Qualification requirements and regulations

Departmental requirements for degree programme

An important foundation for the master's degree programme primarily includes independence and self-initiative in learning, projects, etc.

Different from how you may have been accustomed to doing in your bachelor's degree programme, you are more required in the master's degree programme to address issues on your own and pass this knowledge on to others.

Diversity of the participants

In the master's degree programme, different target groups meet: Graduates of relevant bachelor's and diploma programmes, social academies and related psychosocial education centres.

Discussions about differences in terminology, definitions and various approaches to the issues in theory and practice are to be expected. The master's degree programme is naturally focused on the theories and models of social work.

You can prepare yourself for the degree programme

Useful literature and introductory standard books in social work for the first semester: 

• Schilling, Johannes; Zeller. Susanne (2010): Soziale Arbeit. Geschichte, Theorie, Profession. 4. berarb. Aufl. München (u.a.): Reinhardt

• Thole, Werner (Eds.) (2005): Grundriss Soziale Arbeit. Ein einführendes Handbuch (Outline of Social Work. An Introductory Handbook), 2^nd revised and updated version, Wiesbaden: VS, Verl. für Sozialwiss.

• Engelke, Ernst; Stefan Bormann; Christian Spatscheck (2008): Theorien der Sozialen Arbeit. Eine Einführung (Theories of Social Work. An Introduction). 4^th revised and expanded edition. Freiburg im Breisgau: Lambertus

• Kleve,Heiko; Jan V. Wirth (2009): Die Praxis der Sozialarbeitswissenschaft. Eine Einführung (The Practice of Social Work Science. An Introduction). Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Hohengehren

• Heiner, Maja (2007): Soziale Arbeit Als Beruf. Fälle - Felder - Fähigkeiten. Munich (among others): Reinhardt

• Staub-Bernasconi, Silvia (2007): Soziale Arbeit Als Handlungswissenschaft; Systemische Grundlagen und Professionelle Praxis - Ein Lehrbuch (Social Work as an Action Science; Systematic Basis and Professional Practice – A Textbook). 1st edition, Bern (among others): Haupt (UTB)

• Galuske, Michael (2009): Methoden Der Sozialen Arbeit. Eine Einführung. (Methods of Social Work. An Introduction). 7^th edition, Weinheim (among others): Juventa Verlag

• Badelt, Christoph; Meyer, Michael; Simsa Ruth (2007): Handbuch der Nonprofit Organisation: Strukturen und Management (Handbook of Nonprofit Organisation: Structures and Management). 4^th edition: Schäffer-Poeschel Verlag