Degree in Social Work
240 credits - Faculty of Philosophy and Arts
Entry Profile
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
Entry information
Number of places.
Academic year
2024-25: 70
Course entry methods
- Students who have passed a university entrance exam or similar (1)
- Higher vocational graduates (2). Applications from candidates with an advanced VET diploma in the degree programme's area of knowledge will be given preference. Please see the links (Spanish).
- Those who have passed the over-25s entrance examination Students who have passed the test in the following option will be given preference: Social and Legal Sciences
- University graduates
- Over-40s who have accredited professional or work experience
- Those who have passed the over-45s entrance examination
- University programmes started at another UIB campus
- Certain students holding a 'batxiller' or equivalent high school diploma without the PAU entrance exam
- Official Spanish university studies already begun
- Overseas university studies already begun or finished without being officially accredited
Admission mark calculation
The entrance mark
(Information in Spanish)
for courses will be calculated in accordance with the following criteria:
(1)
For entry with high-school diploma or equivalent (PAU: university entrance exam)
, the entrance mark is calculated (out of 14 points) with the entrance mark and the
two best weighted marks from passed subjects, in
accordance with the weighting parameters.
(2)
For entry with a higher vocational qualification
, the entrance mark is calculated (out of 14 points) with the average from the training
course and the two best weighted marks from
subjects passed in the PAU entrance block, in accordance with the weighting parameters.
(3) For further information, please see the full details of the
weighting parameters for university admission
Weighting Parameters
(3) Weighted subjects in the voluntary stage. Academic year 2024-25:
| Batxiller Course | Parameter |
|---|---|
| Company and Business Model Design
|
0,2 |
| Cultural and Artistic Movements
|
0,1 |
| Geography
|
0,2 |
| History of Philosophy
|
0,1 |
| Mathematics for the Social Sciences II
|
0,2 |
For more information, please see the full details about
weighting criteria for university admission (Spanish)
Cut-off mark
Validations
Credit Recognition and Transfer Committee for GTSO
Secretary
Member
Benítez Eim, Irina
Member
Esteva Llodrà, Neus
Accreditation grid between degrees from the UIB
Table of equivalences by curriculum: Degree in Social Work - Majorca
Social Work (1990 syllabus)
| Social Work (1990 syllabus) | Degree in Social Work - Majorca |
|---|---|
| 1900 - Basics of Law |
|
| 1902 - Social Politics |
|
| 1903 - Dynamic Psychology |
21981 - Basic Psychological Processes |
| 1904 - Social Psychology |
21982 - Social Psychology of Groups and Organisations |
| 1905 - Social Services I |
21906 - Structure of Social Services |
| 1906 - Social Services II |
21913 - Sectoral Social Services I |
| 1907 - Social Services III |
21922 - Sectoral Social Services II |
| 1908 - Introduction to Sociology |
21980 - Foundations of Contemporary Society |
| 1909 - Contemporary Social Structure |
21905 - Structure, Inequality and Social Exclusion |
| 1910 - Social Work I |
|
| 1911 - Social Work II |
|
| 1912 - Social Work III |
|
| 1913 - Statistics |
21917 - Research and Diagnosis |
| 1914 - Introduction to Economics |
21971 - Economics and Social Service |
| 1915 - Economic Structures |
21932 - Social Inclusion Policies |
| 1916 - Public Health |
21963 - Social Work in Primary Health Care |
| 1917 - Social Research Techniques |
21901 - Scientific Documentation and Communication |
| 1919 - Evolutive Psychology |
22201 - Developmental Psychology |
| 1920 - Social Pedagogy |
21909 - Social Intervention in the case of Criminal Conduct |
| 1921 - Psychiatry |
21933 - Psychopatology |
