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Bachelor of Social Work (Hons.)

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The course for the Bachelor of Social Work emphasises the need for self-analysis, moral conduct, and cultural sensitivity in social work practice. The BSW programme lasts four years in India. The BSW curriculum and topics covered in this course deal with a variety of societal changes and issues, as well as solutions. There are several work prospects in the public and commercial sectors for someone with a BSW degree. After completing this programme, students will have the option to join governments, non-governmental organisations, and private humanitarian firms. The objective of the Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) program is to develop human resources for professional social work practice, and allied fields. The program aims to equip students with the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values necessary for competent and effective social work practice in diverse settings. It also emphasizes the principles of social justice, human rights, and sustainable development.

Industry Immersion

BSW stands for Bachelor of Social Work. Students who are interested to join social organisations can join this undergraduate course which can be completed in four years. BSW graduates can get hired by government agencies, non-government organisations and re-habilitation centres. They can serve as social workers, besides various other positions.

eligibility criteria

Passed 10+2 or equivalent in any stream with English as a compulsory subject from a recognized board with 45% marks

Admission criteria

Merit in CT-SET, subject to fulfilling eligibility criteria.

Duration

4 Years

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Curriculum

1ST SEMESTER SUBJECTS

Introduces fundamental sociological concepts, culture, socialization, social groups, institutions, social structure, and perspectives for understanding individual behaviour and contemporary society.

Introduces the history, philosophy, values, principles, methods, fields, and professional roles of social work, emphasizing human rights, social justice, and social well-being.

Examines relationships between social work and social sciences, applying sociological, psychological, economic, and political perspectives to understand individuals, groups, communities, and social problems.

Provides supervised practical exposure to social work agencies, developing observation, communication, professional interaction, recording, and introductory practice skills through structured field-based learning.

Develops foundational English language competencies in grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing, listening, speaking, and comprehension for effective academic and professional communication.

Introduces entrepreneurial thinking, creativity, opportunity recognition, innovation, initiative, risk awareness, and problem-solving to develop an enterprising mindset for academic, social, and professional contexts.

Introduces environmental concepts, ecosystems, natural resources, biodiversity, pollution, conservation, climate concerns, and sustainable practices, emphasizing responsible relationships between society and environment.

Introduces principles of physical fitness, health, exercise, balanced nutrition, hydration, and sports nutrition, emphasizing healthy lifestyles, performance, and overall physical well-being.

2ND SEMESTER SUBJECTS

Builds upon sociological foundations by examining social stratification, social change, social control, institutions, population, and contemporary social issues affecting individuals and communities.

Introduces principles, processes, techniques, and skills of social case work for understanding individual problems, establishing professional relationships, assessment, intervention, and strengthening social functioning.

Examines human behaviour through biological, psychological, social, and environmental perspectives, focusing on development, personality, motivation, emotions, relationships, and factors influencing behaviour.

Provides supervised field experience in social work settings, strengthening observation, communication, assessment, recording, professional relationships, and application of classroom knowledge to practice situations.

Strengthens English language proficiency through advanced grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing, comprehension, speaking, and professional communication activities for academic and workplace contexts.

Develops entrepreneurial awareness through creativity, innovation, opportunity identification, decision-making, initiative, teamwork, and problem-solving, encouraging students to apply entrepreneurial thinking to practical situations.

Promotes understanding of human values, ethical conduct, harmonious relationships, responsibility, empathy, self-development, and social awareness for meaningful personal, academic, and professional life.

Introduces concepts of immunity, nutrition, physical activity, hygiene, preventive health, stress management, and healthy lifestyles to promote wellness and strengthen everyday health practices.

3RD SEMESTER SUBJECTS

Provides an opportunity to study a specialized interdisciplinary subject within the departmental elective basket, enabling students to broaden knowledge and develop complementary academic competencies.

Examines principles, processes, techniques, group dynamics, leadership, communication, and intervention methods in social group work for achieving individual development and collective goals.

Introduces principles, models, processes, and skills of community organization for identifying needs, mobilizing resources, promoting participation, empowerment, collective action, and sustainable community development.

Provides supervised field learning for applying social work methods, developing professional skills, engaging with communities and agencies, maintaining records, and integrating theoretical knowledge with practice.

Develops advanced English communication through academic writing, comprehension, vocabulary, presentations, discussions, and professional interaction for effective participation in academic and workplace environments.

Strengthens entrepreneurial competencies through opportunity recognition, innovation, leadership, communication, teamwork, planning, problem-solving, and responsible risk-taking in social and professional contexts.

