UTS course code: C10019
Testamur title: Bachelor of Arts in Adult Education and Community Management
Abbreviation: BA
Course Coordinator: Sonya Pearce
Course fee: HECS (local) ²
Total credit points: 144

Footnotes:
1. This course is only offered to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
2. This course is not offered to international students.

Overview
Admission requirements
Attendance
Course duration
Course structure
Course program
Other information

Overview

This course addresses the professional development needs of Indigenous people involved in community education and the management of community-based organisations.

The course provides an understanding of the context of community and nonprofit organisations, and the theoretical frameworks underpinning the role of these organisations in the political and economic environment. Key concepts are introduced and students are assisted in situating their organisations and interests within the wider environments in which they operate.

Admission requirements

The course assumes a basic familiarity with nonprofit and community organisations that require applicants to have been involved in the sector for a minimum of one year in either a paid or unpaid capacity. As a consequence, all students enter as mature age students. Course entry is not based on UAI.

Students who have completed the TAFE Advanced Certificate in Community Management in the three years prior to entry to this course are eligible to apply for a block exemption that includes up to three subjects. Students should provide a TAFE Statement of Attainment attached to an Application for Exemption form.

Attendance

Subjects are run in block release format requiring students to attend for a week or two weeks at a time.

Course duration

The course is completed in three years of full-time, or six years of part-time study.

Course structure

The Bachelor of Arts in Adult Education and Community Management comprises 144 credit points. An Advanced Diploma may be awarded to students on exit after two years, full-time study (96 credit points) or longer if part time.

Course program

Spring semester
015001 Language, Culture and Communication
015395 Aboriginal Social and Political History
21224 Indigenous Community Research
21225 Managing Human Resources in Indigenous Organisations

Spring semester
015111 Issues in Aboriginal Education
015033 Program Planning in Community Settings
21140 Monitoring Organisational Performance
21185 Social Change and Community Practice

Spring semester
015395 Aboriginal Social and Political History
21183 Funds Development
and either
79404 Law for Third Sector Managers
or
2xxxx Observing Indigenous Community Organisations Practices

Other information

Further information is available from Sonya Pearce, Indigenous Programs Coordinator:

telephone (02) 9514 3774
email Sonya.Pearce@uts.edu.au