Social Work

The first three semesters of the degree programme serve to intensively deal with the subject-specific and related scientific basics.

Subjects such as sociology, social work theory, methods, psychology, law, educational science or public health with a focus on psychiatry and addiction are included. The aim is to get to know the theories of social work science and to be able to apply methods competently. As a social work student, you should be able to competently establish networks between the different basic disciplines in order to be able to act professionally in your later professional life.

High level of practice

The high degree of practice is a special feature of the Social Work programme at the University of Applied Sciences Jena. This means that you will become familiar with the requirements of the various fields of work at an early stage. Already in the first semesters you will complete an orientation internship of seven weeks. This generally makes it easier for you to specialise in a subject area during the course of your studies. You will go into practice during the entire fourth semester and deepen the theory later in the module "Practice Project". There you design a project under academic supervision and implement it practically in a field of social work. During the practical semester and the practical project (4th - 6th semester), your competence development between theory and practice is also supported by supervision.

Study focus

You also have the option of choosing a specialisation, which can be recorded on your transcript if required. Currently offered specialisations are:

• Culture, media and education
• Flight, asylum and migration
• Gender and diversity (e.g. ageing)
• Youth and family
• Clinical social work
• Delinquency, social control, resocialisation
• Rehabilitation and participation