Degree program
Degree course name in English: Social Work
Degree course name in Italian: Servizio SocialeLevel of qualification: Bachelor’s Degree Programme
Department: STORIA SOCIETÀ E STUDI SULL’UOMO - HISTORICAL STUDIES
N° Credits: 180
International program: No
Type of program:
International partners:
No international partner
Language:
- ITALIAN
Studium 2000- building 5-6 - via Di Valesio 24 - Lecce (Le)
The course will provide skills and knowledge which allow the social worker to carry out his activity within the organized system of social resources, acting according to the principles, skills and methods specific to the profession. Graduates must be able to manage, organise, plan and coordinate social work. For this reason, the Degree Course moves on two educational levels: 1. the first includes training activities related to the study of basic disciplines in the sociological, anthropological, legal-economic, psychological and historical fields and to the acquisition of methodologies and techniques typical of social research; 2. the second concerns training activities aimed at acquiring organizational and programming skills and implementing the interventions of the social service, as well as skills in the field of communication and information management. The training path is completed with the professional internship which allows a strong integration between theory and practice.
Free access course The admission test of an assessment nature will verify the possession of the knowledge necessary for access to the degree course. The test will consist of an online multiple choice test to be carried out after enrollment electronically, using the same login and password of the student and which he uses to access the student portal. Unisalento.it
Admission to the course requires a high school diploma or other equivalent and approved qualification obtained abroad. Furthermore, knowledge of the general aspects of the contemporary social structure is required, with reference to the Italian case inserted in the European context; a knowledge of the basics of social legislation, an adequate ability to understand texts and a good level of written and oral expression.
The employment opportunities and professional activities envisaged refer to positions in private and public sector: Local Health Authorities, Hospital Companies; Ministry of Justice Prison administration Local authorities; Third Sector Organizations Freelancer (also as a researcher on his own, associated or affiliated with public and private social research and social service bodies)
The final exam consists in the presentation by the student of a written paper, agreed with a professor (supervisor) related to the disciplinary scientific sector present in the student's curricular path. The final exam aims to evaluate the student's ability to develop a topic among those covered during the studies, and / or to reflect on the internship experience, in the direction of ascertaining the possession of theoretical-practical skills consistent with the specific objectives of the study course.
1st Year - 2020/2021
SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY (M-DEA/01)
12 credits - Optional
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (IUS/08)
9 credits - Optional
LAW OF PERSONS AND FAMILY RELATIONS (IUS/01)
9 credits - Optional
COMPUTER SKILLS (NN)
4 credits - Compulsory
FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC LAW (IUS/09)
6 credits - Compulsory
METHODS AND TECHNIQUES OF SOCIAL WORK - I(SPS/07)
7 credits - Compulsory
PRINCIPLES, FOUNDATIONS AND ORGANIZATION OF SOCIAL WORK (SPS/07)
9 credits - Compulsory
GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY (M-PSI/01)
6 credits - Compulsory
SOCIOLOGY OF MIGRATIONS (SPS/10)
6 credits - Compulsory
SOCIOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL RESEARCH (SPS/07)
6 credits - Compulsory
CONTEMPORARY HISTORY (M-STO/04)
12 credits - Optional
2nd Year - 2021/2022
CRIMINAL LAW (IUS/17)
6 credits - Compulsory
GUIDE TO THE INTERNSHIP - LABORATORY (NN)
4 credits - Compulsory
ENGLISH LANGUAGE (L-LIN/12)
8 credits - Compulsory
METHODS AND TECHNIQUES OF SOCIAL WORK - II (SPS/07)
6 credits - Compulsory
SOCIAL POLITICS
6 credits - Compulsory
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY (M-PSI/04)
7 credits - Compulsory
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY (M-PSI/05)
6 credits - Compulsory
SEMINARS (NN)
4 credits - Compulsory
SOCIOLOGY OF FAMILY AND CULTURAL PROCESSES (SPS/08)
8 credits - Compulsory
3rd Year - 2022/2023
INTERNSHIP GUIDE
4 credits - Compulsory
HYGIENE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE (MED/42)
6 credits - Compulsory
JUVENILE JUSTICE LEGISLATION (IUS/17)
6 credits - Compulsory
FINAL TEST (PROFIN_S)
6 credits - Compulsory
PSYCHOLOGY OF ORGANIZATIONS (M-PSI/06)
8 credits - Compulsory
SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS (SPS/07)
4 credits - Compulsory
SOCIAL STATISTICS (SECS-S/05)
6 credits - Compulsory
INTERNSHIP (NN)
12 credits - Compulsory
Academic coordinator: Prof. Vittorio De Marco - vittorio.demarco@unisalento.it Staff coordinator: mariacristina.solomabrino@unisalento.it
Data ultimo aggiornamento: 15/01/2021
