Social Work BA (Hons)

Bachelor's degree

In Dundee

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Dundee (Scotland)

  • Duration

    4 Years

  • Start date

    September

Our course offers a range of academic learning and practice placements to prepare you to enter your career with knowledge and confidence.

At the University of Dundee we approach social work from a social justice perspective, within the context of human rights and the disadvantages many people encounter in societies.

Social workers are often involved in complex and sometimes difficult situations. They are also involved in rewarding and meaningful work. At the University of Dundee you will learn the skills to equip you to successfully work with the wide range of social problems encountered in social work settings.

Our course draws on the expertise of users of social work services and carers, as well as stakeholders including local authority, voluntary agency and private agency staff. Users of social work inform many aspects of the course and also work alongside lecturers to deepen your understanding of their needs and role in co-producing social services.

Alongside developing knowledge, understanding, skills and abilities, the course will provide you with an underpinning knowledge about ethical theory and will stimulate discussion and reflection on your own ethics.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Dundee (Dundee City)
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Fulton Building, DD1 4HN

Start date

SeptemberEnrolment now open

About this course

Our course offers a range of Practice Learning Opportunities in various settings and with various service-user groups including children and families, offenders, older adults, people with physical and learning disabilities, people with mental ill health and people who misuse substances. Students often tell us that the learning and experience they gain from practice opportunities remains with them forever.

BBB/BBCC - ABB/BBBC at Higher including a literate subject, plus mathematics (Standard Grade at 2 or Intermediate 2/National 5 at C)
AB/CCC at A-Level, plus GCSE mathematics at grade B / 6 and GCSE in a literate subject at B / 6
H2H3H3 OR H3H3H3H4 at Higher Level including a literate subject at H3, plus Ordinary Level mathematics at grade O2

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2019

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Subjects

  • Social Work
  • Training
  • Professional Practice
  • Society
  • Politics and Practice
  • Relationship
  • Relationship Building
  • Social Work Practice
  • Practice Learning
  • Social Environment

Course programme

Typical Degree Course

Level 1

This year introduces you to the fundamentals of your social work training, embedding knowledge, skills and values in relation to reflective and professional practice. You will have an opportunity to learn alongside students from teacher education and community education within a joint module and study one elective module.

There will be formative practice learning experiences which will give you the opportunity to learn about the community context of social work, the social work role and task and the experience of service users and carers.

  • Working Together
  • Values: Self, Society and the Professions
  • Elective Module
  • Formation of Social Work
  • Power, Politics and Practice
  • Skills for Relationship Building
Level 2

This year consolidates learning with reflective skills and the theoretical components underpinning contemporary practice, including the legal context of social work and social policy. You will learn more about the values base in which social work operates and some of the ethical issues facing us in today's society.

You will undertake your first assessed period of practice learning in the second semester which will give you a valuable opportunity to link your academic learning to practice, and to develop your practice skills.

  • Law and Social Policy in Social Work Practice
  • Introduction to Practice Learning
  • Reflective and Ethical Practice
  • Assessing Human Behaviour in the Social Environment 1
  • Practice Learning
Level 3

The third year of the course gives you an opportunity to develop your knowledge base to encompass more specialist areas of theory and research. This learning has a strong focus on practical application and you will develop a clear and critical understanding of models of social work intervention.

  • Reading, Understanding and Applying Research
  • Models and Methods of Intervention
  • Working Together to Achieve Social Justice
  • Assessing Human Behaviour in the Social Environment 2
Level 4

This year contains your final Practice Learning Opportunity. You will be required to meet the standards required of a qualifying social worker, and will be given opportunities to consider ongoing professional development needs beyond the course. The year represents the culmination of all your learning on the course.

  • Professional Practice
  • Reflective Practice
  • Practice Learning

Additional information

Overseas students (non-EU) Fee -  £17,275 per year of study

Social Work BA (Hons)

Price on request