The Graduate Certificate in Social Science allows you the freedom to select areas of study according to your personal interest and professional need. It is also designed to enhance critical and reflective professional practice in the human services sector.
This program equips you to take on leadership roles in social work and gives you the skills and knowledge to become a professional social worker in the health, community services or non-government sector.
Please note: This course will no longer be available from 2022 onwards. Please apply for Master of Philosophy (Arts and Social Sciences) instead. The Master of Philosophy involves research and advanced coursework. You will be assigned a research supervisor and an auxiliary supervisor.
Entry Requirements
Applicants are required to complete a research proposal (500 to 1000 words) addressing criteria specified by the faculty. Applicants must also have been in full-time employment in social work for a minimum of one year, and have one of the following qualifications:
(i) a four-year Bachelor of Social Work or equivalent with 1st or 2nd class Honours; or
(ii) a Bachelor of Social Work (without 1st or 2nd class Honours), either produce evidence to the satisfaction of the faculty of having completed equivalent work or complete a period of probationary candidature; or
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The Master of Social Science allows you to select areas of study according to your personal interest and professional need. Critical and reflective professional practice is enhanced through core subjects in social theory, research methods and a research project.
Please note: This course will no longer be available from 2022 onwards. Please apply for Doctor of Philosophy (Arts and Social Sciences) instead.
Entry Requirements
To be eligible to be admitted to candidature by the Dean or Associate Dean, an applicant must:
hold or have completed the requirements for:
a bachelor's degree from the University of Sydney or equivalent institution, with first or second class honours, in a relevant subject area; or
a bachelor's degree from the University of Sydney or equivalent institution, in a relevant subject area, with a substantial portfolio of published/professional work (such as books, films, TV programs, creative work and/or government reports) equivalent to or greater than an undergraduate honours thesis; or
a master's degree from the University of Sydney or equivalent institution, in a relevant subject area; and
have a minimum of five years' recent, full-time employment or professional experience in a relevant field.
The Dean or Associate Dean may admit to candidature an applicant who does not meet the requirements of sub-clause (1), provided that the applicant holds a qualification or qualifications that, in the opinion of the Dean or Associate Dean, are equivalent to those prescribed in sub-clause (1).
