB107 |
| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWB215 Equivalents: SWB211 | Critical Approaches to Crises, Trauma and Addictions |
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| SWB322 | Gender, Diversity and Cultural Safety |
| Prerequisites: SWB100 |
| PUB209 Equivalents: NSB017 | Health, Culture and Society |
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| PUB336 | Gender Equity and Human Health |
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| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| HLB001 | Health Needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians |
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| PUB530 | Health Education and Behaviour Change |
| Antirequisites: PUB329, PUB341 |
| SWB201 | Social Justice Placement 1 |
| Prerequisites: SWB100 or HHB100Antirequisites: SWB208, HHB208, SWB209 |
| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| PUB406 | Taking Action for Health Promotion |
| Prerequisites: PUB215 or PUB530 |
| PUB461 | Qualitative Inquiry in Public Health |
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| SWB219 | Legal and Ethical Dimensions of Social Work and Human Service Practice |
| Prerequisites: SWB100 and SWB105Antirequisites: HHB277 |
| Public Health Elective (select one unit 12 credit points from the Public Health Unit Options list) | |||
| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| PUB514 | Contract / Project Management | ||
| PUB545 | Health Policy Making and Advocacy - People, Power and Politics |
| Prerequisites: Completion of 192cpAntirequisites: PUB511 |
| SWH200 Equivalents: SWB200 | Critically Reflective Practice in Organisations |
| Prerequisites: SWB100 and (SWB201 or SWB321 or SWB317) |
| SWH400 Equivalents: SWB400 | Critical Social Policy and Advocacy |
| Prerequisites: SWB108 or SWB218 or SWB103Antirequisites: SWB302 |
| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWB314 | Social Justice Placement 2 |
| Prerequisites: SWB201 and SWB219 and SWB220 and SWB221 and SWH200. SWH200 can be enrolled in the same teaching period as SWB314.Antirequisites: SWB301 |
| PUB875 | Professional Practice |
| Prerequisites: (Completion of 192 cp including PUB514 or MGB237) or (Completion of 192cp including SWB401 and SWB312)Completion of 192 credit points of study is assumed knowledge. Lecture materials from PUB514 Contract/Project Management (or MGB237 Managing Projects for Success) and all previous units of study form the theoretical background to this unit. |
| SWB320 | Mediation |
| Prerequisites: Completion of 96 credit points |
| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWB100 | Orientation to Social Work and Human Services |
| Antirequisites: HHB100 |
| SWB105 | Contemporary Human Rights |
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| PUB104 | Australian Health Care Systems |
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| PUB215 | Upstream! Creating a Just World Through Public Health Practice |
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| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWB220 | Practice Theories |
| Antirequisites: HHB278 |
| SWB221 | Politics of Helping |
| Antirequisites: HHB279 |
| PUB326 | Introduction to Epidemiology |
| Antirequisites: HLN710Successful completion of 96 credit points is assumed knowledge. |
| PUB332 | Sustainable Environments for Health |
| Antirequisites: PUB107 |
| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWB215 Equivalents: SWB211 | Critical Approaches to Crises, Trauma and Addictions |
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| SWB322 | Gender, Diversity and Cultural Safety |
| Prerequisites: SWB100 |
| PUB209 Equivalents: NSB017 | Health, Culture and Society |
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| PUB336 | Gender Equity and Human Health |
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| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWB201 | Social Justice Placement 1 |
| Prerequisites: SWB100 or HHB100Antirequisites: SWB208, HHB208, SWB209 |
| PUB530 | Health Education and Behaviour Change |
| Antirequisites: PUB329, PUB341 |
| HLB001 | Health Needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians |
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| OR | |||
| PUB565 | International Health and Social Justice |
| Prerequisites: PUB215 or PUB251At least two years of study in health area, including PUB215, PUB326 isand PUB416 are assumed knowledge. |
| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWB219 | Legal and Ethical Dimensions of Social Work and Human Service Practice |
| Prerequisites: SWB100 and SWB105Antirequisites: HHB277 |
| PUB461 | Qualitative Inquiry in Public Health |
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| PUB406 | Taking Action for Health Promotion |
| Prerequisites: PUB215 or PUB530 |
| Public Health Elective | |||
| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWH200 Equivalents: SWB200 | Critically Reflective Practice in Organisations |
| Prerequisites: SWB100 and (SWB201 or SWB321 or SWB317) |
| SWH400 Equivalents: SWB400 | Critical Social Policy and Advocacy |
| Prerequisites: SWB108 or SWB218 or SWB103Antirequisites: SWB302 |
