BA Social Work
Entry requirements
A level: CCC (Essential subject: high school Mathematics) Higher / Advanced Higher, SQA (Clearing) (standard): CCCC (Essential subject: Literate subject at Higher plus National 5 Mathematics or Applications of Mathematics at C).
About this course
BA (Hons) in Social Work, covering professional practice in social care settings. Core topics include Ethics & Professional Practice, Human Behaviour, and Research Methods. Practice learning placements across local authority, private, and voluntary settings are a central component, and the course includes a dissertation module.
Modules
- Working Together
- Values: Self, Society and the Professions
- The Sociology and Development of Social Work
- Power, Politics and Practice
- Relationship Building Skills
- Introduction to Social Work in Scotland
- Reflective and Ethical Practice
- Law and Social Policy in Social Work Practice
- Critical Knowledge for Social Work Practice Part 1 - Assessing Human Behaviour in the Social Environment
- Action for Social Justice
- Introduction to Practice Learning BA2
- Critical Knowledge for Social Work Practice Part 2 -Models and Methods
- Reading, Understanding and Applying Research
- Practice Learning
- Professional Practice and Identity
- Social Work BA Dissertation
- Practice Learning 4