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2025

SB1:

Code	Unit Name	Textbook
11739	Counselling Theory and Approaches	Corey, G. (2023) Theory and practice of Counselling and Psychotherapy, International Global Edition (11th Ed.) Brooks/Cole
11741	Principles of Ethical Conduct in Counselling	Corey, G., Corey, M.S., & Corey, C. (2023). Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions (11th ed.). Stamford, CT: Brooks/ Cole.
11745	Loss, Grief and Trauma in Counselling	Trauma counseling: theories and interventions for managing trauma, stress, crisis, and disaster & Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy: A Handbook for the Mental Health Practitioner
11746	Counselling Placement A - Putting it all into Practice	No textbook
11747	Counselling Placement B - Masters Practicum	No textbook
11966	STEM and Design Thinking	No required text
11970	Leading Learning, Teaching and Curriculum	No required text
11973	Educational Research Foundations	Robson, C., & McCartan, K. (2016). Real World Research (4th ed.). Wiley. & Recommended text: Johnson, R. B., & Christensen, L. B. (2019). Educational Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Approaches (7th ed.). SAGE.
11432	Dispute Management	Spencer, David, Principles of Dispute Resolution (LawBook Co, 3rd Ed, 2020).
11438	Corporations Law	Elizabeth Boros and John Duns, Corporate Law (4th ed, Oxford University Press, 2022).
11439	Property Law	Anthony Moore, Scott Grattan and Lynden Griggs, Australian Real Property Law (Thomson-Reuters Lawbook, 7th ed, 2020)
11470	Law Reform and Social Change	No textbook
11751	Legal Methods and Skills	David Hamer, Judith Jones, Patrick O’Mara, Belinda Smith and Tristan Taylor, Laying Down the Law (LexisNexis 12th Ed, 2023). & Kath Hall and Claire Macken, Legislation and Statutory Interpretation (LexisNexis, 5th ed, 2021).
11757	Legal Research Project B	No textbook
11790	Foundations of Public Policy	No textbook required.
11793	Data Analytics and Public Policy	No textbook required.
11794	Policy Analysis and Evaluation	No textbook required.
11798	Leadership Risk and Managing Change	Donella H. Meadows, Thinking in Systems: A Primer (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2008) & McCaffrie, B., Grattan, M., & Wallace, C. (Eds.). (2023). The Morrison Government : Governing through crisis, 2019-2022. NewSouth Publishing.
12013	Working with Diverse Communities	Howard, A., Rawsthorne, M., Joseph, P., Terare, M., Sampson, D. & Katrak Harris, M. (2023). Social work and human services responsibilities in a time of climate change: Country, community and complexity. Taylor & Francis Group. & Howard, A. & Rawsthorne, M. (2020). Everyday community practice: principles and practice. Allen and Unwin Australia.
12017	Research & Evaluation in Social Work Practice	Dunk-West, P. & Saxton, K. (2024). Qualitative Social Research: Critical Methods for Social Change. Routledge. & Rawsthorne, M., Tseris, E., Howard, A., Terare, M. & Sharma, A. (2023). Using Social Research for Social Justice: An Introduction for Social Work and Human Services. Routledge. & Tuhiwai Smith, L. (2013). Decolonizing methodologies: Research and Indigenous peoples. Zed Books.

SB2:

Code	Unit Name	Textbook
11739	Counselling Theory and Approaches	Corey, G. (2023) Theory and practice of Counselling and Psychotherapy, International Global Edition (11th Ed.) Brooks/Cole
11740	Core Counselling Skills	Geldard, D., Geldard, K., Yin Foo, R. (2022). Basic personal counselling: A training manual for counsellors. (9th ed.). Pearson/Prentice-Hall.
11741	Principles of Ethical Conduct in Counselling	Corey, G., Corey, M.S., & Corey, C. (2023). Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions (11th ed.). Stamford, CT: Brooks/ Cole.
11742	Diversity Inclusion Respect	Hutton, V. & Sisko, S. (2020). Multicultural responsiveness in counselling and psychology: Working with Australian populations. Palgrave Macmillan.
11743	Introduction to Placement and Supervision	No textbook
11744	Counselling Skills in Practice PG including F2F intensive	McLeod, J. (2019). An Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy — Theory, Research and Practice (6th ed.). Open University Press.
11745	Loss, Grief and Trauma in Counselling	Trauma counseling: theories and interventions for managing trauma, stress, crisis, and disaster & Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy: A Handbook for the Mental Health Practitioner
11746	Counselling Placement A - Putting it all into Practice	No textbook
11747	Counselling Placement B - Masters Practicum	No textbook
11748	Understanding Mental Health	Hungerford, C., Hodgson, D.Clancy, R. Murphy, K. Doyle, K. (2021) Mental Health Care (4th Ed.) Wiley. & Patterson, J. Griffith, J.J.Edwards, T.M. (2021) The Therapist's Guide to Psychopharmacology (3ed.) Guilford Press.
11749	Next Level Counselling Skills	There is no set text but we highly recommend this as a quick reference. & Ellis, S. (2021). Five Minutes a Day to an Upgraded Therapy Practice, Transtheoretical Tips to Help You Make the Most of Each Session. Routledge.
11750	Creative Practices in Counselling	Sharpe, T. (2022). Creative counselling, Creative tools and Interventions to nurture therapeutic relationships. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
11988	Professional Placement (Part A)	No textbook
11989	Professional Placement (Part B)	No textbook
11425	Workplace Law in Context	Andrew Stewart, Stewart's Guide to Employment Law (The Federation Press, 7th ed, 2021). & Supplements to the 7th edition are also available on-line at the Federation Press and will be made available on the unit site. (Students should purchase this book)
11432	Dispute Management	Spencer, David, Principles of Dispute Resolution (LawBook Co, 3rd Ed, 2020).
11433	Lawyers and Professional Responsibility	No textbook
11434	Contract Law	Andrew Robertson and Jeannie Paterson, Principles of Contract Law (Lawbook Co, 6th ed, 2020)
11435	Torts Law	Bernadette Richards and Melissa de Zwart, Tort Law Principles (Thomson Reuters, 2nd, 2017)
11436	Criminal Law and Procedure	John Anderson et al. Criminal Law Perspectives: From Principles to Practice (Cambridge University Press, 2021)
11437	Constitutional Law	Luke Beck, Australian Constitutional Law: Concepts and Cases (Cambridge University Press, 2nd ed, 2024) ISBN: 9781009326605
11438	Corporations Law	Elizabeth Boros and John Duns, Corporate Law (4th ed, Oxford University Press, 2022).
11439	Property Law	Anthony Moore, Scott Grattan and Lynden Griggs, Australian Real Property Law (Thomson-Reuters Lawbook, 7th ed, 2020)
11440	Legal Theory	No textbook
11441	Administrative Law	Leighton McDonald, Kristen Rundle and Emily Hammond, Principles of Administrative Law (Oxford University Press, 4th ed, 2023)
11444	Evidence Law	Hum, Fiona, Gregor Urbas and Ottavio Quirico, Australian Uniform Evidence Law (Cambridge University Press, 2nd ed, 2022)
11445	Legal Research and Writing Skills	Jay Sanderson, Drossos Stamboulakis and Kim Keeley. A Practical Guide to Legal Research (LawBook Co, 5th Ed, 2021)
11448	Law Internship	No textbook
11459	Intellectual Property Law	Davison, Monotti and Wiseman, Australian Intellectual Property Law (Cambridge University Press, 4th ed, 2020)
11460	International Law	Emily Crawford, Alison Pert, Ben Saul (Eds). 2023. Public International Law.
11470	Law Reform and Social Change	No textbook
11471	Law, Innovation and Technologies	No textbook
11751	Legal Methods and Skills	David Hamer, Judith Jones, Patrick O’Mara, Belinda Smith and Tristan Taylor, Laying Down the Law (LexisNexis 12th Ed, 2023). & Kath Hall and Claire Macken, Legislation and Statutory Interpretation (LexisNexis, 5th ed, 2021).
11752	Legal Systems	David Hamer, Judith Jones, Patrick O’Mara, Belinda Smith and Tristan Taylor, Laying Down the Law (LexisNexis, 12th ed, 2023) & Kath Hall and Claire Macken, Legal Systems (incomplete data)
11753	Civil Procedure	Stephen Colbran and Peta Spender. Civil Procedure: Commentary and Materials (LexisNexis, 8th ed, 2022)
11754	Negotiation	Alexander, Nadja, Jill Howieson, and Kenneth Fox, Negotiation: Strategy Style Skills (Lexis Nexis, 3rd ed. 2015)
11755	Equity and Trusts	Peter Radan and Cameron Stewart, Principles of Australian Equity & Trusts (LexisNexis, 5th ed, 2021)
11756	Legal Research Project A	No textbook
11757	Legal Research Project B	No textbook
11758	Human Rights Law	Judge Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade and Damián A. González-Salzberg, International Law of Human Rights (OUP, 2024)
11790	Foundations of Public Policy	No textbook required.
11791	Equity, Leadership and Policy	No textbook required.
