PO1. Graduates are able to recognize and manage personal values in a way that allows professional values to guide practice
PO2. Graduates are able to distinguish, appraise, and integrate multiple sources of knowledge including research based knowledge and practice wisdom
PO3 Graduates are able to initiate, design and implement advanced practice interventions with individuals, groups, organization and communities
PO4. Graduates are able to analyze, formulate, and advocate for policies that advancesocial well being
PO5. Graduates are able to coordinate and promote new social institutions such as self-helpgroups, mutual aid societies, community welfare centers, government and non-governmentalgroup.
PO6: Graduates are able to advocate for human rights , social and economic justice
PSO1 Quality education for the masters level practitioners and researchers in social work who will provide services to all the people in need. Student to possess knowledge andunderstanding of human needs and social problems.
PSO2: Facilitate interdisciplinary approach for better understanding of social problems,situations and particular issues.
PSO3: Ability to use practice, policy and administrative experience to inform the formulation of researchable questions, selection of more evidence- informed interventions and conduct of
programe evaluation , particularly with diverse and marginalized clients.
PSO4: Sensitize about various dimensions of human behavior and influencing factors inaccordance with the society or environment
PSO5: Able to critically analyze, monitor, and evaluate interventions
PSO6: Develop socially conscious and responsible citizens who have an intelligent grasp of social issues and social delivery systems.
1. To enable students to understand the fundamental concepts in social work
2. To understand the context of the emergence of social work as a profession and its practice in varied settings.
3. To critically analyse the importance of professional values and ethics of social work practice.
1. To introduce the basic economic concepts and principles for social work practice.
2. To identify economic factors involved in social problems.
3. To analyse the economic dimensions of development processes and outcomes.
1. To enable the students to understand basic concepts in sociology
2. To deepen the awareness on various aspects related to socialization and patterns of
interaction existing in the
society
3. To learn about the prevailing social problems and social movements in the society
4. To develop an understanding on the importance of sociology for social work practice
1. To understand the case work method and its application in practice
2. To equip theoretical knowledge for work with individuals
3. To develop competencies to use the method in practice while working with Individual clients
1. To help the students to understand the dynamics of behaviour in terms of heredity and environment as
shapers of personality.
2. To help the students to gain an insight into the components of general psychology.
3. To introduce the students to the basic mechanism of mental processes
1. To develop a basic understanding of the developmental changes throughout the life span
2. To integrate the knowledge on developmental changes, related issues with personal experiences and
observations of human development.
3. To critically reflect on the implications for social work practice with people at different
stages of human life
1. To understand groups as a means of social work practice
2. To have clarity on the principles, values, objectives of social work
3. To understand group work process and group development
4. To develop group work practical knowledge and skills
1. Develop understanding of critical elements of community organization practice
2. Enhance understanding of various models and strategies for community organization
3. Develop critical perspectives and skills for participatory processes in community organization
1. Critically understand and appreciate the Indian Constitution with particular emphasis on Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles.
2. Acquire a basic understanding of Indian Legal System both in its civil and criminal jurisdiction.
3. Have clarity about the various laws and procedures of Social Legislation in the fields of – family, women, children and other marginalized groups areas of Disaster Management and environment.
4. Learn the skills of using legal procedures to ensure the human rights of various marginalized groups
Rural development -concepts/strategies
Rural development experience in India
Green revolution/white revolution
Skill development programmes- of the government of India
1. To understand the requirements of NGO Administration
2. To develop the skills of NGO Administration
3. To understand the legal process and procedures in initiating and running an NGO
1. To develop a basic understanding of research methodology and statistics
2. To understand the importance and practical implications of Social Work Research as a Method of Social Work
3. To develop a basic understanding about social work research and its process
4. To develop skills in selection and use of the tools for data collection, processing of data and
appreciation of
statistical techniques.
5. To do research by applying research concepts and statistical tools in preparing research proposals, data analysis and reporting for social work practice
1. To develop a basic understanding about the management concepts and principles
2. To understand the different theoretical approaches to management
3. To be familiar with the motivating factors and skills in working in teams in an organisation
4. To understand the dynamism of an organization including the administrative structures, processes and Procedures.
1. To understand the basic concepts of Health and Community health
2. To understand the policies/services in health and implications for social work practice.
3. To equip the students with skills for social work practice in community health sector
1. To understand key concepts in development communication
2. To understand the role of communication in Development
3. To gain knowledge and skills in communication strategies and techniques for social work practice
• To provide basic knowledge in project management
• To help the students to acquire skill in preparation, management, monitoring and evaluation of projects
• To give them an opportunity to understand the relevance of project planning and management in different
• fields of Socialwork
• To equip the students to write independent project proposals
• To encourage students to research, investigate how and why things happen, and make their own decisions about complex environmental issues by developing and enhancing critical and creative thinking skills.
