Basic information

TypeBachelor's degrees
Faculty or schoolFaculty of Education
Branch of knowledgeSocial Sciences
Mode of delivery

face-to-face

Credits240
Number of places available

240

Length of course4 academic years
Language(s) of instructionCatalan  80,6%, Spanish 18,8%, English 0,6%
Admission grade

8.175 (July 2022, start of process, via official entrance examinations/vocational training)

Approximate price per credit17,69 €
Compulsory placementsYes
CoordinatorFERRAN CORTES IZQUIERDO
Course detailsIndicators

Objectives and competences

Objectives

The objectives that define the general orientation of the bachelor's degree in Social Work are:

  • Gain knowledge of social work and its methods, of the organisational and institutional context, and of the social sciences applied to the problems and processes that are addressed in social work.
  • Apply knowledge to the professional practice of social work: define and defend arguments and resolve problems in this context.
  • Analyse and interpret relevant information in the field of social work to form opinions that include an analysis of problems and social responses, and incorporate ethical aspects.
  • Develop learning skills to tackle subsequent studies and professional development with a high degree of independence.

The aim of this degree is to train qualified professionals who can carry out the tasks of social workers rigorously and efficiently, in a wide range of organisational and institutional contexts. The degree is also designed to provide a view of social reality and a more pragmatic response that is linked to the real social needs of the population.
 

Competences

The general and specific competences that are developed in the bachelor's degree in Social Work include the following:

  • Capacity to analyse, prevent and resolve problems in areas related to social work.
  • Ability to plan, design and manage projects, and to research and integrate new information and approaches.
  • Openness and empathy, based on recognition and respect for diversity and multiculturalism.
  • Capacity to work with individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities to help them make well-considered decisions on their circumstances, risks, options, preferences and resources.
  • Capacity to support and promote the development of social networks to meet needs by creating multidisciplinary and multiorganizational teams.
  • Capacity to act to resolve situations of risk due to professional work.
  • Capacity to analyse, assess and systematise information provided in professional work, to improve daily practice and generate new responses to emerging social situations.

Access and admission

Applicant profile and access requirements

Recommended applicant profile

  • Interpersonal and communication skills: capacity for empathy, reflection, analysis and response to social changes and dynamics.
  • Interest in projects or programmes in the social arena, both in terms of active participation in social volunteering, and in the job that is carried out.

 

Access requirements and conditions

Admission for students with studies completed outside Spain.

Applicants holding higher educational qualifications from a university outside Spain should consult the page Admission with foreign qualifications to find out about specific admission requirements.
 

Pre-enrolment

Students that have studied abroad and who wish to study at the University of Barcelona may be admitted to EHEA bachelor's degree courses. Procedures for gaining admission will depend on the qualifications held by each applicant.

For further information about admission, consult the page Admission with foreign qualifications.
 

Enrolment

As a general rule, at the UB you will be required to enrol online via the Món UB portal. To find out the date and time you have been assigned, check the specific information for your course. Remember that you can lose your place if you do not enrol on the day you have been assigned.

Academic information

 

Welcome

Support and guidance

Pre-enrolment information and events

 

Course curriculum

Subjects and course plans

Distribution of credits

Type ECTS
Basic training 60
Compulsory 114
Optional 24
Compulsory placements 33
Compulsory final project 9
TOTAL 240