11792	Evidence Based Policy Analysis	Stoker, G & Evans, M (eds) (2016) Evidence-Based Policy Making in the Social Sciences. Policy Press. & Peters, B. and Fontaine, G (eds) (2020) Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Comparative Policy Analysis, Edward Elgar.
11793	Data Analytics and Public Policy	No textbook required.
11794	Policy Analysis and Evaluation	No textbook required.
11795	Communicating Policy Expertise	OECD (2021). OECD report on public communication: The global context and the way forward. OECD Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1787/22f8031c-en
11796	Co-Design and Deliberative Engagement	No textbook required.
11797	Public Policy Governance and Law	No textbook required.
11798	Leadership Risk and Managing Change	Donella H. Meadows, Thinking in Systems: A Primer (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2008) & McCaffrie, B., Grattan, M., & Wallace, C. (Eds.). (2023). The Morrison Government: Governing through crisis, 2019-2022. NewSouth Publishing.
11799	Contemporary Policy Issues	No textbook required.
11800	Applied Policy Report	No textbook required.
11965	STEM Pedagogy	No required text
11966	STEM and Design Thinking	No required text
11967	Spatial Thinking	No required text
11969	Leadership and Change in Education	Brooks, Jeffrey, Normore, Anthony. (2018) Foundations of educational leadership: developing excellent and equitable schools
11970	Leading Learning, Teaching and Curriculum	No required text
11971	Leading and Developing Educators	Dinham, S. (2016). Leading Learning and teaching. ACER Press.
11972	Educational Management and Administration	No required text
11973	Educational Research Foundations	Robson, C., & McCartan, K. (2016). Real World Research (4th ed.). Wiley. Recommended text: Johnson, R. B., & Christensen, L. B. (2019). Educational Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Approaches (7th ed.). SAGE.
11974	Inclusion in Education	Graham, L. (Ed.). (2019). Inclusive Education for the 21st Century: Theory, policy and practice (1st ed.). & Loreman, T., Deppeler, J. M., & Harvey, D. H. (2005). Inclusive Education: A Practical Guide to Supporting Diversity in the Classroom. (1 ed.) Allen & Unwin.
11975	Wellbeing in Education	Street, H. (2018). Contextual Wellbeing: Creating Positive Schools from the Inside Out. Subiaco, WA: WISE Solutions.
11976	Professional Practice Capstone	No required text
12012	Social Work in Global, Regional and Local Contexts	Chenoweth, L. and McAuliffe, D., (2023). The Road to Social Work and Human Service Practice 7th edition. Melbourne, Cengage Learning Australia. & Bennett, B. & Green, S. (2019). Our Voices: Aboriginal Social Work. 2nd Edition. Bloomsbury.
12013	Working with Diverse Communities	Howard, A., Rawsthorne, M., Joseph, P., Terare, M., Sampson, D. & Katrak Harris, M. (2023). Social work and human services responsibilities in a time of climate change: Country, community and complexity. Taylor & Francis Group. & Howard, A. & Rawsthorne, M. (2020). Everyday community practice: principles and practice. Allen and Unwin Australia.
12014	Psychosocial Health across the Lifecycle	All optional readings and they will be available through the UC Library: & Duckett, S. (2022). The Australin Health Care System (6th Ed). Oxford University Press & Liamputtong, P. (2019). Social Determinants of Health. Oxford University Press & Hepworth, D.H., Rooney, R.H., Rooney, G.D., Strom-Gottfried, K. (2017). Direct Social Work Practice: Theory and Skills (10th Ed). Cengage Learning & Coady, N. & Lehmann, P. (2016). Theoretical Perspectives for Direct Social Work Practice: A Generalist-Eclectic Approach. Springer Publishing Company
12015	Ethical & Legal Contexts of Social Work Practice	Required chapters from the textbooks below. We use each minimally throughout the unit and you can access them through the UC library without purchasing. Maylea, C. (2019). Social Work and the Law: A Guide for Ethical Practice. Bloomsbury Publishing & Ife, J., Soldatic, K., & Briskman, L. (2022). Human Rights and Social Work: Towards Rights Based Practice (4th Ed). Cambridge University Press. & Pease, B. (2020). Doing Critical Social Work: Transformative Practices for Social Justice. Routledge, London & Marson, S. & McKinney, R. (2018). The Routledge Handbook of Social Work Ethics and Values. Routledge, London.
12016	Theoretical Approaches to Social Work Practice	No textbook. Individual chapters pulled from multiple textbooks which are available through the library
12017	Research & Evaluation in Social Work Practice	Dunk-West, P. & Saxton, K. (2024). Qualitative Social Research: Critical Methods for Social Change. Routledge. & Rawsthorne, M., Tseris, E., Howard, A., Terare, M. & Sharma, A. (2023). Using Social Research for Social Justice: An Introduction for Social Work and Human Services. Routledge. & Tuhiwai Smith, L. (2013). Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples. Zed Books.
12018	Policy Development, Leadership & Organisational Practice
12019	Trauma Informed Social Work Practice	Goelitz, A. (2020). From Trauma to Healing (2nd ed.). Taylor & Francis. & Tucci, J. et al. (2024). The Handbook of Trauma-Transformative Practice. Jessica Kingsley.
12020	Working with Families, Children and Young People
12021	Groupwork Practice in Social Work
12022	Field Education Placement 1	No textbook. Any optional resources will be made available through the library
12023	Field Education Placement 2	No textbook. Any optional resources will be made available through the library