| 1922 - Labour Law and the Social Security |
21902 - Law, Development and Social Welfare |
Social Work (1994 syllabus)
| Social Work (1994 syllabus) | Degree in Social Work - Majorca |
|---|---|
| 1306 - Basic Law |
21939 - Foundations of Public Law Applied to Social Work |
| 1307 - Methods and Techniques for Social Research |
21917 - Research and Diagnosis |
| 1308 - General and Evolutive Psychology |
21983 - Psychology of Development |
| 1309 - Introduction to Sociology |
21980 - Foundations of Contemporary Society |
| 1310 - Social Services I |
21906 - Structure of Social Services |
| 1311 - Introduction to Social Work |
21904 - Theory and History of Social Work |
| 1312 - Intervention Techniques in Social Work |
21911 - Methods of Intervention in Social Case Work |
| 1313 - Social Work and Intervention Models |
21907 - Helping Relationship |
| 1315 - Introduction to Economics |
21971 - Economics and Social Service |
| 1318 - Social Services II |
21913 - Sectoral Social Services I |
| 1319 - Social Case Work I |
|
| 1320 - Institutional Social Work |
21925 - Social Work in Networks and Large Systems |
| 1321 - Social Work and Planning |
21910 - Social Planning and Evaluation |
| 1322 - Contemporary Social Structure |
21905 - Structure, Inequality and Social Exclusion |
| 1323 - Social Psychlogy |
21982 - Social Psychology of Groups and Organisations |
| 1324 - Public Health and Social Work |
21963 - Social Work in Primary Health Care |
| 1325 - Social Anthropology |
|
| 1326 - Social Politics |
21912 - History and Models of Social Policies |
| 1327 - Social Services III |
21922 - Sectoral Social Services II |
| 1328 - Social Case Work II |
21908 - Social Intervention in the case of Abuse in the Family |
| 1329 - Community Social Work |
|
| 1330 - Introduction to Labour Law |
21985 - Law, Development and Social Welfare |
| 1331 - Group Social Work |
21914 - Theory and Models of Group Social Work |
| 1332 - End of Degree Project |
21984 - Scientific Documentation and Communication |
| 1316 - Population Sociology |
21918 - Dependence and Vulnerability |
| 1333 - Differential Psychology |
21981 - Basic Psychological Processes |
| 1334 - Psychiatry and Psychopathology |
21933 - Psychopatology |
| 1335 - Social Pedagogy |
21909 - Social Intervention in the case of Criminal Conduct |
| 1336 - Inequality and Economic Structure |
21927 - Structural Social Policies |
| 1337 - Social Ethics |
21944 - Conceptions, Problems and Dilemmas of Ethics and Deontology of Social Work |
| 1338 - Public and Social Eocnomics |
21932 - Social Inclusion Policies |
Social Work (1998 syllabus)
| Social Work (1998 syllabus) | Degree in Social Work - Majorca |
|---|---|
| 2651 - Work Law and Social Security |
21985 - Law, Development and Social Welfare |
| 2650 - Foundations of Social Law |
|
| 2652 - Social Research Methods and Techniques |
21917 - Research and Diagnosis |
| 2653 - Basic Psychology |
21981 - Basic Psychological Processes |
| 2654 - Introduction to Sociology |
21980 - Foundations of Contemporary Society |
| 2655 - Social Policy |
21912 - History and Models of Social Policies |
| 2656 - Social Services I |
21906 - Structure of Social Services |
| 2657 - Introduction to Social Work |
21904 - Theory and History of Social Work |
| 2658 - Intervention Methodology in Social Work |
21911 - Methods of Intervention in Social Case Work |
| 2659 - The Welfare Relationship in Social Work |
21907 - Helping Relationship |
| 2660 - Social Psychology |
21982 - Social Psychology of Groups and Organisations |
| 2661 - Evolutive Psychology |
21983 - Psychology of Development |
| 2662 - Social Anthropology |
|
| 2663 - Social Services II |
21913 - Sectoral Social Services I |
| 2664 - Social Case Work I |
21916 - Individual Dimension in Social Work Cases |
| 2665 - Group Social Work |
21914 - Theory and Models of Group Social Work |
| 2667 - Ethics and Deontology of Social Work |
