Social Work MA

University of Sussex

Master

In Brighton

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Brighton

  • Duration

    21 Months

You'll benefit from a range of stimulating learning opportunities and learn from academic faculty and experienced practitioners. You'll also get to work with service-users and carers.

Working within a supportive study environment, you develop crucial skills for independent and collaborative learning.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Brighton (East Sussex)
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Sussex House, BN1 9RH

Start date

On request

About this course

Our graduates have gone on to work in the field of professional social work and are highly sought after by employers, working with children and families and in adult social care.

Many pursue learning through continuing professional development courses and progress to take leadership roles in the profession.

Graduate destinations
97% of students from the Department of Social Work and Social Care were in work or further study six months after graduating. Recent School of Education and Social Work graduates have gone on to jobs including:

senior social worker, Brighton & Hove City Council
principal lecturer in social work, University of West London
children’s social worker, Croydon Council.

You should normally have an upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree or above.

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Subjects

  • Social Work
  • Research
  • Methods
  • Dissertation
  • Law
  • Professional
  • Quantitative
  • Analytical
  • Analysis
  • Development

Course programme

Modules

These modules are running in the academic year 2018/19. We also plan to offer them in future academic years. They may become unavailable due to staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let our applicants know of such changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.

Year 1

Core modules

Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.
  • Research Methods and Dissertation
  • Social Work Practice 1
  • Theory, Methods and Values in Practice 1
  • Human Development and Social Relationships
  • Law and Social Policy
  • Social Adversity, Risk and Resilience
Year 2

Core modules
  • Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.
  • Organisations and Inter-professional Practice
  • Social Work Practice 2
  • Theory, Methods and Values in Practice 2

Additional information

International students: £16,750 per year

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