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Hobart
French St, Hobart, Tasmania (TAS) 7005
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Eligibility
Domestic students:
We encourage you to apply for the courses you most want to study. If you’re not eligible to enter your chosen course right now, the admissions team will work with you to find the best pathway option.
Enquire online for advice on the application process and the available pathways to study.
Schools Recommendation Program
Australian year 12 students can apply for this course via our Schools Recommendation Program. Rather than an ATAR, your application is based on a recommendation by your school teachers. This can factor in your year 11 results, an assessment of your capabilities, and other considerations.
Through the program, you can receive and accept an offer prior to completing year 12. You will still need to finish your year 12 studies – including any exams – to commence your studies.
If you don’t receive an early offer for this course through the Schools Recommendation Program, you will be re-assessed for a higher preference offer once your ATAR is released.
Domestic applicants who have recently completed secondary education (in the past two years)
Applicants are ranked by ATAR and offers made based on the number of places available. In 2026, the lowest ATAR to receive an offer into this course was 68.25. The lowest ATAR to receive an offer may change from year to year based on the number of applications we receive
If you do not receive the minimum ATAR please refer to Alternative entry pathways below.
Domestic applicants with higher education study
To be eligible for an offer, you must have:
Completed a course at Diploma level or higher at any Australian higher education provider (or an equivalent overseas qualification); or
Completed at least two units of study (equivalent to 25 UTAS credit points) of a course at Diploma Level (or an equivalent overseas qualification). If you have failed any units your application may be subject to further review before an offer is made; or
Completed the UTAS Diploma of University Studies or
Competed the UTAS University Preparation Program or an equivalent enabling program offered by another Australian university.
Domestic applicants with VET / TAFE study
To be eligible for an offer, you must have:
completed a Certificate IV, Diploma or Advanced Diploma (or an equivalent qualification) in any field.
Domestic applicants with work and life experience
If you have not successfully completed senior secondary, tertiary or TAFE/VET study, but have relevant work and life experience you can complete a personal competency statement.
Special consideration
If your ability to access or participate in education has been affected by circumstances beyond your control, you can apply for special consideration as part of your application. We will consider a range of factors, including economic hardship, serious medical condition or disability.
We can only approve applications for special consideration where we are confident that you have the necessary skills and knowledge to succeed in your studies. If your application is not approved, the UTAS admissions team will work with you to find the best alternative pathway to your chosen course. Special consideration is not available for international applicants.
Course participation requirements
This course includes compulsory field placements. In order to participate in field placements, all students must:
obtain a Tasmania Police Schedule 1 National Police Record Check and Working with Vulnerable Persons and Children Check; and
complete a Safety in Practice Agreement
International students:
All international students will need to meet the minimum English Language Requirements, University General Entry Requirements and any course specific requirements such as pre-requisite subjects, if applicable.
English Language Requirements
This degree requires an IELTS (Academic) of 7.0, with no individual band less than 7.0. Equivalent tests are accepted for this course. Applicants will be required to meet this requirement prior to commencing a pathway into their Social Work program.
Applicants who have successfully completed a minimum of 24 months of full time (or equivalent) studies undertaken in English at institutions in Australia, UK, US, Singapore, Canada or NZ within the previous 24 months will meet the English language requirements for entry.
For students who do not meet the English Language Requirement through citizenship or prior studies in English in an approved country, evidence of an approved English language test completed within the last 2 years must be provided.
See the English Language Requirements page for more information.
General Entry Requirements
Admission to undergraduate courses at the University of Tasmania requires the completion of qualifications equivalent to a 12th year of education in Australia.
Please review the equivalent undergraduate entry requirements to see the minimum requirement relevant to your country. The ATAR information for this course is located in the “For Domestic Students” section of the entry requirements on this page.
You can also meet the General Entry Requirement for this course with the following qualifications or prior studies:
Completion of an equivalent AQF Certificate IV or above
Complete or incomplete (minimum 25 credit points) of previous tertiary study at Bachelor level or higher
If you do not meet the minimum requirements, we offer the Foundation Studies Program.
Course Specific Requirements
This course includes compulsory field placements. In order to participate in field placements, all students must:
obtain a Tasmania Police Schedule 1 National Police Record Check and Working with Vulnerable Persons and Children Check; and
complete a Safety in Practice Agreement
Alternative entry pathways:
If you do not meet the General Entrance Requirements or course-specific requirements, there are alternate entry pathways to the Bachelor of Social Work with Honours:
Diploma of University Studies (Social Work Specialisation) (21A)
University Preparation Program
Completion of the Diploma of University Studies (Social Work) pathway will allow for up to 50 credit points of credit towards the Bachelor of Social Work with Honours.