| PUB514 | Contract / Project Management | ||
| PUB545 | Health Policy Making and Advocacy - People, Power and Politics |
| Prerequisites: Completion of 192cpAntirequisites: PUB511 |
| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWB314 | Social Justice Placement 2 |
| Prerequisites: SWB201 and SWB219 and SWB220 and SWB221 and SWH200. SWH200 can be enrolled in the same teaching period as SWB314.Antirequisites: SWB301 |
| PUB875 | Professional Practice |
| Prerequisites: (Completion of 192 cp including PUB514 or MGB237) or (Completion of 192cp including SWB401 and SWB312)Completion of 192 credit points of study is assumed knowledge. Lecture materials from PUB514 Contract/Project Management (or MGB237 Managing Projects for Success) and all previous units of study form the theoretical background to this unit. |
| SWB320 | Mediation |
| Prerequisites: Completion of 96 credit points |
| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| XNB150 | Food Citizenship |
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| XNB151 Equivalents: PUB201 | Food and Nutrition |
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| XNB252 Equivalents: PUB648 | Food and Nutrition Across the Lifecycle |
| Prerequisites: (XNB148 and (XNB150 or CWB103) and XNB151 and XNB250 and XNB255) or CSB441 |
| XNH350 Equivalents: PUB509, XNB350 | Community and Public Health Nutrition |
| Prerequisites: XNB252, XNB255, XNB151, XNB148 and (XNB150 or CWB103) |
| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| KKB190 Equivalents: OUB100 | Yatdjuligin - Cultural Safety in Indigenous Australian Context |
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| KKB191 Equivalents: OUB110, EDB039 | Am I black enough? Indigenous Australian Representations |
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| KKB192 Equivalents: OUB120 | Smash the Act - Indigenous Australian Politics |
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| KKB193 Equivalents: OUB130, EDB040 | Indigenous Knowledge: Research Ethics and Protocols |
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| SWB109 | Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and Communities |
| Antirequisites: EDB041 |
| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| JSB286 | Domestic and Family Violence |
| Prerequisites: 72cp of previous study |
| SWB110 | Understanding Families and Relationships |
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| SWB204 | Critical Practice with Children and Families |
| Antirequisites: HHB204 |
| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| PUB100 | Medical Terminology, Anatomy and Physiology |
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| PUB101 | Introduction to Clinical Classification |
| Prerequisites: PUB100 |
| PUB358 | Digital Health Perspectives |
| Prerequisites: 192cp |
| PUB380 | Casemix and Activity Based Funding |
| Basic Word Processing skills, research skills, data manipulation using tools such as Excel and Access |
| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| LSB142 Equivalents: LQB185, LQD185, LSB182, LSD142 | Human Anatomy and Physiology |
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| LQB180 | Foundations of Biochemistry |
| Antirequisites: CVB102, CZB190 |
| LQB185 Equivalents: LSB182, LSB142, LQD185 | Anatomy and Physiology for Health Professionals |
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| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| PYB159 | Alcohol and Other Drug Studies |
| Antirequisites: PYB158 |
| PYB208 | Counselling Theory and Practice 1 |
| Prerequisites: PYB007 or PUB209 |
| PYB360 | Interventions for Addictive Behaviours |
| Prerequisites: PYB159 or PYB158 or PYB260 or NSB223 or NSB023 or NSB204 |
| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| PUB204 | Resourcing and Managing Health Budgets |
| Prerequisites: PUB104Antirequisites: PUB480,PUB609 |
| EFB106 | Cost-Benefit Analysis for Project Appraisal |
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| MGB133 Equivalents: MGB309, MGX309 | Managing Strategy |
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| PUB490 | Quality Management in Health |
| Prerequisites: Completion of 96cpBackground knowledge of the health care system is assumed knowledge. |
| From Semester 1 2023 MGB133 Managing Strategy will replace BSB115 Management | |||
| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| HLB300 | Independent Study |
| Prerequisites: Completion of 192cpMinimum GPA 5.0 is assumed knowledge. |
| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWB100 | Orientation to Social Work and Human Services |
| Antirequisites: HHB100 |
| SWB105 | Contemporary Human Rights |
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| PUB104 | Australian Health Care Systems |
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| PUB215 | Upstream! Creating a Just World Through Public Health Practice |
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| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWB108 | Australian Society, Social Justice and Policy |
| Antirequisites: SWB103, SWB218 |
| PYB007 | Communication for Health Professionals |
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| LSB111 | Understanding Disease Concepts |
