Bachelor of Human Services (Disability Studies major)

Quick Facts

Full-time: 3 years (part-time study options also available)
Taught at: Epsom Campus
Points per degree: 360

Programme Highlights

• Enables you to gain the specialist skills and knowledge you will need to better support disabled people and their families.
• Also prepares you for working within a wide range of human service settings and to take on leadership roles.
• Develop a broad understanding of social, cultural and political issues in New Zealand society.
• You may be able to study while you work.

2008 Bachelor of Social Work & Bachelor of Human Services (2MB)

What you'll be studying

In the first year you will:

• study psychology and sociology for human services, human development, and professional communication skills
• study disability and support as well as theories of disability, social understandings and history
• begin your study of applied professional practice.
  

Over the next two years, you will:

• build on your theoretical knowledge base
• study courses such as leadership, management and policy, sociology of disability, social psychology, families and policy, behaviour analysis and support
• have opportunities to apply your learning in practice
  
• study two courses from the General Education schedule, allowing you to pursue interests outside your field of study.
  

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Choose your career...

You'll gain the skills and knowledge to better support disabled people and their families. You'll also be able to work in a wide range of other human service settings.

A BHumServ with a Disability Studies major could see you working in government departments and ministries, private services and trusts supporting disabled people, schools, tertiary institutions, service providers (eg, IHC, NZCCS, RNZFB) and mental health services.

Interested in further study?

If you want to take your studies further, our programmes can lead you all the way to masters and doctorate level to optimise your career and salary prospects.

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