Contents
ORIENTATION 2012 1
COURSE INDUCTION BOOKLET 1
Contents 2
CSU Orientation Website 3
COMMUNICATION 4
Student Central 4
Student.csu 4
eBox 4
Subject Outlines 4
Subject and Course Forums 4
WELCOME 5
SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS AND PRIZES 8
CSU Scholarships 8
Faculty and School Awards and Prizes 8
Competitions 8
View sites of interest by clicking on the following links 8
PRINCIPAL DATES 10
TIMETABLE FOR ON CAMPUS STUDENTS 10
THE FACULTY 11
Structure of the Faculty 11
THE SCHOOL 13
Structure of the School 13
Graduate Testimonials 13
CSU STUDENT GENERAL INFORMATION 15
CSU Student Charter 15
Graduate Attributes 15
CSU Commitment to Undergraduates 15
CSU Study Support 15
Academic Regulations 16
Academic Advice website 16
Avoiding Plagiarism 16
CSU Card 17
CSU Library Services 17
eStudent Support 17
Maintaining Your Personal Details 17
HECS/FEE HELP 18
My Degree Planner 18
Online Enrolment 18
How to Enrol Online 18
Map of School and Campus 19
Terminology 19
COURSE STRUCTURES 20
Frequently Asked Questions 21
Please click on the following links to read specific course information 22
IMPORTANT WEBSITE ADDRESSES 23
CSU Orientation Website
If you haven’t already logged on to our online orientation website
COMMUNICATION
Student Central
Student Central is the first point of contact for enrolled students to access all non-teaching services at CSU. Please submit an online enquiry form or search our Knowledge Base at; http://cp-csu.talismaonline.com/
Many of your questions can be answered by the information maintained in our Knowledge Base. This information is updated weekly by experts across CSU. You can call Student Central on 1800 Ask CSU (1800 275 278) or go to www.csu.edu.au/student/central. Internal calls: 37507 Fax: 02 63386599. Calls from outside Australia can be made to +61 2 69337508.
Types of enquiries that enrolled students can make at Student Central include:
· help accessing your personal records or changing your details
· assistance changing your enrolment
· HECS/FEE Help
· making counseling and learning skills appointments
· problems accessing your CSU websites
· applications for leave of absence, grade reviews, withdrawals
· accommodation information
· questions on your financial balances
· assistance when DE packages have not been received
· guidance when you don’t know where to go or who to speak with
Student.csu
Student.csu is your personalised portal to the full range of online services and facilities for
CSU students and staff. For more information visit the orientation webpage: Core online learning tools
To access student.csu go to CSU student website: http://student.csu.edu.au/home
You will need your username and password to access student.csu and all other secure CSU online services.
eBox
eBox is the CSU communications system for sending and tracking official messages or correspondence. For more information visit the orientation essentials webpage: eBox
Subject Outlines
By the first week of every session, for each subject, you will be provided with a Subject Outline which is available online through your subject Interact sites. The subject outline will give you details about the subject, what its objectives are, and the assessment items in it, contact details for staff etc. This is an important document, which you should read thoroughly and refer to as an indication of your formal requirements in the subject. http://interact.csu.edu.au/portal
Subject and Course Forums
As an enrolled student you have access to subject and course forums which you can connect to through student.csu or subject interact site. Subject forums are available for each subject in which you are enrolled. These forums are where you can communicate with other students in your subject and with the Subject Co-ordinator. Course forums are available for some courses. These forums are for communication with other students in the same course, as well as your Course Director. Forums are a great way to form networks and to obtain useful information about what is happening in your course or subject. Messages in regard to subject availability, workshops and career opportunities may be posted here. Students often use subject forums to discuss assignment tasks, or to plan attendance at workshops.
WELCOME
Dean – Anthony Cahalan
I would like to welcome all new students and send my congratulations on having chosen to study a course offered by the Faculty of Arts at Charles Sturt University. You are joining a large and diverse Faculty with 10,000 students and over 300 academic and general staff. We offer a wide range of courses in humanities and social sciences, communication and creative industries, policing and security, psychology, theology and Islamic studies. Our graduates are prepared for employment across Australia and beyond, and we take pride in the quality of their preparation and their success.