21944 - Conceptions, Problems and Dilemmas of Ethics and Deontology of Social Work |
|
21928 - Practical Placements I |
| 2668 - Social Planning and Evaluation |
21910 - Social Planning and Evaluation |
| 2669 - Social Intervention in Minors, Families, and Exclusion Groups |
21908 - Social Intervention in the case of Abuse in the Family |
| 2670 - Public Health and Social work |
21963 - Social Work in Primary Health Care |
| 2671 - Planning Social Services |
21922 - Sectoral Social Services II |
| 2672 - Social Case Work II |
21921 - Family Dimension in Social Work Cases |
| 2673 - Community Social Work |
21915 - Theory and Models of Community Social Work |
| 2675 - Social Policy Models |
21927 - Structural Social Policies |
| 2676 - Social Pedagogy and Social Work |
21909 - Social Intervention in the case of Criminal Conduct |
| 2678 - Social Intervention and Drugs |
21936 - Social Intervention and Drugs |
| 2679 - Social Intervention in the Elderly |
21972 - Social Work and Old Age |
| 2680 - Social Service Economics |
21971 - Economics and Social Service |
| 2681 - Social Information Intervention Records |
21961 - Social Information Records for Intervention |
|
21905 - Structure, Inequality and Social Exclusion |
| 2686 - Legislation and Practice of Social Work |
21923 - Crisis Intervention |
| 2677 - Psychopathology |
21933 - Psychopatology |
Automatic accreditation between higher technical programmes and university courses
Automatic accreditation of credits between courses on higher degree training cycles
from the professional groups in the
Balearic Islands and university degree courses in
Degree in Social Work
| Subject | Credits |
|---|---|
| 21926 - Intervention in Situations of Vulnerability in the Education System | 6 |
| 21981 - Basic Psychological Processes | 6 |
| Recognition of fourth-year elective credits | 6 |
| Total | 18 |
| Subject | Credits |
|---|---|
| 21926 - Intervention in Situations of Vulnerability in the Education System | 6 |
| 21981 - Basic Psychological Processes | 6 |
| Recognition of fourth-year elective credits | 6 |
| Total | 18 |
| Subject | Credits |
|---|---|
| 21926 - Intervention in Situations of Vulnerability in the Education System | 6 |
| 21981 - Basic Psychological Processes | 6 |
| Recognition of fourth-year elective credits | 6 |
| Total | 18 |
| Subject | Credits |
|---|---|
| 21926 - Intervention in Situations of Vulnerability in the Education System | 6 |
| 21932 - Social Inclusion Policies | 6 |
| 21980 - Foundations of Contemporary Society | 6 |
| 21981 - Basic Psychological Processes | 6 |
| Recognition of fourth-year elective credits | 6 |
| Total | 30 |
| Subject | Credits |
|---|---|
| 21932 - Social Inclusion Policies | 6 |
| 21980 - Foundations of Contemporary Society | 6 |
| 21981 - Basic Psychological Processes | 6 |
| 21982 - Social Psychology of Groups and Organisations | 6 |
| Recognition of fourth-year elective credits | 6 |
| Total | 30 |
Accreditation of English Skills
In order to be awarded the degree, students must show that they have reached a level of English by the end of their course that equates to level B2 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), in accordance with how this requirement is stipulated in the curriculum. The different ways to attain this are:
- passing the specific English language course on the curriculum.
- handing in a certificate or accreditation, recognised by the UIB, which shows the student has obtained a minimum level of English equivalent to B2 in the CEFR.
- passing a set number of subjects taught in English on the degree course.
- passing a set number of subjects taught in English on a mobility programme.
Academic Accreditation Committee
Regulatory Agreement 10714/2013, whereby the regulations for awarding academic accreditation for participation in university cultural, sports, student representation, solidarity and cooperation activities are approved.