Provides essential knowledge and practical skills for responding safely to common injuries and emergencies through immediate assessment, basic first aid procedures, prevention, and timely referral.
(Departmental / Discipline Elective)

Introduces experimental approaches to studying behaviour, including research design, variables, observation, experimentation, measurement, data interpretation, and ethical considerations in psychological investigation.

Examines deviance and major social problems, their causes, forms, consequences, and social responses, emphasizing social work perspectives for prevention, intervention, and social change.

4TH SEMESTER SUBJECTS

Provides an opportunity to study a specialized subject from the departmental elective basket, broadening disciplinary knowledge and strengthening complementary competencies relevant to social work.

Introduces research concepts, designs, methods, sampling, tools, data collection, analysis, interpretation, and reporting for systematic investigation of social issues and evidence-based social work practice.

Examines social work practice in healthcare settings, focusing on psychosocial assessment, counselling, family intervention, rehabilitation, referrals, patient support, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Provides supervised professional exposure during summer, enabling students to apply social work knowledge, develop practice competencies, understand organizational functioning, and gain practical workplace experience.

Provides supervised practical training in social work settings, emphasizing assessment, intervention, documentation, ethical practice, professional relationships, and integration of classroom learning with field experience.

Enhances advanced English proficiency through professional writing, communication, presentations, comprehension, vocabulary, and workplace-oriented language activities for effective academic and professional performance.

Introduces stress, coping, emotional regulation, resilience, relaxation, self-care, and wellness practices to help students manage academic and personal challenges and maintain emotional well-being.

Applies entrepreneurial concepts to practical situations through innovation, opportunity assessment, planning, communication, teamwork, problem-solving, and responsible decision-making for enterprise and social initiatives.

Provides flexible learning through selected Massive Open Online Courses, enabling students to acquire interdisciplinary knowledge, digital learning experience, and additional competencies beyond the core curriculum.

Focuses on skills for career readiness including resume building and interview preparation.
(Departmental / Discipline Elective)

Advances Punjabi literary study through prose, poetry, and drama.

Studies key Indian and Western political thinkers and their ideas.

Studies mental processes such as perception, memory, and problem-solving.

Examines social work approaches to addressing the needs of senior citizens.
(Departmental / Discipline Elective)

Introduces poetic forms, literary devices, and terminology.

Studies theories and issues related to economic growth and development.

Traces the political and social history of Punjab from annexation to reorganization.

Examines psychological and sociological dimensions of sports and physical activity.

5TH SEMESTER SUBJECTS

Provides an opportunity to study a specialized departmental subject, broadening disciplinary knowledge and developing additional academic competencies relevant to professional social work practice.

Examines principles of social welfare administration and major social legislation, emphasizing organizational management, policy implementation, welfare programmes, rights protection, and social justice.

Examines rural and tribal communities, socioeconomic conditions, development challenges, policies, programmes, livelihoods, participation, and sustainable approaches to inclusive community development.

Provides advanced supervised field experience for applying social work methods, developing intervention skills, maintaining professional records, and integrating theoretical knowledge with agency and community practice.

Develops advanced entrepreneurial competencies through innovation, opportunity identification, planning, leadership, teamwork, problem-solving, and responsible decision-making for social, community, and professional initiatives.

Strengthens academic and professional English through communication, writing, comprehension, presentations, vocabulary, and workplace-oriented language activities for effective professional interaction and career development.

Provides flexible learning through selected Massive Open Online Courses, enabling students to acquire interdisciplinary knowledge, digital learning experience, and additional competencies beyond the core curriculum.

Introduces disaster risks, vulnerability, preparedness, mitigation, response, recovery, resilience, and community participation, emphasizing integrated approaches to reducing disaster impacts and strengthening community safety.
(Departmental / Discipline Elective)

Introduces concepts, types, causes, rights, policies, and social dimensions of disability, emphasizing inclusion, accessibility, rehabilitation, empowerment, participation, and social work support.

Develops foundational counselling skills including active listening, empathy, rapport building, communication, interviewing, assessment, problem-solving, and ethical techniques for establishing effective helping relationships.

6TH SEMESTER SUBJECTS

Provides an opportunity to study a specialized departmental subject from the elective basket, broadening disciplinary knowledge and strengthening competencies relevant to social work practice.

Introduces major psychiatric disorders, symptoms, causes, classification, assessment, and psychosocial implications, developing foundational understanding for social work support and mental health interventions.