Career & Study Pathways
Social workers may support people in one-on-one direct counselling, helping families, supporting community awareness through casework, counselling, advocacy, community engagement and development and social action. Social workers also work in areas such as policy development, education and research particularly around issues of social justice, disadvantage and the marginalisation of people in their communities or in society.
This demand is already being reflected in graduate outcomes, with the 2022 Graduate Outcome Survey revealing that social work graduates were the third highest paid in the country with a median starting salary of $75,000, ranking only behind doctors and dentists.
The skills and expertise our Social Work graduates gain equips them for a diverse range of rewarding careers, including
Project Manager - projected growth of 9.7%*
Social and Welfare professionals - 19.6%*
Social Workers - 31.8%*
Policy and Planning Manager - 21.5%*
Counsellor - 29.1%*
Migrant and Refugee Settlement Workers
Case Manager
Drug and Alcohol Counsellor
Palliative Care Social Worker
Relationships Counsellor
Disability Advocate
Quality & Recognition
Academic Regulator
TEQSA
Professional Body
Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
Accreditation Status
AccreditedSkills Assessor
AASW
Course Content
Sociology: Understanding the Social World
Sociology inspires you to think differently about the world. We discover how a ‘sociological imagination’ enables us to better understand our lives, the groups we belong to and how societies are changing. From growing up with social media to changing…
Introduction to Social Work and Human Service Practice
This unit introduces you to the foundations of social work practice in human service organisations. You will develop critical analytical skills to explore historical and contemporary inequalities of power and privilege based on, for example, race, gender, sexuality, geographic location…
Fields of Practice in Social Work
In this unit, you will be introduced to the diverse fields in which social work practice takes place. The unit aims to extend common understandings of social work practice by showcasing new and innovative approaches to practice at micro, meso,…
Introducing Indigenous Lifeworlds
In this unit, you are invited to engage with Indigenous realities through an Indigenous lens. Using the key concept of Lifeworld, you will journey into Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing, with a particular focus on the perspectives and…
Gender: Being Human
How do assumptions about gender influence our understanding of what it means to be a human being? In this unit we explore a variety of different ways that human beings have been imagined and thought about across time in western…
Transferable Skills in Psychology
In today’s information-rich world it is essential to be able to interpret and critically evaluate empirical and popular reports of psychological research, as well as research findings more broadly. We need to be able to recognise the characteristics of valid…
Brain and Behaviour
Brain and Behaviour provides an introduction to key topics in psychology with an emphasis on their biological basis. Topics include biological psychology, sensation and perception, learning, motivation, emotion, human development, language, and states of consciousness. Key theories and related research…
Mental Health and Individual Differences
Human behaviour is universal, but its expression, nature, and intent vary across cultures and contexts. Why do individuals behave the way they do? Lecture content will introduce and explore theoretical descriptions of individual differences such as personality and intelligence that…
Psychological Processes
How do humans perceive the world around them, learn, and make decisions? Under what conditions do we do these things well? When and why do things go a bit “pear-shaped”? How can we be better? This unit introduces the study…
Social Constructs of Ageing
This unit examines how ageing is a social construct. You will examine how ageing and older age are influenced by factors other than biological ageing alone, from global and local perspectives. You will examine and critique social attitudes towards ageing,…
Gender & World
Gender & World explores the shape(s) and impact(s) of gendered assumptions on human interactions in diverse areas of the world and in different historical periods. This unit focuses on how people have acted and do act on the basis of…
The Campaign: Advocacy and Public Relations
Advocacy or the ability to influence decisions within political, economic, and social institutions is perhaps one of the most powerful ways in which public relations today influences the world. Success for any brand, business, government or social enterprise relies on…
Digital Cultures
Digital technologies such as platforms and apps have an influence on contemporary life, culture, how we form communities, and professional and interpersonal communication. This unit will introduce you to perspectives on cloud-based technologies, digital imaging, gaming and virtual reality platforms.…
Sociology: Experiencing Social Life
This unit considers how we can use sociology to make sense of our everyday experiences and to explain broader transformations in society that may alter and reshape our sense of self, identity, place, and community. The unit explores central sociological…
Crime and Society
This is a foundational unit in Criminology. You will focus on criminological approaches to understanding crime and criminalisation. The unit will introduce various categories of crime (e.g. property crime and violent crime) and debates about what counts as crime and…
Society, Culture and Health
HGA138: Society Culture and Health explores the ways in which social and cultural factors and power relations shape the distribution of health and illness and experiences of health and illness in contemporary Australia. The unit will help you to develop…
Introductory Philosophy: Moral and Political Philosophy
This unit introduces students to moral and political philosophy. Drawing on a range of topics, themes, and methods, this unit explores foundational questions within both moral and political philosophy. As such, this unit provides an introduction to philosophy, the world’s…
