Graduate Certificate in Society and the Individual

Entry Requirements

Applicants must normally hold an approved bachelor degree or equivalent qualification.

English language requirements

IELTS (Academic): 6.0 Overall with 6.0 Speaking, 6.0 Writing; TOEFL iBT: 72 Overall with 18 Speaking, 21 Writing; Pearson PTE Academic: 50 Overall with 50 Speaking, 50 Writing; Cambridge C1 Advanced: 169 Overall with 169 Speaking, 169 Writing; Occupational English Test (OET): 300 Speaking; 300 Writing; 300 Reading; 300 Listening; Duolingo (Up to and including Semester 2, 2024): Overall 95-100.

Course Details

If you are a graduate with a previous degree in any discipline and looking to work in the Australian human service and welfare sectors or pursue the pathway to become an accredited social worker, this program at Flinders is perfect.

This course equips you with a comprehensive body of theory and knowledge in the social sciences, bringing together the disciplines of sociology, anthropology, social theory, history, economics and political science, that is necessary to understand and work with people in the world they live in.

With this course you will become ready to advance your career in areas such as disability, aged care, health and welfare. With high level training in professional, practical and academic areas you can elect to use this course as a pathway to the Master of Social Work (Graduate Entry).

Your career

The course is designed to boost your professional career in the Australian human service and welfare sectors. It may be used as a pathway to the Master of Social Work (Graduate Entry) to secure a position as a social worker.

Potential occupations include:

• case worker
• community worker
• youth worker
• aged care advocacy officer
• welfare administrator
• project planner
• grant writer
• policy officer
• union officer
• social researcher.

Potential employers include:

• community services
• health centres
• local government
• governmental departments
• ministerial committees and boards
• for-profit human services
• non-government welfare agencies.