I hope you will make the most of every opportunity that University study provides in your course, in the CSU online learning environment and in the range of additional social and community activities that you will find on our teaching campuses.
I wish you every success in your studies at Charles Sturt University.
Professor Anthony Cahalan
Dean, Faculty of Arts
Charles Sturt University
Head of School – Jennifer McKinnon
Welcome to the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Ours is a very diverse School with courses in Justice Studies, English, History, Social Work, Sociology, Gerontology, Leisure & Health, and Philosophy. We look forward to you having a very positive educational experience and I encourage you to keep in good contact with your subject coordinator. Best wishes for a fantastic year of learning and friendship in 2012.
Associate Professor Jennifer McKinnon
Course Director - Bill Anscombe
Social work is the profession committed to the pursuit of social justice, to the enhancement of the quality of life and the development of the full potential of each individual, group and community in society. I am delighted that you have chosen to enter this profession and delighted that you are studying at Charles Sturt University. In academic tradition, we value the preservation, dissemination and discovery of knowledge and seek to use that to deliver the University motto: for the public good.
The Social Work and Human Services courses aim to deliver high quality graduates with abilities in thinking, doing and being that are able to work across the very broad areas of human need. While my own background as a social worker has been in Corrections and Child Protection, you will find on our staff a variety of vocational interests that include medical social work, international social work, individual and family counselling, policy development, research, drug and alcohol and mental health expertise, disability expertise, poverty alleviation, housing expertise, cross-cultural expertise, school social work and much, much more.
As Course Director, I am excited that you are joining us in the journey of learning and in the service of people. I hope that your years at the University will be really enriching, challenging, insightful and instructive. You have started on a great journey in the Human Services that I commenced over forty years ago- and which is new and enjoyable every day. Every best wish for your study with us.
Course Director Dr John Gaffey
As course director for Justice Studies I would like to welcome you to CSU and what is a broad and expanding field of study. Justice Studies is comprised of several complementary disciplines and accordingly throughout your studies you will be exposed to a wide range of topics and ideas. We offer subjects that deal with the law, the causes of crime, policing, juvenile justice, corrections and more. This multi-disciplinary approach underpins both of the main justice studies degrees – the Bachelor of Social Science (Criminal Justice) and the Bachelor of Justice Studies (Policing).
Accordingly, throughout your studies you will meet and be taught by staff that come from a variety of professional and academic backgrounds, many of whom bring significant ‘real world’ experience to their teaching. Further, as a justice studies graduate you will be equipped to enter into one of the many justice based professions available to graduates – a field which is constantly expanding.
Justice Studies is an academic discipline that can change the way you understand the world and will cast new light on many of the things you see happening around you every day. Accordingly, it is a discipline that you will get the most from by approaching it with an open and inquiring mind, which I encourage you to do. I would like to wish you good luck with your studies and I look forward to seeing you around campus and in class.
Course Director Dr John O’Carroll
I am the Course Director for the Bachelor of Arts (as well as the double degree in secondary teaching) and the Bachelor of Liberal Studies. The Bachelor of Arts is offered on both Bathurst and Wagga campuses, and it is also offered in Distance mode. Note though that not all subjects or disciplines are available internally on all campuses. The Bachelor of Liberal Studies is offered at Wagga and by distance education.
You should feel free, as a student, to explore our offerings, and we will help you to make your journey a meaningful and challenging one. We have tried to make this possible for you in two quite different ways in these two Bachelor degrees. Where the Bachelor of Liberal Studies has an almost totally open structure, allowing you the flexibility to choose your own areas of study, the Bachelor of Arts takes through you established fields of your choice, but from their very foundations.
