Social Work - G1027 - Studies portal - University of Barcelona

Basic information

Type	Bachelor's degrees
Faculty or school	Faculty of Education
Branch of knowledge	Social Sciences
Mode of delivery	face-to-face
Credits	240
Number of places available	240
Length of course	4 academic years
Language(s) of instruction	Catalan 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 credit	17,69 €
Compulsory placements	Yes
Coordinator	FERRAN CORTES IZQUIERDO
Course details	Indicators

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

Teaching staff

List of spring and autum teaching staff at teaching on a current course

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.

Data from the university system in Catalonia