• To understand how their decisions and actions affect the environment, builds knowledge and skills necessary to address complex environmental issues, as well as ways we can take action to keep our environment healthy and sustainable for the future.
• To develop the sense of awareness among the students about the environment and its various problems and to help the students in realizing the inter-relationship between man and environment and helps to protect the nature and natural resources.
• To help the students in acquiring the basic knowledge about environment and the social norms that provides unity with environmental characteristics and create positive attitude about the environment.
• To foster a new generation of informed consumers, workers, as well as policy or decision makers.
• To encourage character building, and to develop positive attitudes and values.
Course objectives:
• Understand the fundamentals of Gandhian Philosophy and Gandhian Social Work
• Develop an understanding on Gandhian views on economics, education ,industry and development
• Analyse Gandhian approach to Rural reconstruction
• To understand the key concepts related to child development and social work withchildren
• To impart to the trainee, specific social work intervention methods in dealing with children
• To create an understanding about the national laws and policies related to children
• To understand the problems faced by the children
• To gain basic knowledge about theories and approaches of counseling.
• To understand the process of Counselling.
• To gain skills for practice of Counselling in different settings
• To understand the key concepts related to aging and social work with elderly
• To equip students with necessary skills in social work with elderly
• To create an understanding about the laws policies and programmes related to elderly
• To understand the theoretical framework of working with elderly
As the firstyear students come from varied academic backgrounds, the focus of the first semester field practicum Lab is primarily orientation and first hand exposure to the agencies in the different settings like, industries, hospitals, correctional settings, community based organizations, Government Organizations, special schools, NGOs etcField orientation is conducted in the form of observational visits to various settings of SocialWork practice. This is organized in order to give the students an exposure and orientation to the ongoing services by different socialwork/welfare organizations/Projects for addressing people’s needs. They are also meant to give the student an idea of the possibilities ahead, tounderstand the element of professionalism, the issues and the problems involved. Theorientations include fifteen exposure visits to agencies/projects in and around the institution.Students are prepared for the visits with a brief orientation session, and are given guidelines for
observation and report writing. Each visit is followed by a group discussion facilitated bya faculty member.
Setting: Anganwadis
Objectives
• To develop positive attitude towards self and others.
• To gain an in-depth understanding on the ICDS Scheme and Anganwadis: Goals & Objectives, Administration
• & Functioning.
• To develop skills in observation, analytical learning, team work and recording
• To utilize the knowledge about characteristics, problems and needs of early childhood and their families in
• dealing with them
• To understand and appreciate the need for environment conservation
The students are expected to achieve the below given objectives.
• To understand the functioning of an NGO/welfare agency, its Management, objectives, programmes etc.
• To acquire and develop skills in observation, team work, planning, organizing, recording and evaluation.
• To develop and utilize knowledge of psychosocial systems affecting the functioning of groups and
• communities.
• To understand in depth the application of SW methods of dealing with groups (Group
Work) and communities
• (Community organization)
• To understand the legal system concerning the target group
• To participate in the process of networking with other organizations/agencies working
in areas related to social issues/problems.
Setting: Kudumbashree /Other micro finance institutions
Objectives
• To understand the functioning of Kudumbashree/Other micro finance institutions, its administrative
• structure,legal framework, objectives, programmes and stakeholders
• To participate in the routine activities of Kudumbashree / Other micro finance institutions and contribute to
• the functioning of balasabhas, NHGs and micro enterprises
• To acquire and develop skills in observation, team work, planning, organizing, recording and evaluation
• To practice social work with groups in the context of existing groups in Kudumbashree/Other micro finance
• institutions
• To get a first-hand experience in problem formulation and implementation of research
• To understand the application of Development Communication strategies in the setting.
Setting: NGOs/projects
Pattern: Concurrent (two days/week)
Objectives
• To acquire and develop skills in observation, team work, planning, organizing, recording and evaluation
• To understand Group dynamics and basic concepts in the context
• To acquire skills in Project planning and management
• To understand the importance of Development Communication in development practice
• To acquire skills in programme planning, implementation and evaluation using the
development
• communication strategies
• To understand the basic concepts, principles, techniques of counselling
• To understand the health care system in the community
Setting: State/National/International level agencies
Objectives
• To get an exposure to one’s area of interest and build up the capacity of being self-
directed
• To understand the linkage between theories and paradigms for Social Work practice
• To render professional participation in the agency, by various means such as developin working relationships, working as a member of a team, participating in/contributing tostaff development programmes at appropriate levels.