For many students starting out on their journey, the sheer range of studies can seem confusing, so a few words might help you make sense of it all. The Bachelor of Arts includes studies from leading disciplines inside the humanities and social sciences. A discipline is an intellectually defined area of study (the basic forms of which you have already encountered in school subjects such as English and History). By studying within a discipline, you acquire advanced analytic skills, as well as the intellectual flexibility that modern life and the modern workplace demands. The skills of the particular disciplines range from the reasoning skills of philosophers, the interpretative and writing abilities of literature scholars, all the way through to the skills of quantitative analysis in psychology. Your journey is your own, and the degree is framed so that you are not confined to one discipline area. The Bachelor of Arts makes sense of the world of life, work, and leisure, and it equips you for this world by developing your skills of inquiry, analysis, and critical judgement.
A word on my own areas: I am a lecturer in Literature and Communication. I teach on the Bathurst campus, and I teach at all levels of the degree (in fact, I especially love teaching first year subjects, and seeing you all embark on the different routes to your different careers). My fields of research traverse the humanities and social sciences – I write on literature, of course, but also, on social issues ranging from secularism to multiculturalism. On a more practical note: in the document below, do take the time to click on the Bachelor of Arts to find out all the exciting areas of study available to you. There is a world of knowledge awaiting you. Welcome to our university, and I want to wish you all the best in your studies –whatever they might be!
Course Director Mike Collingridge
I am the Course Director for undergraduate distance mode programs such as the BSocSci (Social Welfare), Bachelor of Social Work and Bachelor of Health Science (Leisure and Health) degrees, as well as several postgraduate programs in the Human Services area. One of my main tasks is to help you negotiate your way through the complexities of your course progress whilst studying at CSU, so please do not hesitate to contact me or to use the many resources mentioned in this booklet.
Welcome to CSU and a particular welcome to those joining one of our many human services programs. I am sure you will find the experience valuable, fulfilling and, above all, enjoyable.
For all course related enquires please contact
SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS AND PRIZES
CSU Scholarships
For information about the full range of scholarships available to Charles Sturt University students please visit the Scholarships webpage www.csu.edu.au/oncampus/help-with-costs/scholarships
Faculty and School Awards and Prizes
Scholarships
For further details click on the following links –
Undergraduate Scholarships for Students on Wagga Campus
Fee-Waiver Scholarships for Part-time RHD Students
Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health S.A.R.R.A.H
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Human Services/Social Work Student Scholarship
The Lila Kirilik Human Services/Social Work Scholarship
St Martins College – Residents Only
Awards
Student Awards In Social Justice Lila Kirilik
Anglicare Regional Alliance Prize
Competitions
Making a difference
View sites of interest by clicking on the following links
CSU Global - Study Overseas
Social Work – Bus Trip
India Program
CSU Social Work Club
Social work students at CSU have a Social work club that is run by and for the students of Social Work. It is a club that is affiliated with the Rivcol Student Representative Council and it’s governance is supported by the SRC. Your participation in the club would be most welcomed. The activities include social events, child sponsorship, advocacy and the development of student initiatives that advance social justice for others. The Social Work club is also a point of consultation when student representation or opinions are needed on School Board and other Committees of the University requiring Social Work input.
The contact person for the SRC is
Mr Chris ROCHEPosition: / Student Support Officer
Department: / Student Services Office
Int. Phone: / 32785
Phone: / (02) 6933 2785
Int. Fax: / 32199
Campus: / Wagga
Bldg./Room: / 020/338
Email: /
Your academic contact is Dr AW (Bill) Anscombe at or 69332631.
Membership to the club can be obtained at http://www.csu.edu.au/division/studserv/my-life/support/clubs/social-clubs/campus/wagga and the annual cost is $10.
Refugee Action Support (RAS)
For the last two years Social Work students have been participating voluntarily in the Refugee Action Support Programme. RAS is a successful literacy tutoring initiative in which volunteer pre-service teachers and pre-service social workers are recruited and trained to provide weekly one-to-one or small group support for young refugee students enrolled in high schools and primary schools. The volunteer tutors provide this support and allow the students to scaffold language and learning requirements. Run in conjunction with the Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation and the NSW Department of Education and Communities, this programme offers a great opportunity to learn new skill while assisting refugee children and young people. Your participation in this most worthwhile activity would be very welcome. Your University contact initially is Dr AW (Bill) Anscombe at or 69332631.