English Courses
If there are any questions about the courses listed below you can always ask Christoph Bördlein for advice.
Winter semester
modulenumber | name | description | bachelor/master | SWS / CP |
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3.2 | Basic Strategies I: Behavioral Assessment | Introduction to behavior analysis: Defining behavior Observing and recording behavior Graphing behavior and measuring change | BSA | 3 semester working-hours 5CP |
3.3 | Basic Strategies II: Behavior Modification | Introduction to Behavior Modification: Stimulus control techniques, reinforcer assessment, shaping, chaining, token economies, behavioral contracts, behavioral relaxation, etc. | BSA | 3 semester working-hours 5 CP |
1.2 | Social Work and Migration: Attitudes and Approaches | Looks at social work with emphasis on its historical becoming and socio-cultural milieu Decolonization of social work as point of depature in global social work endeavors elaborates knowledge, analytical capacity and attitude-based competences in order to deal with diversity and entangled exclusionary processes in a power-sensitive way | MRM (open for undergraduates) | 4 semester working-hours 5 CP |
5.2 | Social Work with Refugees and Migrants in Areas of Origin | Confrontation with (often challenging) situations on site in a selected region of origin, transit or destination to widen students understanding of the different phases (including processes, stakeholders and actors) of (forced) migration, whilst creating critical questions and debate about attitude and ethical standards of social work, as well as perceptions of oneself and of others | MRM (open for undergraduates) (only when summer school is in Germany, ask Christoph Bördlein about it) | 4 semester working - hours 5 CP |
AWPFs | - | Elective, voluntary subjects in various areas: link to the subjects | BSA | - |
Summer semester
modulenumber | name | description | bachelor/master | SWS / CP |
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3.2 | Basic Strategies I: Behavioral Assessment | Introduction to behavior analysis: Defining behavior Observing and recording behavior Graphing behavior and measuring change | BSA | 3 semester working-hours 5 CP |
3.3 | Basic Strategies II: Behavior Modification | Introduction to Behavior Modification: Stimulus control techniques, reinforcer assessment, shaping, chaining, token economies, behavioral contracts, behavioral relaxation, etc. | BSA | 3 semester working-hours 5 CP |
3.4 | Self-Modification | The students perform a project in self-modification by using their knowledge and skills from the tutorials “Basic Strategies of Behavior Modification” Parts I and II. | BSA | 1 semester working-hour 0 CP (only part of module) |
3.5 | Communication methods | Communications skills, practical exercises on relationship building, asking questions, active listening, giving feedback, nonverbal communication, importance of silence; basics in intercultural communication skills developed. Methods: theoretical inputs, practical exercises, peer-learning, reflection and role-play | BSA | 4 semester working-hours 5 CP |
3.8 | Newspaper Theater | The course integrates tools from Theatre of the Oppressed (TO), with special focus on Newspaper Theater and combined this Social Presencing Theatre (SPT) to offer social work students a way to conduct awareness-based action research. In the course, students engage in a theatrical reading of global events and practice SPT to investigate lived experience through mindful awareness. | BSA | 3 semester working-hours 5 CP |
3.8 | Theater of Witness | The course is an introduction to Theater of witness, which is a form of testimonial performance performed by people sharing their personal and collective stories of suffering, transformation and peace. Developed more than thirty years ago by Teya Sepinuck, the work brings people together across divides of difference to bear witness to each other’s life experiences. Performers who have survived marginalization, oppression, and the complexity of the human experience, address some of society’s most challenging issues from a multiplicity of perspectives. | BSA | 3 semester working-hours 5 CP |
7.2 | Scientific elective module | Students can scientifically use individual interests and gifts by selecting them from a catalogue of subject areas. Like this, different possibilities of dealing with various social problems, tasks, methods, action concepts and working environment are introduced. The goal is to make the practical relevance visible in small groups. | BSA | 3 semester working-hours 5 CP |
- | Introduction to the German Legal System | This course is designed for international students and provides a comprehensive introduction to the German Legal System and to selected core areas of German Substantial Law (Constitutional Law, Civil Law, Criminal Law) | BSA | 3 semester working-hours 5 CP |
7.3 | Social Work in the Migration Society | - | BSA | 1 semester working-hour 0 CP (only part of module) |
5.2 | Social Work with Refugees and Migrants in Areas of Origin | Confrontation with (often challenging) situations on site in a selected region of origin, transit or destination to widen students understanding of the different phases (including processes, stakeholders and actors) of (forced) migration, whilst creating critical questions and debate about attitude and ethical standards of social work, as well as perceptions of oneself and of others | MRM (open for undergraduates) (only when summer school is in Germany, ask Christoph Bördlein about it) | 4 semester working-hours 5 CP |
AWPFs | - | Elective, voluntary subjects in various areas: link to the subjects | BSA | - |
BSA = Bachelor Social Work
MRM = Master International Social Work with Refugees and Migrants
Additional Information:
Additional, external courses can be booked via Social Work Vircamp. More information can be found here.