Bachelor of Human Services (Youth Work major)

This programme consists of 360 points and takes three years full-time study to complete, or up to six years part-time study. All courses are worth 15 points.

In Year One you will study five core courses and three courses within your major completing 120 points from the following compulsory courses:

• HUMSERV 101 - Psychology for Human Services
• HUMSERV 102 - Lifespan Development for Human Services
• HUMSERV 103 - Applied Professional Practice 1
• SOCWORK 111 - Professional Communication Skills
• SOCWORK 112 - Sociology for Human Services
• SOCWORK 114 - Treaty of Waitangi in Human Services
• EDUC 122 - Learning Sexualities
• YOUTHWRK 151 - Conceptualising Young People

In Year Two you will complete 60 points from the following compulsory core courses:

• HUMSERV 201 - Leadership in Human Services
• HUMSERV 202 - Applied Professional Practice 2
• HUMSERV 203 - Ethics and Social Justice
• SOCWORK 211 - Social Policy
• Plus one course (15 points) from the General Education schedules available for this degree.

Additionall you will study three courses (45 points) within your major:

• YOUTHWRK 251 - Recreation and Youth Development
• YOUTHWRK 252 - Working with the Impact of Violence
• YOUTHWRK 253 - Addictions and Youth

Year Three is the final year of the degree programme. It provides you with theory and practice courses to further build on the knowledge and skills you have gained so far. You will complete 15 points from the following compulsory core course:

• HUMSERV 302 - Applied Professional Practice 3
• Plus one course (15 points) from the General Education schedules available for this degree.

In addition, you will complete 45 points from the following core courses:

• HUMSERV 301 - Quality Assurance
• SOCHLTH 313 - Mental Health in Social Practice
• SOCWORK 315 - Organisations and Management

You will also complete 30 points from the following compulsory courses within your major:

• YOUTHWRK 353 - Enhancing Pasifika Development
• YOUTHWRK 354 - Rangatahi: Taonga Tuku Iho

and 15 points from one of the following courses:

• SOCWORK 353 - Counselling in Social Practice
• EDUC 352 - Developmental Psychology: childhood and adolescence

Three Applied Professional Practice courses over the course of the degree will introduce you to best practice strategies for work in human services agencies. You will investigate and assess an aspect of human services practice. During the second and third years you will develop the processes of reflective practice to evaluate use of ‘self’ in your role as a human services worker. In workplace-based learning experiences, and in consultation with a supervisor, you will develop and evaluate your professional practice skills.

You will undertake a range of assessment tasks including essays, reports, practical work (videos or audio tapes) seminars, presentations, examinations and tests.