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Course structure diagram with credits

1. Semester

ECTS  |  SWS

 

       Social Economy           2         |        1

Social Management           2         |        1

Organizational Development           2         |        2

Leadership and HR Management           2         |        1

Computer-Supported Information Processing           3         |        2

Evaluation and Assessment of Effects           3         |        2

Analysis of Social Units           3         |        2

The Ecological Model in Social Work           2         |        2

Dimensions and Mechanism of Exclusion           2         |        1

Adaption Module "Social Work as a Profession":                               

Theory of the Profession           2         |        1

Models of the Profession and Behavioural Theories          1         |        1

Positions in Social(Work) Science          2         |        1

     

Adaption Module "Research Workshop on Social (Work) Sciences":

 Quantitative Methods          2         |        1

Qualitative Methods          2         |        1


Total          30         |     19 


2. Semester

ECTS  |  SWS

       Value Change and Social Conflicts           2         |        2

Social and Economic Policy           3         |        2

Surveys and Secondary Analysis           4         |        2

Network Analysis           4         |        2

Research Project 1           4         |        2

Specialization 1: Clinical Social Work:                               

 Diagnosis in Social Work          5         |        2

Design of Counselling Processes and Networks         3         |        2

Origin and Characteristics of                                
Selected Illness Patterns          5         |        2


Specialization 2: Intercultural Social Work:

Value Models and Conventional                                

Aspirations in Society          3         |        2

Issues on the Micro-Level          5         |        2

Methods and Measures on the Micro-Level          5         |        2

 

Total          30        |      22

 


3. Semester

 ECTS  |  SWS

 

    Medialized Existence, Media and Social Construction           3         |      2

 From the Reception to the Use of Media in Social Work           3         |      2

                                                          Research Project 2           4         |      2

Specialization 1: Clinical Social Work                                

Intervention Strategies - Micro Level          4         |        2

Intervention Strategies - Meso-Level          4         |        2

Casuistics Seminar          4         |        2

Self-Experience and Self-Reflection          8         |        4


Specialization 2: Intercultural Social Work                                

Migration in the National and International Context          4         |        2

Issues on the Meso-Level          3         |        2

Methods and Measures on the Meso-Level          5         |        2

 
 

Issues on the Macro-Level          3         |        2

Methods and Measures on the Macro-Level          5         |        2

                         

Total          30         |     16


4. Semester

 

ECTS  |  SWS

 

       Research Trip          3         |        2

Master's Thesis           20         |        0

Specialization  1: Clinical Social Work                                

Special Aspects of the Master's Thesis (Clinical)          2         |        2
Thesis Seminar (Clinical)          5         |        2

                                                                      

Specialization 2: Intercultural Social Work                                

Special Aspects of the Master's Thesis (Intercultural)          2         |        2
Thesis Seminar (Intercultural)          5         |        2

Total          30        |        6

 

Subjects with integrated English language or instruction by native speakers

ECTS credits based on the "European Credit Transfer System". In line with the international standards 30 ECTS credits have to be awarded every semester.


SWS: number of hours per week per semester = Contact Hours

 

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A compulsory option equates to 3 ECTS/2 SWS

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