Social Work (B.A.)

Social Work

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Social Work deals with topics which are of relevance to society with the aim of improving social situations. All social work aims to enable people to develop their potential and shape their life and their social interactions as they wish.

Programme objectives

The programme equips students with the ability to interact on the professional level. On graduation, you are qualified to plan, design, monitor, teach, evaluate and further develop social work interactions in a scientific and practically relevant way.

Very good ranking results: In the German national CHE university ranking published in the ZEIT newspaper, the Social Work degree programme at Esslingen University of Applied Sciences was awarded very good marks in several categories.

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This full-time degree programme awards 210 Credits (workload 750 hrs per semester).

Please send any questions you may have about the degree programme to:

SozialeArbeitInfo(at)hs-esslingen.de

Degree programme leaflet

Social Work (B.A.)

Facts and Figures

Facts and Figures - at a glance

Degree awarded	Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Faculty	Social Work, Education and Nursing Sciences
Campus	Esslingen Hilltop Campus
Number of semesters	7
Language of instruction	german
Application Periods	For the summer semester: from 15 October to 15 January For the winter semester: from April 25th to July 15th
Specialisation	INTERNATIONAL Specialisation (optional)

Application and Admission

Please submit your application for this degree programme via the Hochschulstart.de portal.

Information on the admission requirements and application procedure can be found on the pages which describe the application process for our Bachelor programmes.

Modules

The curriculum for the degree programme and detailed descriptions of the programme modules are contained in the Module Catalogue.

Module Catalogue Social Work (B.A.) (German Version)

Career prospects

Career prospect

With a Bachelor of Social Work you can:

work with children and their families
work in children’s daycare facilities
undertake social work in schools, peripatetic youth work
work with chronically ill people
work with disabled people
work with offenders
help homeless people
support elderly people and their families
work with addicts and potential addicts
work in the migration society

work in the field of occupational integration.

Schwerpunkt International

Globalisierung und europäische Integrationsprozesse stellen die Entwicklung des Arbeitsmarkts im Sozial-, Gesundheits- und Bildungswesen in einen internationalen Kontext.

Im Bachelor-Studiengang Soziale Arbeit können Sie den Schwerpunkt INTERNATIONAL optional wählen und erwerben folgende Kompetenzen:

Internationale FachKompetenz

Internationale Kompetenz bezeichnet das Wissen über internationale Bezüge und die Befähigung zur Arbeit in diesen

z.B. durch internationales Fachwissen oder durch die Fähigkeit, politische, soziale und wirtschaftliche Entwicklungen vergleichend zu analysieren.

Interkulturelle Kompetenz

Internationale Kompetenz schließt die interkulturelle Kompetenz ein. Sie ist zum einen die Fähigkeit, interkulturelle Zusammenhänge sowie das eigene Bezugs- und Wertesystem zu erfassen. Zum anderen beinhaltet interkulturelle Kompetenz die Fähigkeit, Sensibilität für interkulturelle Lernprozesse und Konflikte zu entwickeln und das erworbene Wissen in Organisationen zu übertragen.

Sprachkompetenz

Für die internationale Berufstätigkeit vertiefen Sie Ihre Sprachkenntnisse in Sprachkursen. Veranstaltungen im Schwerpunkt International finden zum Teil in englisch statt.