• To grow in the ability to use supervision and feedback
• To identify possible avenues of after-training placement
• To understand the importance of cultural and diversity issues in practice
The Project Work in BSW programme has to be done individually. Purpose of project is to help the student researcher to get an understanding about the steps in research and the application of the theory of research methodology in a systematic manner. It also gives an opportunity for the student to use Social Work Research as a method of Social Work Practice..
Course Outcomes
• Understand basic concepts of sociology and its different dimensions
• Apply the concepts of sociology in Social Work practice.
• Analyze different dimensions of prevailing social issues in India
• Recognize the linkage of social issues and the design of social work interventions.
• Understand basic economic concepts and the economic situation in India
• Appraise the effect of national/global economy on social life in a society
Course Outcomes
• Demonstrate knowledge of the major influences in human development.
• Explain the structure and function of the brain.
• Understand the developmental changes in various developmental stages across the life span.
• Analyse the importance of developmental psychology in social work practice and be able to link with real life situations
• Able to identify the use of theoretical concepts in lifespan stages in social work practice Understand the theories related to human development
Course Outcomes
• Understand the history of social work approaches with respect to underlying ideologies and philosophies.
• Appreciate social work as a profession and to recognize the need and importance of Social Work Education, Training and Practice.
• Identify the importance of professional values and ethics in social work practice.
• Understand different fields of social work intervention and the issues and concerns of social work practice in India.
• Understand the social movements and role of social reformers in social welfare.
• Understand the present issues faced by social work profession.
Course Outcomes
• Understand Social Case Work as a method of Social Work and apply it as an intervention method.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the values and Principles of Social Case Work and to develop the capacity to practice them.
• Acquire the required skills for practicing social case work.
• Demonstrate ability to adopt a multi- dimensional approach in assessment. • Able to document and social case work practice
• Apply social case work method in various settings.
Course Outcomes
• Display an depth knowledge about the community organization process.
• Understand the use and practice of community organization in various fields of social work.
• Explain the role of social worker in social action and social reform for social development.
• Able to undertake social audit, social impact assessments
• Able to analyze ongoing community organization programmes.
• Identity the emerging trends and experiments in community organization
• Understanding a community in terms of its geographical, social, economic and political systems, power structures and their inter-relationships based on thetheoretical understanding obtained from the courses in the semester.
• Understanding and practice the values and code of ethics of professional social work practice and familiarize with the principles of social work.
• Develop understanding of the assumptions, principles, phases and models of community organization.
• Knowledge of the structure and function of the decentralized governance system and various institutions in the community
• Demonstrate professional rapport building skills with the people in the community
• planning, implementation and evaluation frame work in a community setting
• Demonstrate oral, written and presentation skills of communication in a community context
• Demonstrate skills in social analysis and need assessment, program
Course Outcomes
• Understand the fundamentals of human behaviour
• Demonstrate knowledge of classification and overview of psychological disorders.
• Develop insight about the theories of human personality
• Demonstrate knowledge of concepts theories of social psychology
• Analyse individual behaviour in social context.
• Analyze the group behaviour in social context
Course Outcomes
• Understand the process, the skills necessary and the principles to be abided by in helping individuals
• Acquire knowledge of the theoretical and therapeutic approaches in counselling and Psychotherapies
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills in the process and techniques of Counselling and Psychotherapies
• Demonstrate skills for ethical practice of counselling with different clients in various settings
• Understand the concepts of Psychotherapy and various psychotherapeutic techniques
• Demonstrate knowledge of skills and techniques of various psychotherapeutic interventions
Course Outcomes
• Demonstrate professionalism in their
• Demonstrate skills in critical reflection in personal and professional practice contexts
• Display knowledge and competence in life
• Demonstrate skills in communication
• Able to document social work practice in respective domain areas
• Display competence in management of teams and leadership in the practice context
Course Outcomes
• Understand Social Group Work as a method of Social Work and apply it as an intervention method.
• Demonstrate skills to apply the method for development and therapeutic work
• Understand the scope of Social Group Work in different settings.
• Understand group work as an instrument of change/development in individual in groups
• Develop skills to work with different stages and record the process
• Display therapeutic skills for Group Work practice
Course Outcomes
• Develop an understanding about the scientific approach to human inquiry
• Understand Social research as a method of social work and to develop the appropriate skills to effectively implement the research methods and techniques in the field.
• Demonstrate skills in literature search
• Able to design research proposals
• Understand the relevance and able to carry out appropriate statistical analysis in social work research
• Independently evaluate different methodological approaches within qualitative research
• Understand the functioning of a structured setting/agency – Primary or Secondary (e.g., a school, a hospital, or an institution providing services for people with inability, social,’physical or mental)
• Understand in depth the application of Social Work methods in dealing with individuals (case work) and groups (group work)
• Develop the ability to do interventions ensuring clients’ participation.