SB3:

Code	Unit Name	Textbook
11739	Counselling Theory and Approaches	Corey, G. (2023) Theory and practice of Counselling and Psychotherapy, International Global Edition (11th Ed.) Brooks/Cole
11741	Principles of Ethical Conduct in Counselling	Corey, G., Corey, M.S., & Corey, C. (2023). Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions (11th ed.). Stamford, CT: Brooks/ Cole.
11744	Counselling Skills in Practice PG including F2F intensive	McLeod, J. (2019). An Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy — Theory, Research and Practice (6th ed.). Open University Press. & Sommers-Flanagan, J., & Sommers-Flanagan, R. (2021). Suicide assessment and treatment planning : a strengths-based approach. American Counseling Association. ISBN:9781556204050; 1-119-78360-7
11746	Counselling Placement A - Putting it all into Practice	No textbook.
11747	Counselling Placement B - Masters Practicum	No textbook. Individual chapters pulled from multiple textbooks which are available through the library.
11750	Creative Practices in Counselling	Sharpe, T. (2022). Creative counselling, Creative tools and Interventions to nurture therapeutic relationships. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
11988	Professional Placement (Part A)	No textbook.
11989	Professional Placement (Part B)	No textbook.
11435	Torts Law	Martin Davies, Ian Malkin and Tania Voon, Focus: Torts (LexisNexis, 10th, 2024).
11459	Intellectual Property Law	Davison, Monotti and Wiseman, Australian Intellectual Property Law (Cambridge University Press, 4th ed, 2020).
11460	International Law	Emily Crawford, Alison Pert, Ben Saul (Eds). 2023. Public International Law.
11751	Legal Methods and Skills	David Hamer, Judith Jones, Patrick O’Mara, Belinda Smith and Tristan Taylor, Laying Down the Law (LexisNexis 12th Ed, 2023). & Kath Hall and Claire Macken, Legislation and Statutory Interpretation (LexisNexis, 5th ed, 2021).
11755	Equity and Trusts	Peter Radan and Cameron Stewart, Principles of Australian Equity & Trusts (LexisNexis, 5th ed, 2021).
11756	Legal Research Project A	No textbook.
11792	Evidence Based Policy Analysis	Stoker, G & Evans, M (eds) (2016) Evidence-Based Policy Making in the Social Sciences. Policy Press. & Peters, B. and Fontaine, G. (eds) (2020) Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Comparative Policy Analysis, Edward Elgar.
11796	Co-Design and Deliberative Engagement	No textbook required.
11800	Applied Policy Report	No textbook required.
11968	STEM Practices and Learning Opportunities	No required text.
11969	Leadership and Change in Education	Brooks, Jeffrey, Normore, Anthony. (2018) Foundations of educational leadership: developing excellent and equitable schools.
11975	Wellbeing in Education	No required text.
12015	Ethical & Legal Contexts of Social Work Practice	Required chapters from the textbooks below. We use each minimally throughout the unit and you can access them through the UC library without purchasing. & Maylea, C. (2019). Social Work and the Law: A Guide for Ethical Practice. Bloomsbury Publishing. & Ife, J., Soldatic, K., & Briskman, L. (2022). Human Rights and Social Work: Towards Rights Based Practice (4th Ed). Cambridge University Press. & Pease, B. (2020). Doing Critical Social Work: Transformative Practices for Social Justice. Routledge, London. & Marson, S. & McKinney, R. (2018). The Routledge Handbook of Social Work Ethics and Values. Routledge, London.
12016	Theoretical Approaches to Social Work Practice	No textbook. Individual chapters pulled from multiple textbooks which are available through the library.
12022	Field Education Placement 1	No textbook. Any optional resources will be made available through the library.
12023	Field Education Placement 2	No textbook. Any optional resources will be made available through the library.