Examines social work interventions in psychiatric settings, including assessment, counselling, case management, family intervention, rehabilitation, referral, community care, and multidisciplinary approaches.

Provides supervised professional experience in social work organizations, enabling students to apply theoretical knowledge, undertake responsibilities, develop practice competencies, and understand professional roles and organizational functioning.

Provides supervised practical experience in social work and mental health settings, emphasizing assessment, intervention, documentation, ethical practice, professional skills, and multidisciplinary collaboration.

Develops advanced English proficiency through professional communication, academic writing, presentations, comprehension, vocabulary, and workplace communication skills for effective professional and academic engagement.

Strengthens entrepreneurial capabilities through innovation, opportunity assessment, planning, leadership, teamwork, problem-solving, and decision-making for developing sustainable social and professional initiatives.

Provides flexible learning through selected Massive Open Online Courses, enabling students to acquire interdisciplinary knowledge, digital learning experience, and additional competencies beyond the core curriculum.

Provides an optional non-credit learning opportunity for students to pursue additional professional or personal development beyond the prescribed credit-bearing curriculum.
Professional Development –I*

Examines community-based approaches to disability rehabilitation, emphasizing inclusion, participation, empowerment, accessibility, livelihood, education, health, family involvement, and community resource mobilization.

Introduces major psychological disorders, symptoms, causes, classification, assessment, psychosocial effects, and management approaches, emphasizing understanding and appropriate social work support.

7TH SEMESTER SUBJECTS

Provides an opportunity to study a specialized departmental subject, enabling students to deepen disciplinary knowledge and develop advanced competencies relevant to professional social work practice.

Introduces project identification, planning, implementation, budgeting, resource management, monitoring, evaluation, documentation, and sustainability for effective social development and social work projects.

Examines social work interventions with families and children, focusing on assessment, counselling, case management, protection, family strengthening, child welfare, rehabilitation, and prevention of vulnerabilities.

Provides advanced supervised field learning, enabling students to undertake interventions, apply professional methods, manage responsibilities, maintain records, and develop greater independence in social work practice.

Introduces systematic approaches to research, including research design, problem formulation, sampling, tools, data collection, analysis, interpretation, ethics, and reporting for social work studies.

Integrates entrepreneurial knowledge through innovation, opportunity recognition, strategic planning, leadership, teamwork, problem-solving, and responsible decision-making for social enterprises and professional initiatives.

Provides an opportunity to integrate theoretical knowledge, research skills, field experience, and professional competencies through systematic planning, execution, documentation, and presentation of an independent project.

Supports career readiness through communication, employability, workplace conduct, self-management, career planning, and professional competencies necessary for effective academic-to-workplace transition and professional growth.
Professional Development–I

Introduces disaster concepts, risk assessment, preparedness, mitigation, response, recovery, rehabilitation, and community participation, emphasizing social work roles in resilience building and disaster management.

Examines contemporary community organization challenges including inequality, migration, urbanization, social conflict, participation, resource mobilization, advocacy, empowerment, and sustainable community development.

8TH SEMESTER SUBJECTS

OPTION-A

Provides advanced opportunity to complete, document, present, and evaluate an independent social work project integrating research, theory, field experience, professional skills, and evidence-based practice.

Provides supervised professional experience in social work organizations, enabling students to apply theoretical knowledge, undertake responsibilities, develop practice competencies, and understand professional roles and organizational functioning.
OPTION-B

Provides an opportunity to study a specialized departmental subject, allowing students to broaden disciplinary knowledge and develop complementary competencies for professional social work practice.

Examines professional ethics, values, responsibilities, boundaries, accountability, confidentiality, integrity, and ethical decision-making required for responsible and effective social work practice.

Examines psychological principles related to learning, development, motivation, intelligence, individual differences, classroom behaviour, and educational processes to support effective learning and student development.

Introduces stress concepts, causes, coping strategies, relaxation techniques, emotional regulation, resilience, and self-care practices for managing personal, academic, and professional pressures effectively.

Introduces principles of human resource management including recruitment, selection, training, performance appraisal, employee relations, motivation, retention, and workplace development within organizations.
DEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE-VIII

Develops essential life skills including communication, decision-making, problem-solving, self-awareness, empathy, interpersonal relationships, coping, and critical thinking for effective personal and professional functioning.

Provides flexible online learning through a structured certificate course, enabling students to acquire specialized knowledge, digital learning experience, and additional competencies relevant to academic or professional development.
Open Elective Course

Introduces basic French vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, reading, writing, listening, and everyday expressions to develop elementary communication skills and cultural awareness.

