Research Trip

Prerequisites and accompanying conditions Courses from the previous semesters of modules 1, 2, 3 or 4

The final excursion of the Master's degree course in Social Work offers the opportunity to get to know other social professional organizations and social systems at a regionally, nationally or internationally selected location and to engage in a professional exchange. The focus is on clinical social work and social space work, whereby one specialization can be examined more intensively.

• the basic competence objectives in modules 2, 3 and 4 are brought together in an exemplary manner.
• the aim is to differentiate and critically reflect on knowledge management and competence development as well as the expansion of understanding in societal and socio-political developments in the transnational field.
• the aim of the research trip is to recognize that socio-political and societal decisions can be influenced by professionally sound results.

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to

• name, differentiate and categorize the transfer between theoretical knowledge and practical implementation in socio-political terms
• reflect on the knowledge acquired during their studies in relation to social practice in a living environment to be researched
• systematically analyse how social profit organizations, social and socio-political developments interact and understand, recognize and name them
• understand the importance of scientifically based lines of

• Field trip to a regionally, nationally or internationally selected location with a visit to relevant social profit organizations or NGOs
• Keynote speeches

• Immanent (or final if unable to attend) examination character
• responsibility for the content of individual key topics
• keynote speeches on site
• reports afterwards
• attendance/participation

• The costs for the research trip are to be borne individually by the students.
• a preliminary discussion will take place.
• compulsory attendance: instead of participating in the field trip, a seminar paper of at least 30,000 - 40,000 characters including spaces (excluding the characters of the cover sheet, table of contents, tables and other lists in the appendix) must be prepared as a substitute.

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Stranzinger, T., Kuhn, C., Kovacs, K., & Hofer, C. (2017). Non-Profit-Organisationen: Rechtsformen, Rechnungslegung & Steuern, Finanzberichterstattung, Aufsicht & Prüfung, Spendenfinanzierung. MANZ´sche Verlags- und Universitätsbuchhandlung.

Werner, G. W. (2018). Einkommen für alle: Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen - die Zeit ist reif (1. Auflage der überarbeiteten, aktualisierten und erweiterten Neuausgabe). Kiepenheuer & Witsch.

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Field Trip