SB4:

Code	Unit Name	Textbook
11740	Core Counselling Skills	Geldard, D., Geldard, K., Yin Foo, R. (2022). Basic personal counselling: A training manual for counsellors. (9th ed.).  Pearson/Prentice-Hall.
11742	Diversity Inclusion Respect	Hutton, V. & Sisko, S. (2020). Multicultural responsiveness in counselling and psychology: Working with Australian populations. Palgrave Macmillan.
11745	Loss, Grief and Trauma in Counselling	Lopez Levers, L. (Ed.). (2022). Trauma Counseling: Theories and Interventions (2nd ed). Springer. & Worden, W.J. (2018). Grief Counselling and grief therapy. A handbook for the Mental Health Practitioner (5th ed). Springer.
11746	Counselling Placement A - Putting it all into Practice	No textbook.
11747	Counselling Placement B - Masters Practicum	No textbook.
11748	Understanding Mental Health	Hungerford, C., Hodgson, D.Clancy,R. Murphy,K. Doyle,K. (2021) Mental Health Care (4th Ed.) Wiley. & Patterson, J. Griffith, J.J.Edwards, T.M. (2021) The Therapist's Guide to Psychopharmacology (3ed.) Guilford Press.
11988	Professional Placement (Part A)	No textbook.
11989	Professional Placement (Part B)	No textbook.
11425	Workplace Law in Context	Andrew Stewart, Stewart's Guide to Employment Law (The Federation Press, 7th ed, 2021). Supplements to the 7th edition are also available on-line at the Federation Press and will be made available on the unit site. (Students should purchase this book).
11437	Constitutional Law	Luke Beck, Australian Constitutional Law: Concepts and Cases (Cambridge University Press, 2nd ed, 2024). ISBN: 9781009326605
11440	Legal Theory	No textbook.
11752	Legal Systems	David Hamer, Judith Jones, Patrick O’Mara, Belinda Smith and Tristan Taylor, Laying Down the Law (Lexis Nexis, 12th ed, 2023). & Kath Hall and Claire Macken, Legislation and Statutory Interpretation (LexisNexis, 6th ed, 2020).
11753	Civil Procedure	Stephen Colbran and Peta Spender. Civil Procedure: Commentary and Materials (LexisNexis, 8th ed, 2022).
11757	Data Analytics and Public Policy	No textbook.
11793	Data Analytics and Public Policy	No textbook.
11794	Policy Analysis and Evaluation	No textbook.
11797	Public Policy Governance and Law	No textbook.
11801	Public Policy Research Project	Majchrzak, A., & Markus, M. (2014). Design policy recommendations. SAGE Publications, Ltd, https://doi.org/10.4135/ ISBN 978-1-4129-9780-5
11967	Spatial Thinking	No textbook.
11972	Educational Management and Administration	No textbook.
11976	Professional Practice Capstone	No textbook.
12012	Social Work in Global, Regional and Local Contexts	Chenoweth, L. and McAuliffe, D., (2023). The Road to Social Work and Human Service Practice 7th edition. Melbourne, Cengage Learning Australia. & Bennett, B. & Green, S. (2019). Our Voices: Aboriginal Social Work. 2nd Edition. Bloomsbury. – There are several readings included from this book and although it is not flagged as a core text initially, this is a really important text that will support students with their assessments and particularly with Assessment 3.
12017	Research & Evaluation in Social Work Practice	Dunk-West, P. & Saxton, K. (2024). Qualitative Social Research: Critical Methods for Social Change. Routledge. & Rawsthorne, M., Tseris, E., Howard, A., Terare, M. & Sharma, A. (2023). Using Social Research for Social Justice: An Introduction for Social Work and Human Services. Routledge. & Tuhiwai Smith, L. (2013). Decolonizing methodologies: Research and Indigenous peoples. Zed Books.
12022	Field Education Placement 1	No textbook.
12023	Field Education Placement 2	No textbook.