| |
| Public Health Elective | |||
| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWB220 | Practice Theories |
| Antirequisites: HHB278 |
| SWB221 | Politics of Helping |
| Antirequisites: HHB279 |
| PUB326 | Introduction to Epidemiology |
| Antirequisites: HLN710Successful completion of 96 credit points is assumed knowledge. |
| PUB332 | Sustainable Environments for Health |
| Antirequisites: PUB107 |
| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| PUB209 Equivalents: NSB017 | Health, Culture and Society |
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| PUB336 | Gender Equity and Human Health |
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| SWB215 Equivalents: SWB211 | Critical Approaches to Crises, Trauma and Addictions |
| |
| OR | |||
| SWB204 | Critical Practice with Children and Families |
| Antirequisites: HHB204 |
| OR | |||
| SWB207 | Young People, Social Justice and Diversity |
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| SWB322 | Gender, Diversity and Cultural Safety |
| Prerequisites: SWB100 |
| From Semester 1 2022 SWB322 Gender, Diversity and Cultural Safety replaced SWB212 Community and Place Based Practice | |||
| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWB201 | Social Justice Placement 1 |
| Prerequisites: SWB100 or HHB100Antirequisites: SWB208, HHB208, SWB209 |
| PUB530 | Health Education and Behaviour Change |
| Antirequisites: PUB329, PUB341 |
| HLB001 | Health Needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians |
| |
| OR | |||
| PUB565 | International Health and Social Justice |
| Prerequisites: PUB215 or PUB251At least two years of study in health area, including PUB215, PUB326 isand PUB416 are assumed knowledge. |
| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWB219 | Legal and Ethical Dimensions of Social Work and Human Service Practice |
| Prerequisites: SWB100 and SWB105Antirequisites: HHB277 |
| PUB461 | Qualitative Inquiry in Public Health |
| |
| PUB406 | Taking Action for Health Promotion |
| Prerequisites: PUB215 or PUB530 |
| Public Health Elective | |||
| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWH400 Equivalents: SWB400 | Critical Social Policy and Advocacy |
| Prerequisites: SWB108 or SWB218 or SWB103Antirequisites: SWB302 |
| PUB514 | Contract / Project Management | ||
| PUB545 | Health Policy Making and Advocacy - People, Power and Politics |
| Prerequisites: Completion of 192cpAntirequisites: PUB511 |
| SWH401 Equivalents: SWB401 | Social Research for Social Change |
| Prerequisites: SWB100 or HHB100 |
| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWB314 | Social Justice Placement 2 |
| Prerequisites: SWB201 and SWB219 and SWB220 and SWB221 and SWH200. SWH200 can be enrolled in the same teaching period as SWB314.Antirequisites: SWB301 |
| SWH200 Equivalents: SWB200 | Critically Reflective Practice in Organisations |
| Prerequisites: SWB100 and (SWB201 or SWB321 or SWB317) |
| PUB875 | Professional Practice |
| Prerequisites: (Completion of 192 cp including PUB514 or MGB237) or (Completion of 192cp including SWB401 and SWB312)Completion of 192 credit points of study is assumed knowledge. Lecture materials from PUB514 Contract/Project Management (or MGB237 Managing Projects for Success) and all previous units of study form the theoretical background to this unit. |
Unit Lists
| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMB111 Equivalents: AMB220, AMX220 | Advertising Works |
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| AMB163 Equivalents: AMB263, AMX263 | Introduction to Public Relations |
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| AMB224 Equivalents: AMB319, AMX319 | Consumers and Media Channels |
| Prerequisites: 96 credit points of completed studies.Antirequisites: AMB293 |
| AMB299 Equivalents: AMB372, AMB202, AMB320 | Marketing Communication |
| Prerequisites: 96 credit points of completed studies. |
| CCB105 Equivalents: CCB200 | Digital Platforms |
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| CJB303 Equivalents: CWB301 | Political Communication |
| Prerequisites: Completion of 72 credit points of study |
| CWB201 Equivalents: KWB213, KWB106 | Corporate Writing and Editing |
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| CWB203 Equivalents: CCB203 | Strategic Speech |
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| DVB101 Equivalents: DXB102, KIB101 | Visual Communication Design |
| It is assumed that you are computer literate - which means you know how to use a typical computer (Mac and/or Windows), and can use standard desktop applications such as a word processor, email and web browser |
| DVB102 Equivalents: DXB202, KIB120, KVB204 | Image Design and Production |
| Basic visual communication skills, basic Photoshop and Illustrator skills are assumed knowledge |
| DXB111 Equivalents: DXB203, KIB103 | Introduction to Web Design |
| It is assumed that you are computer literate - which means you know how to use a typical computer (Mac and/or Windows), you can use standard desktop applications such as a word processor and web browser and you can install and update software |
| HLB300 | Independent Study |
| Prerequisites: Completion of 192cpMinimum GPA 5.0 is assumed knowledge. |
