To develop social work knowledge and skills, and to help students cultivate a positive identification with social work values and the ethics of the social work profession are the aims of this Programme. The professional education in social work equip the students to confidently engage in the practices of counseling, group work, and community work, research, policy formulation and analysis, advocacy and social & political interventions.

The MSW programme is organized into four semesters with elective (specialization) courses offered as two specialization groups in:

1. Community Development (CD)
2. Medical and Psychiatric Social Work (MPSW)

Aim of the Program

• To facilitate the learners to develop the foundations of social work practice by providing the theoretical input on the philosophy, values, methods, fields and approaches of human service profession and human resource management.
• To sensitize the learners about the contemporary socio-economic and cultural realties through field based learning and proficiency in helping skills and effective intervention strategies.
• To develop a professional approach in addressing human societal needs and become effective and efficient change agents in the social milieu.
• To develop an insight into one’s professional self and purposive use of the same in professional practice through integral transformative practices.
• To sharpen the learners’ skills in conceptualization, scientific assessment, analysis & interpretation and planning & intervention.

Eligibility for Admissions

Candidates for admission to the first semester of the MSW programme shall be required to have passed any Degree Examination with a minimum of 50% marks of Mahatma Gandhi University as specified or any other examination of any recognized University or authority accepted by the Academic Council of Mahatma Gandhi University as equivalent thereto.

The Department provides various certificate programmes and trainings to students with the aim of their academic and professional development. At the end of course each batch is passing out with a number of certificates on following which will facilitate their placement too.

• Certificate Course in Counselling & Psychotherapy
• Theatre Workshop
• PRA (Participatory Rural Appraisal)
• Life Skill Training
• SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences)
• Project Proposal Writing
• Community Intervention Programmes

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