BA Social Science, Community Development & Youth Work
Goldsmiths, University of London
Entry requirements
A level: CC IB: Successful completion
About this course
BA in Social Work, combining academic study with practical fieldwork in community and youth development. Core topics include Research Methods, Fieldwork, Ethics & Professional Practice, and Critical & Analytical Thinking. Three progressive fieldwork placements run across the programme, with the final-year placement involving leadership and management responsibilities. A dissertation in the final year integrates learning from across the degree.
Modules
- Introduction to Social Work, Community Development, and Youth Work
- Group Work
- Introduction to Applied Social Science Research
- Fieldwork Practice I
- Race, Racism and Professional Practice
- Introduction to Social Science
- Identity, Agency & Environment 2
- Community Development and Youth Work in Context
- Group Work in Theory
- Group Work in Practice
- Fieldwork Practice 2
- Theory, Policy and Politics
- Applied Social Research Methods
- The Goldsmiths Elective
- Youth Justice
- Fieldwork Practice 3
- Social Justice in Community Development and Youth Work
- Management and Leadership
- Critical Engagement with Social Policy
- Dissertation
- Conflict Transformation