• Be familiar with the method of social work research through field level application
5.Develop skill in writing academic articles based on practice experience.
6. Develop theskill in recording.
Course Outcome
• Understand in detail the nature, approaches and strategies of development projects
• Analyze systematic approach to programme planning.
• Develop an understanding of the changing trends in participatory programme planningapproach in government and NGOs.
• Demonstrate skills to handle various phases of Development projects
• Understand the concepts of financial management of a project
• Able to write project proposals
Course Outcomes
• Develop understanding of the evolution of administration as a science and as a method in Social Work Practice.
• Develop understanding and appreciate the utility of the administrative structures,processes and procedures in an organization.
• Acquire knowledge and skills in the use of different management techniques in HSO. Develop an understanding of elements of management and
• Understand concepts in organizational management.
• Acquire knowledge of the concept of social marketing and its scope in social work practice.
• To gain an in-depth knowledge of the specialization area. Elective (Specialization) – Community Development (CD) Specific objectives:
• Understand the administrative structure and functioning of the agency
• Be familiar with the policies, laws and government programmes applicable to the client systems of the agency
• Be familiar with the approaches and intervention strategies in the development sector Develop the skill in using PRA
• techniques in the setting
• Develop skill in intervention at organizational / community level ensuring people’s participation
COMMUNITY HEALTH FOR DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE
Course Outcomes
• Understand the concept of health and integrated approach to health in the context of Development.
• Critically analyze plans and policies/services in health and implications for social work practice.
• Demonstrate knowledge on concepts of Community Health, community participation, vital indicators and demographic data of health • Develop skills for intervention in community health sector
Course Outcomes
• Acquire understanding on the evolution of psychiatry and attitude towards mental illness.
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills of assessment in mental health settings. • Demonstrate knowledge of clinical psychopathology.
• Develop an understanding of the nature, causes, types and treatment of mental health disorders in children, adolescents and adults.
• Acquire knowledge of Socio-Cultural Factors influencing mental health.
• Develop a critical understanding of Mental Health Policies.
Course Outcomes
• Develop an understanding of the holistic concept of Health.
• Understand and analyze different health problems in India
• Assess the scope of social work methods in medical settings.
• Demonstrate skills for interventions in medical social work practice.
• Understand role and functions of a medical social worker in various settings
• Analyse the standards of social work practice in health setting
Course Outcomes
• Understand the concept of health and integrated approach to health in the context of Development.
• Critically analyze plans and policies/services in health and implications for social work practice.
• Demonstrate knowledge on concepts of Community Health, community participation, vital indicators and demographic data of health
• Develop skills for intervention in community health sector.
Course Outcomes
• Understand the Indian Legal System and its functioning.
• Understand and appreciate the Indian Constitution with particular emphasis on the Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles.
• Understand the nature of social legislation and the various
• Explain salient features of legislations for family, women, children and other marginalized groups.
• Explain the concept of social policy and demonstrate skills in social policy analysis.
• Demonstrate skills of using legal procedures to defend the human rights of various marginalized groups.
Course Outcomes
• Understand the concept of gerontology and approaches to ageing • Analyse the process and issues of ageing
• Analyse policies and programmes for elderly in India.
• Demonstrate skills in working with
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills for interventions in Gerentological Social Work
• Explain and analyze institutional and non-institutional services for elderly.
Course Outcomes
• Able to apply psychosocial Treatment Methods for persons with Mental and Emotional Disorders.
• Understand Institutional approaches to provision of Mental Health Services.
• Demostrate knowledge and skill in the practice of Community Psychiatry and Rehabilitation
Course Outcomes
• Understand the basics of child mental health and issues of children • Develop knowledge of the history of social work in schools
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills to work in educational settings.
• Able to deliver life skills education
• Understand the multiple levels and systems operating to define schools and ways social workers can effectively practice at these various levels and within these systems.
• Gain an in-depth knowledge of the specialization area by working with an agency in the respective area
• Practice adaptively all the methods of social work (both primary and secondary)
Purpose of dissertation/project is to help the student researcher to get an understanding about the steps in social work research and the application of the theory of research methodology in a systematic manner.
• The fourth and the last semester block placement is the culmination of practice training and the students are given preference to select their own agency, based on their interestareas within the framework of the specialization area.
• This placement is meant to give them the opportunity to work as professional Social Workers and take up individual assignments and responsibility.
• Students could also take up job in an organization and complete this requirement therein, provided that the learning objectives could be ensured.
• The focus is on ‘integrated social work practice’, wherein the student is expected topractice adaptively all the methods and skills with the expected attitudinal disposition.
• The tasks will depend on the agency and the student initiative.