Modules

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2023/24. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to COVID-19, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let our applicants know of material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity. We’ll do our best to provide as much optional choice as we can, but timetabling constraints mean it may not be possible to take some module combinations. The structure of a small number of courses means that the order of modules or the streams you choose may determine whether modules are core or optional. This means that your core modules or options may differ from what’s shown below. Year 1 Core modules Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most. All year

• Research Methods and Dissertation

• Human Development and Social Relationships

• Law and Social Policy

• Social Adversity, Risk and Resilience

• Social Work Practice 1

• Theory, Methods and Values in Practice 1

• Organisations and Inter-professional Practice

• Social Work Practice 2

• Theory, Methods and Values in Practice 2

• 170 days in two social work placements – both the 70-day placement and the 100-day placement are undertaken in agencies providing social work-related services, including statutory social work in local authority settings. Placements are organised in partnership with the South Coast Regional Centre for Social Work Education (SCRC). Find out more about this pioneering social work education partnership

• 30 days of Practice Development Workshops delivered by experienced practitioners, academic faculty and experts by experience (service users and carers).