Social Work (M.A.)
Master’s programme Social Work
Diploma: Master of Arts (M.A.)
Entrance Requirements: General admission requirements (see below)
Language of Instruction: German
Duration: 3 semesters (start: summer semester)
FHWS location: Würzburg
Diploma Supplement: yes
Tuition fees: none
The consecutive Master’s programme Social Work is a complex full-time programme which follows the bachelor’s programme Social Work at the Faculty of Applied Social Sciences. Its graduates are qualified for management, higher-level and professional duties on a master’s level. For these, the programme teaches the following competences:
- deeper methodical expertise in terms of receiving and implementing research results
- advanced competences in terms of behavioural analysis and intervention
- more detailed knowledge about management
- greater ability to participate in social science discourses and confidently represent a professional position when in contact with future colleagues from other disciplines.
Programme Structure
The Master’s programme takes three semesters consisting of eleven modules. Courses mainly take place during the first two semesters, while the 3d semester is almost completely dedicated to the master’s thesis. Modules of the 1st semester are Academia and Social Work I, Behavioural Methods, Law and Social Work , Organisation and Quality Management, and Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods. During the 2nd semester, there are Academia and Social Work II, Finance and Staff Management, Media and Social Work, Behavioural Projects I, Socio-Scientific Specialisation, and Methodological Specialisation. Behavioural Projects are practical projects with four contact hours per week. Practical projects are continued during the 3rd semester (Behavioural Projects II) when also the final thesis is prepared.
Career Perspectives
Graduates are qualified for management, higher-level and professional duties on a master’s level, i.e. for leading roles in social enterprises, child and youth psychotherapy possibly with their own practice, expert and consulting tasks for (social welfare) associations or foundations, but also for jobs in teaching and researching at universities of applied sciences.
Additional Information
On the following websites you can find out more about general and programme specific admission requirements:
- Persons with German university entrance certificates: Department of Student Affairs (HSST),
- Persons with other university entrance certificates: FHWS International Office.
Contact persons
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Gartzke
Room T.2.12
Tiepolostraße 6
97070 Würzburg
Phone +49 931 3511-8907
E-Mail msa.fas[at]fhws.de
Consultation hours by arrangement (e-mail preferred)
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International Social Work with Refugees and Migrants (M.A)
Master's programme International Social Work with Refugees and Migrants
Diploma: Master of Arts (M.A.)
Entrance Requirements: General admission requirements (see below)
Language of Instruction: English
Duration: 3 semesters (start: summer semester)
FHWS location: Würzburg
Diploma Supplement: yes
Tuition fees: none
The Masters programme International Social Work with Refugees and Migrants is an application-oriented and, in terms of content and sharing, internationally oriented English-language degree programme. The programme provides professional, social and profession-related competences for the field of action of social work with migrants and refugees in the international and national context. Based on empirical finings and theoretical references, students are qualified in intercultural, legal, educational and psychological terms to develop and implement solution-oriented courses of action for the special situation of refugees and migrants. They are enabled to operate in the area of policies of local as well as international actors. The professional grasp of social work in the context of migration will thus be further developed.
Programme Structure
The programme consists of six areas of study which will turn the students’ focus to the international level of social work, sensitise them for the work with refugees and migrants, and teach them practice-oriented methodological and decision-making competences. Especially the area of study no. V strengthens the international focus of the programme. Students learn the language of a typical region of origin or transit and have the opportunity to study abroad or do an internship abroad for one semester, preferably in a region of origin or transit.
Career Perspectives
Graduates are able to act professionally on a national level (e.g. migrants’ advice centres, youth welfare with unaccompanied minor refugees, volunteer management) and to do management tasks. Moreover, they are able to work skilfully and competently in an international environment (e.g. supervision of UNHCR refugee camps, EU Asylum Hotspot Centres or other internationally operating organisations). The steadily growing demand for skilled specialists due to the world-wide increasing migration results in very good job prospects.
Additional Information
On the following websites you can find out more about general and programme specific admission requirements:
- Persons with German university entrance certificates: Department of Student Affairs (HSST),
- Persons with other university entrance certificates: FHWS International Office.
Contact
Prof. Dr. Vathsala Aithal
Room T.1.12
Tiepolostraße 6
97070 Würzburg
Phone +49 931 3511-8235
E-Mail vathsala.aithal[at]fhws.de
Consultation by arrangement.