A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 240 credit points (cp) as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless indicated.

Unit type Credit Points Specific requirements
Core Units
(15 units) 150cp Compulsory Core units totalling 180 credit points as detailed below.
HAD100 Introduction to Disasters, Humanitarian Aid and Development
IAS101 Indigenous Australia
PSY150 Introduction to Psychology A (replaces PSY140 2022)
SWK101 Introduction to Human Services
HAD250 Humanitarian Needs Assessment
HCS261 Fundamentals of Humanitarian Practice (WIL)
IAS201 Cultural Capabilities
IAS222 Global Sociology
MAN204 Project Management
DEM300 Community-Based Risk Management
DEM311 Hazard Analysis, Disaster and Risk Governance in Context (unit title change 2023)
IAS402 Intercultural Practice
SWK301 Working with and Developing Communities
SWK312 Social Research Methods
SWK318 Skills for Regional and Remote Practice

Specialist Electives
(7-9 units) 70-90cp Specialist Elective units totalling 70-90 credit points as detailed below. Students may focus on one area or choose a combination of units from any area.
To receive Australian Community Workers Association (ACWA) professional body recognition students need to include all 90 credit points as specified below in the selection.

HUMAN SERVICES (ACWA accredited major)
Complete all 90 credit points of:
IAS133 Introduction to International Relations
SWK102 Communication Skills
SWK201 Human Service Organisations
IAS352 Practices and Skills in Indigenous Community Work
SWK313 Engaging with Individuals and Families in Partnership
SWK316 Building Safe Communities
HCS351 Professional Practice Placement (20 cp)
HCS365 From Theory to Practice - Aid and Development

INDIGENOUS ENGAGEMENT
IAS102 Northern Exposure
IAS161 Language Studies 1
IAS202 Northern Futures
IAS242 Indigenous Governance and Leadership
IAS351 Indigenous Networking and Collaboration
IAS352 Practices and Skills in Indigenous Community Work (added 2022)
IAS353 Indigenous Cultures and the Environment

SKILLS FOR HUMANITARIAN PRACTICE
IAS122 Ethics and Happiness (unit title change 2022)
IAS133 Introduction to International Relations
ENV202 Introductory Remote Sensing
ENV208 Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Thinking
LWA221 Human Rights Law (No longer offered 2021)
DEM312 Interdisciplinary Aspects of Emergency and Disaster Management

DEVELOPMENT IN PRACTICE
CUC100 Academic Literacies Through Exploring Sustainability
MAN105 Introduction to Management
QAB105 Business Research Methods
MAN203 Comparative Management Systems (replaces MAN212 from 2022)
SWK316 Building Safe Communities (added 2022)
IAS336 Major Issues in Contemporary Indonesia
IAS404 In-Country Placement

Electives

(0-2 units)

0-20cp
Students may take up to 20 credit points of elective units which are are selected from undergraduate units offered by CDU, including units offered within the Bachelor of Humanitarian Aid and Development program.

When selecting electives, choose units at a suitable level. The first number in each unit code indicates the level at which the subject is taught.

Undergraduate units are coded at 100 to 300 level, therefore units coded as IAS1xx, IAS2xx and IAS3xx would be first, second and third units respectively.

Note: Students must not exceed 100 credit points at 100 level.
Note: Students who have selected the Human Services major cannot undertake general elective units.

240cp Total Credit Points