Bachelor of Children's Services
BChildServ
Course Overview | Course Structure | Entry & Application details | WHY BOND | Requirements for Working with Children
COURSE STRUCTURE
Study plan for a student commencing in the January semester
Study plan for a student commencing in the May semester
Study plan for a student commencing in the September semester
Compulsory Subjects (20)
- ACCT11-100 / MKTG11-100 Introduction to Accounting/Marketing
- CHLD11-101 Early Childhood Development Infants, Toddlers & Young Children
- CHLD11-103 Guiding Young Children’s Behaviour
- CHLD11-108 Health and Safety in Children's Services
- CHLD12-109 Child Protection in Australia
- CHLD12-110 Designing Learning Environments
- CHLD11-700 Professional Experience Children's Services 1
- CHLD11-701 Clinical Internship in Children’s Services
- CHLD12-104 Early Childhood Curriculum
- CHLD12-301 Research Methods in Children’s Services
- CHLD12-700 Professional Experience Children Services 2
- CHLD13-105 Early Childhood Education – Historical Perspectives and Current Trends
- CHLD13-106 Early Childhood Professionals
- CHLD13-300 Research Project in Children’s Services
- COMN11-101 Human Communication
- HLSC11-102 Human Development
- HLSC11-104 Families, Groups and Communities
- HLSC12-101 Nutrition and Health
- HLSC12-122 Developmental Disabilities
- HLSC13-100 Policy and Practice Management
Core Subjects (4)
Students must complete at least one subject from each of the following four discipline clusters:
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Communication (1)
Information Technology (1)
- CORE11-110 Information Technology 1
- CORE11-111 Business Applications of IT
Outcomes: To work effectively with contemporary information technology; to evaluate critically the current and future role of computing technology in the storage, retrieval and processing of information.
Values (1)
- CORE11-120 Cultural and Ethical Values
- CORE11-121 Contemporary Issues in Law and Society
Outcomes: To appreciate the foundation of moral, ethical and social theories and their relevance to issues of public concern and debate; to use theoretical ideas in formulating arguments about how particular issues should be resolved.
Organisations (1)
- CORE11-130 Strategic Management
- CORE11-131 Entrepreneurship
Outcomes: To appreciate the natural, dynamic and strategic positioning of organisations within their environments; to appreciate the nature of effective work in groups.


Outcomes: To communicate effectively in writing, speaking and visual; to understand the nature of communication processes and sources of difficulty in communication.