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Social Work Philosophy and History (LUSDK_204)

About Study Course

Department: Department of Rehabilitation
ECTS:3
Course supervisor:Lolita Vilka
Study type:Part-Time, Full time
Course level:Bachelor
Target audience:Social Welfare and Social Work
Language:Latvian
Study course description Full description, Part-Time, Full time
Branch of science:Sociology and social work; Theory and History of Sociology

Objective

To learn the history of the social work sector and to develop the ability of students to analyse social welfare issues in interrelation between philosophical thought and historical events.

Prerequisites

None.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1.As a result of mastering the study course, students understand the development of social work as a profession and academic discipline in interrelation between philosophical thought and historical events.

Skills

1.As a result of masting the study course, students explain and discuss the challenges of social work in a reasoned way, demonstrate a historically justified, scientific approach to research and analysis of social work issues.

Competence

1.As a result of masting the study course, students independently obtain, select and analyse information in the social work sector as a whole and in the social worker’s profession, demonstrate that they understand and are able to evaluate the effects of historical and philosophical views on the development of the social work sector.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2024, Autumn semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Social work 1BachelorRequiredReinis Vilciņš, Ārija Baltiņa
Social work1BachelorRequiredReinis Vilciņš, Ārija Baltiņa
About Study CourseObjectivePrerequisitesLearning outcomesStudy course planning
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