SB5:

Code	Unit Name	Textbook
11739	Counselling Theory and Approaches	Corey, G. (2023) Theory and practice of Counselling and Psychotherapy, International Global Edition (11th Ed.) Brooks/Cole.
11741	Principles of Ethical Conduct in Counselling	Corey, G., Corey, M.S., & Corey, C. (2023). Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions (11th ed.). Stamford, CT: Brooks/ Cole.
11743	Introduction to Placement and Supervision	No textbook
11746	Counselling Placement A - Putting it all into Practice	No textbook
11747	Counselling Placement B - Masters Practicum	No textbook
11749	Next Level Counselling Skills	There is no set text but we highly recommend this as a quick reference. & Ellis, S. (2021). Five Minutes a Day to an Upgraded Therapy Practice, Transtheoretical Tips to Help You Make the Most of Each Session. Routledge.
11988	Professional Placement (Part A)	No textbook
11989	Professional Placement (Part B)	No textbook
11432	Dispute Management	Spencer, David, Principles of Dispute Resolution (LawBook Co, 4th Ed, 2024).
11434	Contract Law	Andrew Robertson and Jeannie Paterson, Principles of Contract Law (Lawbook Co, 6th ed, 2020).
11444	Evidence Law	Hum, Fiona, Gregor Urbas and Ottavio Quirico, Australian Uniform Evidence Law (Cambridge University Press, 2nd ed, 2022).
11448	Law Internship	No textbook
11751	Legal Methods and Skills	David Hamer, Judith Jones, Patrick O’Mara, Belinda Smith and Tristan Taylor, Laying Down the Law (LexisNexis 12th Ed, 2023). & Kath Hall and Claire Macken, Legislation and Statutory Interpretation (LexisNexis, 5th ed, 2021).
11754	Negotiation	Alexander, Nadja, Jill Howieson, and Kenneth Fox, Negotiation: Strategy Style Skills (Lexis Nexis, 3rd ed. 2015).
11790	Foundations of Public Policy	No textbook
11794	Policy Analysis and Evaluation	No textbook
11798	Leadership Risk and Managing Change	Donella H. Meadows, Thinking in Systems: A Primer (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2008). & McCaffrie, B., Grattan, M., & Wallace, C. (Eds.). (2023). The Morrison Government : Governing through crisis, 2019-2022. NewSouth Publishing.
11966	STEM and Design Thinking	No textbook
11970	Leading Learning, Teaching and Curriculum	No textbook
11973	Educational Research Foundations	Robson, C., & McCartan, K. (2016). Real World Research (4th ed.). Wiley. & Recommended text: Johnson, R. B., & Christensen, L. B. (2019). Educational Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Approaches (7th ed.). SAGE.
12013	Working with Diverse Communities	Howard, A., Rawsthorne, M., Joseph, P., Terare, M., Sampson, D. & Katrak Harris, M. (2023). Social work and human services responsibilities in a time of climate change: Country, community and complexity. Taylor & Francis Group. & Howard, A. & Rawsthorne, M. (2020). Everyday community practice: principles and practice. Allen and Unwin Australia.
12019	Trauma Informed Social Work Practice	Goelitz, A. (2020). From Trauma to Healing (2nd ed.). Taylor & Francis. & Tucci, J. et al. (2024). The Handbook of Trauma-Transformative Practice. Jessica Kingsley.