Introduces basic Korean vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, reading, writing, listening, and everyday expressions to develop elementary communication skills and cultural understanding.

Introduces basic Spanish vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, reading, writing, listening, and everyday expressions to develop elementary communication skills and awareness of Spanish-speaking cultures.

Develops basic Hindi communication through vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing, listening, speaking, and everyday expressions, strengthening language proficiency and cultural understanding.

Develops basic Punjabi communication through vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing, listening, speaking, and everyday expressions, strengthening language proficiency and understanding of Punjabi cultural contexts.

Develops basic Urdu communication through vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing, listening, speaking, and everyday expressions, strengthening language proficiency and appreciation of Urdu linguistic and cultural traditions.

fees

Details

Amount

Programme Fees (per Semester)

₹50000

Examination Fees

₹3000

International Fees (per Year)

$3000

Fee Slab

Slab >=60% - 74.99% >=75% - 89.99% >=90% & Above
Fee ₹45000 ₹40000 ₹35000

Students can avail these slots depending on the marks they have scored. Each slot reflects a different academic range, helping students understand where they stand and what benefits they qualify for.

Programme Outcomes

  • To enable students to understand history, philosophy, values, ethics and functions of social work profession, and its linkages with other social science disciplines
  • To equip students with knowledge on core and ancillary methods of professional social work, and its practice base
  • To inculcate in the students the spirit of enquiry and research; and thereby develop problem solving and decision-making abilities
  • To prepare professionals to practice in diverse social work settings and to address contemporary issues and concerns of marginalized and hitherto excluded population groups
  • To make learners sensitive and empathetic to the needs of the people at individuals, group and community levels and to social problems in changing social, cultural and techno economic context
  • To develop young professionals with good communication skills and quest for a self-motivated life-long learning, focusing on skilling and re-skilling in their respective field of social work practice
  • To develop in the graduates a perspective on understanding planning and development at the national and international levels; and also, a thrust on national policies directed towards achieving sustainable development
  • To imbibe in the learners the values of social justice, human rights, empathy, hard and honest work – thereby developing in them the vision to work towards an egalitarian society.

Programme Specific Outcomes

  • Disciplinary Knowledge: Capable of demonstrating comprehensive knowledge and understanding of awareness of the social context, primary and auxiliary methods of Social Work Profession, policies and programmes directed towards social development; understanding of social problems, social legislations and the rights-based approach.
  • Communication Skills: Ability to express thoughts and ideas effectively, demonstrate the ability to listen carefully, read and write analytically, and present complex information in a clear and concise manner to different groups. Develop skills in verbal and non-verbal communication, preparation and presentation of documents/reports/PPTs. Skills of interpersonal communication, use of IEC and programme media in working with diverse population groups. Able to use ICT in a variety of learning situations, demonstrate ability to access, evaluate, and use a variety of relevant information sources and develop digital literacy as applicable to the professional needs.
  • Research-related Skills: As a producer of research develop basic skills and a scientific attitude, problem identification and formulation of research design; ability to plan, execute and report a research investigation; develop skills to prepare case studies and best practice documentation, learn to use appropriate software for analyzing data and work towards generation of indigenous knowledge.
  • Cooperation and Team Work: Ability to work effectively and respectfully with diverse teams; facilitate cooperative or coordinated effort on the part of a group and or a team in the interests of a common cause and work efficiently as a player.
  • Moral and Ethical Awareness/Reasoning: Ability to embrace moral/ethical values in conducting one’s life, formulate a position/argument about an ethical issue from multiple perspectives, and use ethical practices in all work. Capable of demonstrating the ability to identify ethical issues related to one’s work, avoid unethical behaviour such as fabrication, falsification or misrepresentation of data or committing plagiarism, not adhering to intellectual property rights; appreciating environmental and sustainability issues; and adopting objective, unbiased and truthful actions in all aspects of social work.
  • These outcomes equip graduates with the necessary competencies to excel in their chosen specialization area within social work.

Salient Features

  • To prepare graduates for competent entry-level generalist practice grounded in the profession’s history, purposes and philosophy and the mastery of measurable practice behaviors that are based upon the knowledge, values, and skills of generalist Social Work practice.
  • To prepare graduates who are committed to the ethics and values of the profession, to social and economic justice, and service to oppressed and at-risk populations.
  • To understand distributive and restorative justice, human and civil rights, global interconnections of oppression and discrimination.

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