Subject focus: Programmes in Education and Human Services

Experience the satisfaction and rewards of helping people

As a Griffith health student, you will take the first steps in your career path through a blend of classroom learning and clinical placements in community health and hospital settings, complemented by sophisticated on-campus simulated learning and experiences in world-leading virtual reality teaching environments.

Human services professionals are concerned with improving people's social, economic, personal and communal wellbeing. They seek to promote social inclusion and achieve equity, social justice, interdependence and human rights for people who are adversely affected by social and economic factors.

At Griffith, you'll learn about human services in a personal atmosphere through hands-on experience and from experts with strong links to the health sector, government and community.

You will study the processes and structures that relate to providing services in specialist areas such as childcare, education, welfare, development and learning, family studies and child protection, and learn about ethics in child and family services.

Acquire a deep understanding of how to serve the community

If helping people in need is your calling, and you want to make positive contributions to their lives, we will prepare you to take the lead in human services occupations.

With our wide range of specialisations, professional practice placements, and teachers recognised for their expertise in the field, there's no better place than Griffith to study human services.

Studying here, you'll be inspired and encouraged by a multidisciplinary team of lecturers with wide-ranging professional and practice backgrounds - youth, family and community, working with older people, rehabilitation, disability studies, Indigenous practice, social work, psychology, education and early childhood.

You will learn the strategies and techniques of intervention and an understanding of ethics and professional practice. You will also get real world experience through external projects and a professional placement in your final year.

Our graduates enter the workforce as in-demand professionals with the vision and enthusiasm to make a difference in the lives of children, families and communities.

Programme details

Duration: 3 years

Start dates: Trimester 1 (February) and trimester 2 (July)

Campus: Gold Coast

Tuition Fees (2018 indicative): AU$28,500 per year

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A rewarding teaching career starts here

You can be sure you are choosing a rewarding and exciting future when you study education at Griffith – we are producing the next generation of teachers and education solutions. This degree will qualify you to teach children in either primary and secondary schools.

Griffith is among the best for education graduate success rates in Australia and our School of Education and Professional Studies is ranked in the top 100 worldwide. Our education degrees span all levels of learning, from early childhood, primary and middle school, right through to high school, adult and vocational education. We also offer specialist programmes in high-demand areas, including special education and autism studies through our Autism Centre of Excellence.

Benefit from our powerful partnerships

You will earn a degree that’s held in high regard in the education sector, and benefit from our strong links with schools and industry partners. You will have the opportunity to engage with experts who are moving education forward in priority areas, including teaching literacy and developing teachers as researchers.

Enjoy flexibility and choice

You can complete a Bachelor of Education in just three and a half years, giving you a flying start in the teaching profession. The foundation first year of this degree enables you to select early, delay your choice, or even change your mind about your career path as a primary or secondary school teacher.

The foundation first year will develop your understanding of the key disciplines supporting the national framework for learning and teaching. During the first year you will gain a comprehensive understanding of fundamental teaching principles, with a focus on digital learning.

From the second year, you can choose to pursue primary or secondary education. As part of your studies you’ll undertake professional practice including observation and participation in schools, practice teaching, internships and community field studies every year, ensuring you graduate with a wealth of practical experience and networks.

Curriculum areas covered in primary education include history and geography, the way language develops and works, mathematics, science and technology, health and physical education and the arts. You’ll also have the option to study a double major in special needs education, or complement your study with a minor in English, health and physical education, mathematics or science.

Programme details

Duration: 4 years full-time equivalent offered over 3.5 years

Start date: Trimester 1 (February)

Campus: Gold Coast, Logan or Mount Gravatt

Tution Fees (2018 indicative): AU$27,000 per year

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