Delivery Mode
Standard - Three Semester program
UWS Course Code: 7020
CRICOS Course Code: 069055d
About
The University of Western Sydney (UWS) licenses UWSCollege as its agent, to manage and teach its Academic programs. Students undertaking the Diploma in Social Science are also students of UWS.
The Diploma provides students with a broad range of knowledge and skills, to prepare them for second year university study. When you successfully complete the Diploma in Social Science, you can progress to second year of a Bachelor of Social Science at UWS.
The course content of both the Three Semester (Standard) and Two Semester (Fast track) program is equivalent to the content of the first-year of the corresponding UWS undergraduate degree. The Two Semester (Fast track) Diploma program allows students to complete one university equivalent year in eight months. This means that Fast track graduates can complete a three-year UWS undergraduate degree in just two years and eight months.
- Tertiary Study Skills*
- Cultural and Social Geographies
- Geographies of Social Difference
- Inequalities and Difference
- Introduction to Criminology
- Organisations, Communities and Communication
- The Individual in Society
- Tourism in Society
- Understanding Society
*No advanced standing at university will be granted for these subjects.
For more information regarding subject and course descriptions refer to the UWS Handbook.
- Academic English*
- Cultural Perspectives* OR Communication and Media*
- Tertiary Study Skills*
- Cultural and Social Geographies
- Geographies of Social Difference
- Inequalities and Difference
- Introduction to Criminology
- Organisations, Communities and Communication
- The Individual in Society
- Tourism in Society
- Understanding Society
*No advanced standing at university will be granted for these subjects.
For more information regarding subject and course descriptions refer to the UWS Handbook.
You will need to satisfy both requirements below.
1. Academic Entry Requirements
Minimum entry requirements for the Diploma in Social Science require successful completion of Australian Year 12 or equivalent or UWSCollege University Foundation Studies with the Grade Point Average of 6.0 or higher.
Click here for more specific Academic entry requirements by country.
2. English Entry Requirements
International students must satisfy one of the following language requirements:
- IELTS(Academic) 6.0 with a minimum of 5.0 in each sub band.
- Pass EAP III 50% and pass in the overall test component.
- A “B” result in the Foundation Academic English course.
- A result in the UWSCollege English Entrance test at IELTS(Academic) 6.0 equivalent.
Click here for more details on English entry requirements.
The Diploma can be completed in one year full-time study over 12 months (three semesters) or eight months full-time study (two semesters).
For further information, please refer to the following links:
