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Social Work (Bachelor of Arts)

The Bachelor’s degree program in Social Work has been fully accredited with the official seal of the Accreditation Council.

Additional information about the program is available for download at right.

Program Aim

Students are trained for employment in all fields of social work at public, private, and independent institutions. They learn the technical, methodological, and analytical problem-solving skills that will enable them to plan, implement, organize, and evaluate in social work practices.

The Bachelor’s degree program is designed as a seven-semester, full-time course of study, which includes examination periods and the Bachelor’s thesis. The program is modularly structured and contains 15 modules. Most modules extend over the course of two semesters. Each module concludes with a final module exam.

The fifth semester includes a 20-week internship as an integrated internship semester. In general, this is done full-time at an institution of social work. As a central part of the sixth and seventh semesters, students reflect on the experiences and skills they acquired during their internship semester. Another important aspect of the sixth and seventh semesters is writing the Bachelor’s thesis. This capstone project allows students to formulate a defined research topic within the field of social work in compliance with academic standards.

Degree

After the successful completion of the program, graduates are awarded the academic title of “Bachelor of Arts (B.A.).”

Current information on the degree program in Social Work (B.A.)

 

For prospective students

We cordially invite you to our information event on the Bachelor's degree course in Social Work on April 16, 2024 from 5 pm . Further information can be found here.

 

Information on the BASA 13 elective procedure for the 6th semester

The result of the election procedure for BASA 13, which took place from 25.1 to 9.2.2024, is available. You can access the result under the following link: Result election procedure BASA 13.

All important information about the procedure and the descriptions of the six projects on offer can be found in the information booklet, which you can access and download here: Information booklet BASA 13.

(Status: 9.2.24, signed by S.G)

The curriculum of the Bachelor's program in Social Work at the University of Applied Sciences Ludwigshafen imparts, oriented towards scientific, ethical and constitutional standards, the professional, methodical and analytical-problem-related competencies that are essential to be able to plan, organize, develop, evaluate and implement concrete social work practices. An important role in the study of social work at the University of Applied Sciences Ludwigshafen is the critical reflection of social work's share in structures and dynamics of social exclusion. The students should acquire competencies that enable them to advise, accompany and support the addressees of social work with regard to their way of life and to encourage them to shape their lives in a self-determined way. The degree program qualifies students for work in all professional fields of social work, both non-profit and private, such as social administration, the judiciary, education, work and leisure, work with children and young people, health and rehabilitation, as well as cultural education.

Start of study from winter semester 2020/21:


The bachelor's degree program(SPO 2020) comprises a standard period of study of seven semesters, including examination periods and completion of the bachelor's thesis, and is designed as a full-time program. The program comprises 15 modules, with most modules extending over two semesters. The program is characterized by numerous elective options, which allows students to study in a more interest-based and, in some cases, more flexible manner. As part of the concentration program, students take one of the following eight elective concentrations beginning in the fourth semester of study:

  • Social work with adolescents and young adults within the framework of SGB VIII,
  • Social work with people at risk of addiction/addicted,
  • Social work in the context of inclusion, health and gerontology,
  • Social work with delinquent people and their environment,
  • Social work as work with mental crises,
  • Social work with migrants,
  • Social work with people in financially difficult situations, 
  • Social work as education, care and upbringing in childhood.

(Students who started their studies according to the Specific Examination Regulations [SPO] of the study program dated 09.07.2014 [APO dated 13.06.2014] can also find the corresponding regulations here ).

Students of all previously named examination regulations complete a practical study semester in the fifth semester, as part of the specialization study, which is carried out as a 20-week internship in a social work institution and also includes study support days and supervision at the university. In this context, students test their acquired knowledge and skills under conditions of professional social work practice and thus receive important impulses for their further studies. In this way, the course integrates practice as a specific place of learning and an important reference system. (More information on the practical study semester can be found on the Praxisreferat page).

The bachelor thesis is written in the sixth and/or seventh semester of study. This thesis serves the independent development of a limited topic from the subject area of social work in accordance with scientific standards.

The program leads to the degree "Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)". At the same time, graduates acquire state recognition as social workers (B.A.) or social pedagogues (B.A.).

In addition, the bachelor's degree serves as the basis for further academic qualification within the framework of a master's program, which is offered at the Ludwigshafen University of Applied Sciences as a three-semester consecutive master's program in social work.

Study place application

Start of studiesEach winter semester
Application deadlineJuly 15 of the current year
Application proceduresOnline via the university's application portal
Admission restricted            Yes

Information on application procedures

If you have any questions about the application process, you can find general information about the application process here (including information about the application and application documents to be submitted and the qualification for university entrance). You can find an extra information sheet on the requirements for the social pre-study internshiphere. Once you have gathered all the information you need, you can find everything you need to register for the online application procedurehere.

If you have any questions about the content of the degree programs (structure, internships, support services during your studies, etc.), please contact Stefanie Gora's specialist advisory service. If you have any questions about the application process (documents to be submitted, questions about admission authorization, etc.), please contact Timo Schweitzer from Application Management. Both contacts can be found in the right-hand sidebar. 

Qualifications for university entrance & Admisson requirements

With an Abitur or Fachhochschulreife you need

  • proof of a social pre-study internship of 12 weeks.

For university admission for people with qualified, subject-related vocational training, you need

  • Successful completion of a subject-related vocational training program (grade point average of at least 2.5).

For university admission for persons with qualified, non-subject-related vocational training, you need

  • Successful completion of vocational training (grade point average of at least 2.5)                   and
  • proof of a social pre-study internship of 12 weeks.

For university admission for persons with further professional qualifications, you need

  • a successful professional further qualification through a master craftsman's examination or a comparable examination, regardless of the grade point average and without the requirement of subsequent professional or comparable activity (the university decides on comparability in individual cases)                 and
  • proof of a social pre-study internship of 12 weeks. This is not required if the further qualification is assessed by the university as subject-related.

Students

All information for students in their first semester can be found on the first semester information page.

General information for your studies (contact persons, activities abroad, library, internship office, student representatives, etc.) can be found here.

Are you at a loss with your studies? Are you facing particular challenges and problems that you think you should somehow be able to solve yourself? In most cases, you are not the only one who feels this way: for example, due to the emphasized importance of (paid) work in society, on which studying often depends in many ways and which degrades caring activities to a supposedly subordinate 'private' task; but also due to homogenization, which disregards and thus 'neutralizes' different lifestyles and lifestyles as well as social and cultural backgrounds, crises are structurally inherent in studying in many ways. These are defined as 'individual problems' (also due to a false ideal of autonomy). There are many ways and support services to prevent students from dropping out. Please contact the Student Advisory Service (Stefanie Gora, see right-hand sidebar for contact details).

The course-specific page for examination matters can be found here.