Your UC textbook lists
This page contains textbooks information for all our courses.
2026
| 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 |
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, G., Doyle, K., Bernoth, M., & Cleary, M. (2023). Mental health care: An introduction for health professionals (5th ed.). Wiley. Patterson, J., Griffith, J.J., & Edwards, T.M. (2021), The Therapist's Guide to Psychopharmacology (3rd ed.). Guilford Press. Muir-Cochrane, E., Barkway, P., & Nizette, D. (2018). Pocketbook of Mental Health (3rd ed.). Elsevier. |
| 11988 |
Professional Placement (Part A) |
No textbook. |
| 11989 |
Professional Placement (Part B) |
No textbook. |
| 11438 |
Corporations Law |
Elizabeth Boros and John Duns, Corporate Law (4th ed, Oxford University Press, 2022). |
| 11441 |
Administrative Law |
Robin Creyke et al, Control of Government Action (LexisNexis, 7th ed, 2025). |
| 11460 |
International Law |
Emily Crawford, Alison Pert, Ben Saul (Eds). 2023. Public International Law. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 11800 |
Applied Policy Report |
No textbook. |
| 11938 |
Communicating with Diverse Audiences |
No textbook. |
| 11968 |
STEM Practices and Learning Opportunities |
No textbook. |
| 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 textbook. |
| 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. 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. |
| 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 |
Carson, E., & Kerr, L. (2020). Australian social policy and the human services (Third edition.). Cambridge University Press. [e-copy available via library] McClelland, A. (2014). Social policy in Australia : understanding for action (A. McClelland & P. Smyth, Eds.; Third edition.). Oxford University Press aust. [e-copy available via library] Hughes & Wearing (2021) Organisation and Management for social work: Everyday action for change, Sage. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 11433 |
Lawyers and Professional Responsibility |
No textbook |
| 11440 |
Legal Theory |
No textbook |
| 11448 |
Law Internship |
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). |
| 11758 |
Human Rights Law |
Judge Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade and Damián A. González-Salzberg, International Law of Human Rights (OUP, 2024). |
| 11755 |
Equity and Trusts |
Peter Radan and Cameron Stewart, Principles of Australian Equity and Trusts (LexisNexis, 6th ed, 2024). |
| 11793 |
Data Analytics and Public Policy |
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/10.4135/9781506374703 |
| 12204 |
LGBTQIA+ Policy and Advocacy |
Boucher, L., Arrow, M., Baird, B., & Reynolds, R. (2024). Personal politics: Sexuality, gender and the remaking of citizenship in Australia. Monash University Publishing. Pepin-Neff, C. (2025). Tolerable inequality: Understanding public policy and LGBTQ+ politics. Routledge. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 12021 |
Groupwork Practice in Social Work |
McDermott, F. (2020). Inside Group Work: A Guide to Reflective Practice. Routledge. (E-copy available by library) Steinberg, D. & Lyons, E. (2022). Deconstructing Group Work for Human Services Professionals: A skill building handbook. Routledge. (E-copy available by library) Garvin, C., Gutirrez, L. & Galinsky, M. (2017). Handbook of Social Work With Groups. Guilford. (E-copy available by library) |
