Content
Diploma of Community Welfare and Development
Start
  • Semester 1 (February)
  • Semester 2 (July)
  • Semester 3 (November)
Flexibility
  • On-campus
  • Distance
Campus
  • Springfield
  • Toowoomba
  • Fraser Coast
Duration
  • 1 year or part time equivalent
Units
  • 8 units
Approximate annual fees
  • Commonwealth supported
    AUD 5864
  • Domestic full fee paying
    AUD 15200
Entry requirements
  • OP/Rank: 17/64
Start
  • Semester 1 (February)
  • Semester 2 (July)
  • Semester 3 (November)
Flexibility
  • On-campus
  • Distance
Campus
  • Springfield
  • Toowoomba
  • Fraser Coast
Duration
  • 1 year or part time equivalent
Units
  • 8 units
Approximate annual fees
  • On-campus
    AUD 17680
  • Distance/Online
    AUD 15520

Diploma of Community Welfare and Development

If you want to make a career at improving the quality of life in communities then consider our Diploma in Community Welfare and Development. The diploma opens the gateway to a wide range of professionally challenging and rewarding jobs in the social and community services industry.

This qualification will give you access to knowledge and skills that will enable you to influence the welfare of communities; as well as teach you how to analyse the social, economic, cultural and political life of communities in order to make informed and effective decisions.

Graduates of this diploma will be skilled advocates and collaborators, equipped with the resourcefulness and sensitivity required to respond to diverse and complex issues and capable of cultivating a firm commitment to equity, sustainability and social justice.

Make a genuinely positive difference to the community in which you and others live with a Diploma of Community Welfare and Development from USQ.

A stepping stone to your future career

This Diploma is a pathway into the Bachelor of Human Services. However, the Diploma can provide opportunities to work in community organisations, local councils or in community development with marginalised groups.

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