Introduction to Politics and Policy
This unit provides an introduction to the fundamentals of political science. It introduces students to some of the central ideas, concepts, actors, institutions and processes which characterise politics in democratic nations. It uses examples and case studies from Australia and…
Responding to Climate Change
The course of climate has been altered by humans. Swift but carefully considered and designed action to reduce greenhouse gases and our production of them will be essential for minimising the damage to our planet that is occurring due to…
Global Geographies of Change
KGA171 Global Geographies of Change introduces you to how geography helps us understand today’s world. The unit explores key issues such as climate change, natural hazards, vulnerability, sustainability, population, development, and territory. You will learn how people and environments interact,…
Nature, People, Place
This introductory unit develops your knowledge of how people depend on nature, and how increasingly the conservation of nature depends on people. We will explore these relationships through a values lens: how nature is important for its own sake, how natural…
Children, Protection and Justice
This unit engages students in a multi-disciplinary Community of Practice focused on understanding how children and young people become involved with statutory service systems, what their experiences of these systems are, and current directions for system reform and service improvement. …
Sustainable Community Practice
In this unit, you will learn about community practice, and its potential to help you work towards social change in a world impacted by violence, poverty, and climate change. While working with individuals and families often comes to mind when…
Interpersonal Skills for Social Work Practice
Interpersonal Skills for Social Work Practice introduces you to foundational knowledge and skills of effective professional communication for social work practice. Two key themes – deep listening and critical self-awareness – are a focus throughout the learning experience to guide…
Expanding Indigenous Lifeworlds
In this unit, you are invited to expand and deepen your understanding of Indigenous realities through critical engagement with Indigenous voices and scholarship. You will use the key concepts of sovereignty, truth telling, resurgence, and relationality to identify and understand…
Mental Health and Wellbeing in Older Adults
This unit will examine key concepts around mental health and wellbeing of older adults. You will examine how different mental health conditions and adjustment concerns impact older adults. The unit will explore attitudes and stereotypes around mental health and wellbeing…
Creative Arts, Play and Mental Wellbeing
Participation in the creative arts has been shown to afford a wide range of benefits to mental health and wellbeing for young and old. This unit explores ways in which the creative arts and play can be used therapeutically to…
Indigenous Justice Issues
This unit explores a set of enduring justice issues that are experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia. The role and legacy of settler colonialism frames the examination of justice issues, as well as contextualises the possible…
Sex, Bodies, and Philosophy
Feminist philosophy, psychoanalysis, existential phenomenology and queer theory have raised stimulating questions about the body. This unit examines how the body is theorised, how it interacts with questions of culture and class, and explores the implications of our understanding of…
Perspectives on the Social World
Perspectives on the Social World provides students with an understanding of the concepts and approaches developed by sociologists to explain major social changes in Western democracies from the end of the 18th century to the present. The unit is divided…
Social Problems and Social Policy
The unit examines significant social problems in Australia and the work of the welfare state, through social policy, to solve them. This includes looking at discourses, social actors, institutions and historical events, and how these have shaped the way social…
Working With Offenders
This unit is designed to introduce students to the issues and processes associated with working with offenders, particularly those in prisons or under the supervision of community corrections. The unit explores issues pertaining directly to how best to work with…
Crime and Deviance
The unit offers a broad overview of the major theories and approaches to the study of crime and deviance. It provides a survey of diverse and competing interpretations of criminal and deviant acts, the situations and contexts within which crime…
Ethnicity, Religion and Race: Understanding Social Diversity
This unit applies a sociological lens to the terrain of racial, religious and ethnic relations in Australia. Through a focus on inter-related themes of inequality and difference, it introduces theories of race, ethnicity, indigeneity and whiteness and applies these to…
The Right and the Good
We are all constantly faced with moral questions and questions about human values more generally, but what is morality and what are the foundations of human values? On what grounds do we and should we, base our decisions about morality…
Australian Politics and Policy
This unit explores broad ranging and contemporary aspects of Australian politics and policy, including democratic principles and Australian institutions, values and Australian culture, the Australian electoral system and campaigns, forms of political representation and the role of lobby groups, the…
Key Concepts in Social Justice
The unit explores the historically evolved norms and laws as they relate to atrocity crimes and global justice issues, including slavery, climate change, migration and refugees, and labour exploitation. The unit provides a framework by which to understand why the…
Modern Political Ideologies
This unit introduces students to the study of political ideas focusing on some of the major ideological frameworks that have and continue to guide political action in the modern era. In the unit, students will consider liberal, conservative, Marxist, fascist,…
Human Rights and Global Justice
Human rights are fundamental rights that are inherent to every individual. They are underpinned by concepts of human dignity and the essential equality of all people. The unit takes an interdisciplinary approach to the development, application and cultural relativity of…
Geographies of Economy, Politics and Culture
All aspects of human life are geographical. Our lives take place in space. Spatial practices and ideas are central to individuals and societies: they help determine who and what belongs where, who controls and owns which resources, and who has…
Disability, Mental Health and the Law
In the unit, you will explore the role of the law in the lives of people with disability and people with mental health conditions in Tasmania and Australia. It will introduce you to the legal and policy structures that affect…
Social Research
This unit introduces students to the world of social research. It answers questions about how to understand, interpret, and collect data, and explores the research methods used to investigate and solve social problems. The unit covers a wide range of social…
Theorising Social Work Practice
This unit explores how contemporary social work ways of thinking define, shape, and inform social work practice. Historical and contemporary social work theories are examined, including multiple ways of theorising practice, such as First Nations knowledges, the history of knowledge…
Contexts of Social Work Practice
The unit focuses on the social, political, and legal contexts of social work practice. Through an analysis of pressing contemporary issues, you will learn how human wellbeing is shaped and reshaped by political and legal systems. A critical lens will…
Social Work Practicum 1
Social Work Practicum 1 is a cornerstone unit in the third year of the Bachelor of Social Work (Honours). Students are required to complete a minimum of 500 hours of placement in an agency setting that enables them to meet…
Collaboration, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Social Work
This unit explores what it means to initiate responses to social problems, take responsibility for enacting and leading these responses, and being a part of ventures that do the same. Collaborative and collective social work leadership approaches are taught to…
Communication and Assessment Skills in Social Work
In Communication and Assessment Skills in Social Work, you will develop and extend culturally responsive, decolonising approaches to professional social work practice skills for working with people. Skills and techniques grounded in relational, strengths-based approaches and social justice principles are…
Social Work Research and Evaluation
Social workers are required to regularly engage with research by conducting evaluations and using research findings to inform their practice, policy, and advocacy. In this unit, you will be introduced to the role of research and evaluation as a foundational…
The Social Work Praxis Lab
This unit provides an immersive learning experience aimed at preparing students to navigate the complexities of contemporary social work practice in mental health and child safety. Students will engage with a multifaceted simulation, using face-to-face and online modalities to respond effectively to…
Responding to Violence, Abuse and Trauma
This unit examines the nature, dynamics, causes, and consequences of violence and abuse, with a focus on social work practice. Students will explore the social, psychological, and political underpinnings of violence, with particular attention to gendered and intersectional dimensions. The…
Professional Pathway Social Work Practicum
This unit is the final placement in the social work degree and serves as a key capstone experience. You will complete a minimum of 500 hours of supervised practice in an agency relevant to social work. Placements are normally undertaken…
Advanced Social Work Knowledge and Practice
In this final-year capstone unit, you will be supported to integrate your learning across the program and prepare for your transition into professional practice. Through deep reflection and critical analysis, you will explore the complexities of contemporary social work practice,…
Social Work Research Project
This unit serves as the capstone experience for the Social Work Research Pathway, enabling students to undertake an independent and substantial research projects that builds on their prior study of research methods and design. Under the guidance of academic supervisors,…
Research Pathway Social Work Practicum
This unit is the final placement in the social work degree and serves as a key capstone experience. You will complete a minimum of 500 hours of supervised practice in an agency relevant to social work. Placements are normally undertaken…
Honours
Administrative unit to be used for recording Honours grades and marks…
Common Questions
Students can specialise in areas such as Astrophysics, as demonstrated by student Morgan Febey, who completed her Honours thesis in optical astronomy, studying a close contact binary star system called OY Carinae using the University of Tasmania's Greenhill Observatory.
Physics Honours students have access to the University of Tasmania's Greenhill Observatory, located north of Hobart, which houses 50cm and 1.3m optical telescopes used for astronomical observations and research.
Yes, completing an Honours thesis can lead to PhD opportunities. For example, student Morgan Febey plans to continue studying her Honours subject, OY Carinae, as the focus of a future PhD in the physics department at the University of Tasmania.
According to student Morgan Febey, the Physics department offers incredible support from mentors and teachers, and is noted for the sheer enthusiasm of its physics teachers. She described it as "one of the best faculties at the University."
A strong background in both mathematics and science is beneficial, as Physics students typically major in mathematics and physics. Student Morgan Febey noted she was "very good at maths and science all through school" before pursuing her Bachelor of Science with a specialisation in Physics and Astrophysics.
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