2013 University of Free State Application Registration

This programme equips graduate students with the necessary skills, knowledge and experiential learning to enter the field of social work.

Type: undergraduate degree

Duration: 4 year full time

Compulsory Subjects

First year subject:
  • Introduction to social service practice
  • Relationship science
  • Introduction to community work
  • Social work service rendering context
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Criminology
  • Anthropology
  • Communication science
  • Sign language
Second year subjects:
  • Fundamentals of family functioning
  • Introduction to social group work
  • Introduction to welfare policy and legislation
  • Social work values, life skills and diversity
  • Forms and social problematique
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Criminology
  • Anthropology
  • Communication science
  • Sign language
Third year subjects:
  • Social work with a child
  • Casework intervention models
  • Clinical work: group and community work
  • Statutory interventions
  • Research
  • Clinical work: casework
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Criminology
  • Anthropology
  • Communication science
  • Sign language

Careers: social worker, counsellor.