SB6:

Code	Unit Name	Textbook
11740	Core Counselling Skills	Geldard, D., Geldard, K., Yin Foo, R. (2022). Basic personal counselling: A training manual for counsellors. (9th ed.).  Pearson/Prentice-Hall.
11742	Diversity Inclusion Respect	Hutton, V. & Sisko, S. (2020). Multicultural responsiveness in counselling and psychology: Working with Australian populations. Palgrave Macmillan.
11744	Counselling Skills in Practice PG including F2F intensive	McLeod, J. (2019). An Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy — Theory, Research and Practice (6th ed.). Open University Press. Sommers-Flanagan, J., & Sommers-Flanagan, R. (2021). Suicide assessment and treatment planning : a strengths-based approach. American Counseling Association. ISBN:9781556204050; 1-119-78360-7
11746	Counselling Placement A - Putting it all into Practice	No textbook.
11747	Counselling Placement B - Masters Practicum	No textbook.
11750	Creative Practices in Counselling	Sharpe, T. (2022). Creative counselling, Creative tools and Interventions to nurture therapeutic relationships. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
11988	Professional Placement (Part A)	No textbook.
11989	Professional Placement (Part B)	No textbook.
11436	Criminal Law and Procedure	John Anderson et al, Criminal Law Perspectives: From Principles to Practice. Cambridge University Press, 2020.
11439	Property Law	Robert Chambers, An Introduction to Property Law in Australia (Thomson-Reuters, 5th ed, 2025).
11445	Legal Research and Writing Skills	Jay Sanderson, Drossos Stamboulakis and Kim Keeley. A Practical Guide to Legal Research (LawBook Co, 5th Ed, 2021).
11470	Law Reform and Social Change	No textbook.
11471	Law, Innovation and Technologies	No textbook.
11752	Legal Systems	David Hamer, Judith Jones, Patrick O’Mara, Belinda Smith and Tristan Taylor, Laying Down the Law (Lexis Nexis, 12th ed, 2023). Kath Hall and Claire Macken, Legislation and Statutory Interpretation (Lexis Nexis, 6th ed, 2020).
11756	Legal Research Project A	No textbook.
11790	Foundations of Public Policy	No textbook.
11791	Equity, Leadership and Policy	No textbook.
11792	Evidence Based Polocy Analysis	Stoker, G & Evans, M (eds) (2016) Evidence-Based Policy Making in the Social Sciences. Policy Press. Peters, B. and Fontaine, G. (eds) (2020) Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Comparative Policy Analysis, Edward Elgar.
11793	Data Analytics and Public Policy	No textbook.
11794	Policy Analysis and Evaluation	No textbook.
11795	Communicating Policy Expertise	OECD (2021). OECD report on public communication: "The global context and the way forward." OECD Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1787/22f8031c-en
11796	Co-Design and Deliberative Engagement	No textbook.
11797	Public Policy Governance and Law	No textbook.
11798	Leadership Risk and Managing Change	Donella H. Meadows, Thinking in Systems: A Primer (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2008). McCaffrie, B., Grattan, M., & Wallace, C. (Eds.). (2023). The Morrison Government : Governing through crisis, 2019-2022. NewSouth Publishing.
11799	Contemporary Policy Issues	No textbook.
11800	Applied Policy Report	No textbook.
11801	Public Policy Research Project	Majchrzak, A., & Markus, M. (2014). Design policy recommendations. SAGE Publications, Ltd, https://doi.org/10.4135/ ISBN 978-1-4129-9780-5
11965	STEM Pedagogy	No textbook.
11971	Leading and Developing Educators	Dinham, S. (2016). Leading Learning and teaching. ACER Press.
11974	Inclusion in Education	Graham, L. (Ed.). (2019). Inclusive Education for the 21st Century: Theory, policy and practice (1st ed.). Loreman, T., Deppeler, J. M., & Harvey, D. H. (2005). Inclusive Education: A Practical Guide to Supporting Diversity in the Classroom. (1 ed.) Allen & Unwin.
12014	Psychosocial Health Across the Lifecycle	All optional readings and they will be available through the UC Library: 1. Duckett, S. (2022). The Australian Health Care System (6th Ed). Oxford University Press 2. Liamputtong, P. (2019). Social Determinants of Health. Oxford University Press 3. Hepworth, DH., Rooney, RH., Rooney, GD. Strom-Gottfried, K. (2017). Direct Social Work Practice: Theory and Skills (10th Ed). Cengage Learning 4. Coady, N. & Lehmann, P. (2016). Theoretical Perspectives for Direct Social Work Practice: A Generalist-Eclectic Approach. Springer Publishing Company
12016	Theoretical Approaches to Social Work Practice	No textbook. Individual chapters pulled from multiple textbooks which are available through the library.
12020	Working with Families, Children and Young People	No textbook.

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