| JSB171 Equivalents: JSB131, JSB011, JSB101 | Justice and Society |
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| JSB178 Equivalents: JSB081, JSB251,JSB271 | Policy, Governance and Justice |
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| JSB263 | Global Political Institutions |
| Prerequisites: 96 Credit Points of Completed Study |
| JSB286 | Domestic and Family Violence |
| Prerequisites: 72cp of previous study |
| JSB379 | Political Practice, People Power, and Protest |
| Prerequisites: 96 Credit Points of Completed Study |
| KKB190 Equivalents: OUB100 | Yatdjuligin - Cultural Safety in Indigenous Australian Context |
| |
| KKB191 Equivalents: OUB110, EDB039 | Am I black enough? Indigenous Australian Representations |
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| KKB192 Equivalents: OUB120 | Smash the Act - Indigenous Australian Politics |
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| KKB193 Equivalents: OUB130, EDB040 | Indigenous Knowledge: Research Ethics and Protocols |
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| MGB161 Equivalents: EED001 | Thinking Like an Entrepreneur |
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| MGB162 Equivalents: EED002 | Entrepreneurship: Identifying Problems and Opportunities |
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| PUB358 | Digital Health Perspectives |
| Prerequisites: 192cp |
| PUB565 | International Health and Social Justice |
| Prerequisites: PUB215 or PUB251At least two years of study in health area, including PUB215, PUB326 isand PUB416 are assumed knowledge. |
| PYB007 | Communication for Health Professionals |
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| PYB100 Equivalents: PYD100, HLB100 | Foundation Psychology |
| Antirequisites: PYB012 |
| PYB102 | The Mind and the Brain |
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| PYB159 | Alcohol and Other Drug Studies |
| Antirequisites: PYB158 |
| PYB208 | Counselling Theory and Practice 1 |
| Prerequisites: PYB007 or PUB209 |
| PUB490 | Quality Management in Health |
| Prerequisites: Completion of 96cpBackground knowledge of the health care system is assumed knowledge. |
| SWB105 | Contemporary Human Rights |
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| SWB108 | Australian Society, Social Justice and Policy |
| Antirequisites: SWB103, SWB218 |
| SWB109 | Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and Communities |
| Antirequisites: EDB041 |
| SWB306 | People, Community and Disability |
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| SWB333 | Participatory Community Development |
| Prerequisites: Completion of 96 credit points |
| XNB150 | Food Citizenship |
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| XNB151 Equivalents: PUB201 | Food and Nutrition |
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| XNB177 | Sport and Exercise Across the Lifespan |
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| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| JSB286 | Domestic and Family Violence |
| Prerequisites: 72cp of previous study |
| KKB192 Equivalents: OUB120 | Smash the Act - Indigenous Australian Politics |
| |
| SWB109 | Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and Communities |
| Antirequisites: EDB041 |
| SWB222 | Communication for Social Work and Human Services |
| Prerequisites: HHB113 or SWB104 or PYB007 or SWB207Antirequisites: HHB215, HHB282 |
| SWB306 | People, Community and Disability |
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| SWB307 | Critical Youth Work Practice |
| Prerequisites: Completion of 144 credit points or more of study |
| SWB320 | Mediation |
| Prerequisites: Completion of 96 credit points |
| SWB333 | Participatory Community Development |
| Prerequisites: Completion of 96 credit points |
| SWH401 Equivalents: SWB401 | Social Research for Social Change |
| Prerequisites: SWB100 or HHB100 |
| SWH404 | Climate Justice in Local and Global Worlds |
| Prerequisites: Achievement of 192 CP (enrolment in your third year of study) |
| Code | Title | Offered In | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUT001 | QUT You: Artificial Intelligence in the Real World |
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| QUT002 | QUT You: Walking on Country |
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| QUT003 | QUT You: Real Action for Real Change |
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| QUT004 | QUT You: Living and Working Collaboratively, Ethically, and Inclusively |
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| QUT005 | QUT You: Seeing Me, Seeing You: Skills for a Diverse World |
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| QUT006 | QUT You: The Art of Pitching |
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| QUT007 | QUT You: Fighting 'Fake News' |
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| QUT008 | QUT You: Think Like a Computer and Change the World |
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| QUT009 | QUT You: Data Science for Society |
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| QUT010 | QUT You: People with Robots |
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