Basic subjects
"Information and communication technologies in scientific activity and practice of social work", "Theory of social work", "Fundamentals of demography", "History of social work", "Psychology of social work", "Age psychology", "Workshop on psychodiagnostics", "Fundamentals of social dynamics of the family", "Module of project activity", "Economics and Law"
Specialized subjects
"Technologies of social work", "Social rehabilitation", "Legal support of social work in the Russian Federation and the Rostov region", "Deviantology", "Research methods and qualitology in social work", "System of social service institutions in the Rostov region", "Conflictology in social work", "Fundamentals of social gerontology", "Family studies", "Gender studies in social work", "Social work with youth", "Social insurance in the Russian Federation", "Labor market and employment of the population and its regulation", "Social work with the disabled", "Workshop on social counseling", "Guardianship and guardianship", "Intercultural communication and interaction in society and the practice of social work", "Economic foundations of social work", "Fundamentals of social education"
Program Overview
The program is aimed at training highly qualified, competent, competitive personnel in the social sphere who can apply modern technologies of social work. The relevance of the program is determined by the need to expand the range of social services available to the population and improve their quality, as well as the need to develop a system of social assistance and support for socially vulnerable segments of the population. Students receive intensive theoretical and practical training: students have the opportunity to independently choose a part of the studied subjects to develop universal and professional competencies; students take part in scientific research, in scholarship and grant competitions based on the results of scientific research, participate in scientific and practical conferences of various levels, and publish articles; students actively participate in project activities, including those on the basis of case studies from work-partners; within the program, various practical trainings have been organized in different social institutions; educational process includes interactive and practice-oriented educational technologies, contact forms of education with research and socio-technological tasks.
Program Benefits
The learning process includes project work technologies, interactive technologies, master classes, role-playing and business games, trainings that help to understand the specifics of the organization of social protection, assistance and support. The educational program involves mastering the methods of social forecasting and design. It also provides for gaining a wide range of professionally applied competencies in the field of social work through the application of theoretical knowledge and practical skills. Starting from the first ear of studies, students are actively involved in research and humanistically oriented volunteer activities. The principal feature of this educational program is that the bachelor's degree format includes a practice-oriented and research component, which is be provided by: interaction with employers, practical specialists in the social sphere, non-profit organizations, socially oriented businesses, and socio-professional communities; applying international and domestic experience in the implementation of scientific research methodology, effective social technologies, and social work technologies into social practice; integration of academic educational forms and technologies with project, socio-technological, and research ones. Highly qualified scientific and pedagogical staff, as well as leading specialists in the field of social work, are involved in the implementation of the educational program.
Prospects. Career & Employment
Bachelor of Social Work is in demand in state and municipal government, non-governmental non-profit organizations, and social protection services. Graduates of the program can also become organizers of socially oriented business and work in the following institutions and organizations: Department of Social Protection of the Population. Insurance Companies. Social rehabilitation centers. Social Service Centers. Family and Children Assistance Centers. Employment centers and labor exchanges. Multifunctional centers for working with the population. Compulsory Health Insurance Fund. Military units. Socially oriented non-profit organizations. Migration services. Crisis centers. Shelters for people without fixed place of residence. Penal institutions. Guardianship and trusteeship bodies, etc.
Why is it important to pursue a higher education?
During the training, students will receive competencies in the following fields: assignment and payment of benefits, targeted social assistance, reduced payments, compensations, etc. social insurance of the Russian Federation population (pension, payment due to temporary disability, medical, etc.) social services and social support for various categories of the population (the elderly; the disabled; minors left without parental care; refugees and internally displaced persons; military personnel; persons without a fixed place of residence, etc.) leisure activities, assistance in adaptation and job search, rehabilitation and correction; protection and representation of interests of various categories of the population in court, etc.