BA and Bachelor of Social Work - History in Darlington Australia | The University of Sydney

This five-year program provides an extensive and adaptable combined degree that certifies you as an accredited social worker while enabling you to broaden your qualifications with complementary majors and minors alongside the Bachelor of Social Work. Although the combined degree mandates a major or minor in Sociology, or a minor in Social Policy, you can select additional majors or minors in diverse fields like diversity studies, gender studies, Indigenous studies, or philosophy. The curriculum integrates social sciences, social policy, and social work theory and practice, with a strong focus on Australian and international social welfare studies. During the final two years, all students complete the professional social work program, which includes two supervised fieldwork placements in various settings under expert practitioners. The program establishes field education learning goals and cultivates values, skills, and knowledge, progressing students from beginners to practitioners who meet the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) Practice Standards.

The History major prepares you to analyze change, consider multiple perspectives, and evaluate varied information sources. Your first year centers on The History Workshop, where small-group classes explore specific historical periods and themes to examine social, cultural, political, or economic transformations. This course introduces historical thinking and foundational skills in an engaging, interactive setting. Alongside this, world history units covering the past millennium offer a broad context for understanding global change and comparisons. In your second and third years, you'll study diverse topics—from gender and conflict to governance and cultural movements, from intellectual history to culinary traditions—across different eras and regions, including medieval times to modernity, and locations from Australia and China to Europe and the Americas. You can tailor your studies to focus on preferred periods and regions. As Australia's most extensive history program, the University of Sydney provides unparalleled course variety. The major concludes with a capstone unit that, based on your interests, delves into historical theory, allows in-depth research on a self-selected topic, or involves collaborating with community organizations to apply historical skills beyond academia.