Social Work
MA Social Work
a) Admission Requirements
a. First degree in Social Work with at least a Second Class (Lower) from an accredited University.
b. First degree in other social sciences with at least Second Class (Lower) from an accredited University and a minimum of two years of work experience in a social service agency.
c. First degree in any other programme with at least Second Class (Lower) from an accredited University. In addition, the applicant must have a postgraduate diploma degree in social sciences from an accredited University and two years of work experience in a social service agency.
d. To assess suitability, all applicants would be interviewed or be required to take an entrance examination or both.
MPhil Social Work
Admission Requirements
a. MA in Social Work from an accredited University.
b. First degree in Social Work with at least a Second Class (Upper) from an accredited University.
c. First degree in other social sciences with at least a Second Class (Upper) from an accredited University and two years of work experience in a social service agency.
d. To assess suitability, all applicants would be interviewed or be required to take an entrance examination or both.
Components of the programme:
|
|
|||||||
|
COURSE CODE |
COURSE TITLE |
THEORY |
PRACTICALS |
CREDIT HOURS |
|||
|
a) CORE COURSES |
|||||||
|
SOWK 551 |
Advanced Social Work Theory |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|||
|
SOWK 553 |
Advanced Quantitative Research Methods in Social Work |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|||
|
SOWK 555 |
Advanced Social Work Practice |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|||
|
b) ELECTIVE COURSES [Choose any two (2)] |
|||||||
|
SOWK 557 |
Advanced Theory in Counselling |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|||
|
SOWK 559 |
Community Development |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|||
|
SOWK 561 |
Industrial Social Work |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|||
|
SOWK 563 |
Mental Health |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|||
|
SOWK 565 |
Migration and International Social Work |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|||
|
SOWK 567 |
School Social Work |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|||
|
SOWK 569 |
Social Gerontology |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|||
|
SOWK 571 |
Gender and Welfare |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|||
|
SOWK573 |
Social Work Administration |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|||
|
SOWK 575 |
Social Work Education |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|||
|
SOWK577 |
Social Work with Children and Youth |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|||
|
SOWK 579 |
Working with Minority Groups |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|||
|
|
Total |
|
|
15 |
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
YEAR ONE: SEMESTER TWO |
|||||||
|
COURSE CODE |
COURSE TITLE |
THEORY |
PRACTICAL |
CREDIT HOURS |
|||
|
a) CORE COURSES |
|||||||
|
SOWK 552 |
Professional Development and Ethical Issues in Social Work Practice |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|||
|
SOWK 554 |
Advanced Qualitative Research Methods in Social Work |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|||
|
SOWK 556 |
Applied Social Work (Practicum: MPhil) |
0 |
8 |
4 |
|||
|
SOWK 558 |
Social Development and Wellbeing |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|||
|
ELECTIVE COURSES (Choose any two (2) |
|||||||
|
SOWK 560 |
Medical Social Work |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|||
|
SOWK 562 |
Family Therapy in the Local Content |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|||
|
SOWK 564 |
Social Policy |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|||
|
SOWK 566 |
Risk and Disaster Management |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|||
|
SOWK 568 |
Social Care Management |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|||
|
SOWK 570 |
Social Work & NGO Development |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|||
|
SOWK 572 |
Social Work and the Law |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|||
|
SOWK 574 |
Social Work Practice for People with Special Needs |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|||
|
SOWK 576 |
Substance Abuse Management |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|||
|
SOWK 578 |
Working with Offenders |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|||
|
SOWK 580 |
Sexual Behaviour and Reproductive Health |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|||
|
SOWK 582 |
Communication in Social Work |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|||
|
|
Total |
|
|
19 |
|||
|
YEAR TWO: SEMESTERS ONE & TWO |
|||||||
|
SOWK 690 |
Thesis |
|
|
16 |
|||
|
|
Total Credit Hours |
|
|
50 |
|||