Degree in Social Work
240 credits - Faculty of Philosophy and Arts
| Duration | 4 years / 240 credits |
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| Level MECES | 2 |
| Spots for new students |
70 places for the academic year 2024-25
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| Teaching method | In-Person Classes |
| Price |
Public price per credit, 1st registration: ¤15.63, ¤36.02, ¤77.97, ¤108.05 for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th enrolment respectively.
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Total cost
of the first enrolment in the first year:
¤978.99
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(*) Prices for the academic year: 2024-25
(**) Total cost of the first enrolment in the first year, including taxes, for EU
members under 28 years of age without any
special condition:
The overall objective of the degree in social work is to teach students the basic scientific knowledge necessary to enable them to successfully become professional social workers.
What skills will you acquire?
The teaching is oriented at preparing professionals with competencies for social intervention with a broad knowledge of social structures and processes, human behaviour, and change. The programme will deal with fundamental skills related to helping relationships, and micro- and macro-social relationships, as well as specific abilities for conducting interventions with people, families, groups, and organisations in a vulnerable situation and/or a state of social or psychological distress. Furthermore, students will gain English comprehension, speaking, and writing skills.
What profile should you have?
An essential requirement will be the ability to relate to others with an interpersonal and communication ability in Catalan, Spanish and English. In turn, the personal qualities and characteristics that aid training of good social workers are as follows:
- An ability to be tolerant
- An ability to maintain emotional balance
- An ability to empathise with others
- An ability for analysis and observation
- A sensibility and interest for interpersonal relations
- An ability for problem solving
- An ability for teamwork
What career opportunities will you have?
The social work profession has a wide selection of professional pathways, with demand from both Public Administrations (local, island, regional and central) and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). The Degree in Social Work enables the social work profession to be developed in the following sectors, amongst others:
- Primary care social services at city councils and associations.
- Specialised social services for population sectors and problem areas: childhood and family protection; care for women; care for those with disabilities; care for migrants and refugees; health services; hospitals; mental health; legal services; mediation; correctional facilities, etc.
Travel and Learn
The UIB offers students the chance to take part in different exchange and mobility programmes:
- Exchange and mobility programmes: to complete part of your studies at another university in Spain, the European Union, and around the world, or to get work experience at businesses in the European Union, managed by the International Relations Service.
- Volunteer work experience and projects with university development cooperation programmes in least developed countries, run through the development cooperation programmes managed by the Cooperation for Development and Solidarity Office (OCDS).
High-quality official study
Legislation requires that official Spanish Degrees receive positive evaluations by the National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (ANECA). This process is called verification, and it serves to ensure that the development programme in which you will participate will provide the skills and learning results that it is supposed to.
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Bachelor's programmes are subject to assessment and are continuously improved upon in order to guarantee their prestige and recognition within Europe. You can see the results of the assessments at results section .
Social and Legal Sciences
Social Science, Social Work, Labour Relations and Human Resources, Sociology, Political
Science and International Relations.