List of subjects

FIRST YEAR
Subject Language Type Credits
Basic Principles of Social Work Annual Compulsory 6
Introduction to the Social Services and the Practice of Social Work Annual Compulsory 6
Communication and Documentation 1st semester Basic training 6
Human Development 2nd semester Basic training 6
Social Anthropology 2nd semester Basic training 6
Social Policy 1st semester Basic training 6
Contemporary Social History 2nd semester Basic training 6
Epistemology of Social Work 2nd semester Compulsory 6
General Sociology 1st semester Basic training 6
Rights, Citizenship and Social Work 1st semester Basic training 6
SECOND YEAR
Subject Language Type Credits
Economics of Social Work 1st semester Basic training 6
Social and Dynamic Psychology 1st semester Compulsory 6
Social Pedagogy 1st semester Basic training 6
Social Work with Individuals and with Families 1st semester Compulsory 6
Structure of the Social Services 1st semester Compulsory 6
Group Social Work 2nd semester Compulsory 6
Inequality and Social Exclusion 2nd semester Compulsory 6
Methods and Techniques in Social Research 2nd semester Basic training 6
Social and Communication Skills 2nd semester Compulsory 6
Social Welfare Systems I 2nd semester Compulsory 6
THIRD YEAR
Subject Language Type Credits
Applied Research in the Practice of Social Work 1st semester Compulsory 6
Community Social Work 1st semester Compulsory 6
Health, Dependency and Social Vulnerability 1st semester Compulsory 6
Social Welfare Systems II 1st semester Compulsory 6
Practical classes I 2nd semester Practices 12
Social Policy in a Changing Society 2nd semester Compulsory 6
Social Work in Organizations 2nd semester Compulsory 6
Supervised Social Work I 2nd semester Compulsory 6
FOURTH YEAR
Subject Language Type Credits
Final Project Annual Compulsory final project 9
Practical classes II 1st semester Practices 21
Supervised Social Work II 1st semester Compulsory 6
Role and Identity in Social Work 2nd semester Compulsory 6
OPTIONAL YEAR
Subject Language Type Credits
Ageing and Social Work 1st semester
2nd semester
Optional 6
Art and Social Work 2nd semester Optional 6
Childhood, Adolescence, Young Adults and Social Work 1st semester
2nd semester
Optional 6
Collective Mental Health and Social Work 2nd semester Optional 6
Disability and Social Work 1st semester
2nd semester
Optional 3
Emerging Areas in Social Work 1st semester
2nd semester
Optional 3
Gender, Sexual Diversity and Social Work 2nd semester Optional 6
Interculturality and Immigration 1st semester
2nd semester
Optional 3
Interculturality, Immigration and Social Work 1st semester Optional 3
International Social Policy and Social Work 2nd semester Optional 6
Local Development and Social Work 2nd semester Optional 6
Psychodynamic Approaches to Grieving 1st semester
2nd semester
Optional 3
Social Inclusion and Social Work 1st semester Optional 6
Social Work and Criminal Justice 1st semester
2nd semester
Optional 3
Social Work and Health 1st semester
2nd semester
Optional 6
Social Work and Individual Rights 2nd semester Optional 3
Urbanism, Housing and Social Work 2nd semester Optional 3

Pathways and specializations

Social Work
Check the planning of the different pathways of the degree

Previous years

Placements

Placements are supervised by tutors and subject to assessment.They are therefore included in the academic record.  There is also an option to complete non-curricular placements of up to 500 hours, which can be extended to 900 hours. For both curricular and non-curricular placements, an educational cooperation agreement is signed between the UB and the company, institution or other organization at which the placement will be carried out.
 

Institutional information

Career opportunities

What can you work on ?

You could work in the following fields:

  • Social services: social care, home care, social programmes and regional social action.
  • Health: health care in health centres, hospitals, mental health centres, centres for drug addicts, patient associations.
  • Education: psychoeducational assessment, school mediation, special education, support for families, workshops for education in society.
  • Justice: psychosocial assessment in courts, mediation with victims, monitoring programmes, detention centres for minors, integration into society and the job market, family mediation, prison social care, treatment of crimes and assaults, monitoring of prisoners on conditional release, reintegration services.
  • Business: social care and provisions for workers in certain companies that offer this service.
  • Housing: social housing programmes, promotion of newly constructed and renovated neighbourhoods, community development, urban social planning.
  • Service sector: non-profit organisations and entities that work against social exclusion and to promote social and civil rights.
  • Emerging areas of social work: assistance at catastrophes or social emergencies, defence of human rights, cooperation and international solidarity, social surveys, consultancy and advice on social projects.

Social work is aimed at all people who encounter situations of risk, conflict, and violation of social and civil rights. It promotes improvement in social situations (individual, family or group) and in the personal capacities of citizens, and facilitates access to social services and resources. Social workers assist people with disabilities, dependent people, the elderly, children, adolescents and young people in situations of risk, women, immigrants and refugees, homeless people, drug addicts and criminals, among others.
 

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