Panjab University MA Social Work

Syllabus:-

First Semester
Code No. Course Title
CSW 111 Social Work- Concepts & Methods
CSW 112 Evolution & Contemporary Ideologies of Social Work
FSW 211 Research Methods in Social Work
FSW 212 Sociology for Social Work
• Concurrent Field work/ Practicum

Second Semester
CSW 123 Social Work Practice
CSW 124 Understanding Communities
FSW 223 Statistics in Social Work
FSW 224 Development and Social Work
• Concurrent Field work/ practicum

Third Semester
SWP 331 Working with Families
SWP 332 Aging and Social Work
SWP 431 Community organization and Development
SWP 432 Indian Rural Communities & Change
SWP 531 Social Demography
SWP 532 Health and Development
• Concurrent Field work / Practicum

Fourth Semester
SWP 343 Child and Youth Development
SWP 344 Women, Society and Development
SWP 443 Community Participation in Urban Management
SWP 444 Poverty, Slums and Urban Development
SWP 543 Persons with Disability and Social Work
SWP 544 Community Health

Course Detail:-

The students are required to successfully complete 68 credit hours for theory papers and 48 credit hours for field work / practicum in the total duration of the course. There are in all twenty courses, which are grouped under three categories as shown below:
(a) Core Social Work Courses (CSW)
(b) Foundational Social Work Courses (FSW)
(c) Social Work Practice Concentrations (SWP)

The core and foundational social work courses have four papers each (eight papers in all) and will be offered during the first and second semesters of the programme. Both of these courses are compulsory for all the students.

The social work practice concentrations shall be offered under three areas, four papers under each area (twelve papers), as shown below:
1. Family and Social Work
2. Contemporary Issues of Communities
3. Population, Health and Development The students, depending upon their interest, will have the choice to opt for any of the social work concentrations, but to specialize in that concentration they are required to successfully complete four papers in that concentration during the third and the fourth
semesters.

Panjab University is UGC recognized public university situated in the union territory of Chandigarh This university has 75 teaching & research departments and 15 centers