Dynamics of Human Behaviour
5 credits
Semester 1 |
Unit 1: Understanding human behavior
Unit 2: Learning and motivation
Unit 3: Personality: Meaning, definition, types of personality
unit 4: Social bases of behavior |
Social Case Work
5 credits
Semester 1 |
Unit 1: Case work
Unit 2: Interview in case work
unit 3: Curative and preventative aspects of social case work
Unit 4: Social case recording |
Social Group Work
5 credits
Semester 1 |
Unit 1: Social group - definition, types, differences, significance of group life
Unit 2: Social group work - definition, as a method in social work, its relation with other methods
Unit 3: Principles of group work
unit 4: Concept of Evaluation |
Community Organization
5 credits
Semester 1 |
Unit 1: Community - concept, meaning, definition, scope
Unit 2: Community organisation
Unit 3: Practice of community organization
Unit 4: Community development |
Social Action for Social Change
5 credits
Semester 2 |
Unit 1: Social structure mass social problems
Unit 2: Definition, concept, and scope of social action
Unit 3: Concepts of social reform, social revolution, and social legislation, leadership.
Unit 4: Social movements in India |
Counseling and Communication
5 credits
Semester 2 |
Unit 1: Counseling - definition, goals of counseling
Unit 2: Theoretical background of counseling
Unit 3: Communication - definition, process, types of communication
Unit 4: Communication - formal/informal |
Social Problems and Social Legislation
5 credits
Semester 2 |
Unit 1: Concept of social pathology
Unit 2: Study and analysis of specific social problems, such as AIDS, crime, juvenile delinquincy, prostitution, alcoholism, drug addiction, untouchability, women related specific social problems such as dowry, female foeticide and infanticide
Unit 3: Historical development of social reform, formulation of social politics
Unit 4: The preventive and remedial services available at the government and non-government level to deal with problems mentioned above |
Social Work Research Social Statistics
5 credits
Semester 2 |
Unit 1: The scientific method
Unit 2: Research design objectives
Unit 3: Methods of data collection
Unit 4: Social statistics |
Disaster Management
5 credits
Semester 2 |
Unit 1: Disaster concept, meaning, definition, significance
Unit 2: Disaster mitigation and disaster management
Unit 3: Impact of disaster
Unit 4: Disaster and intervention opportunities |
Social Policy and Planning
5 credits
Semester 3 |
Unit 1: Social policy - concept, need, constitution basis for social policy and social welfare policy
Unit 2: New economic Policy and changing concept of social development and welfare state
Unit 3: Social policy and social planning - social policy formulation, contribution of
research, role of social worker, different sectoral policies and their implications
Unit 4: Social indicators of development |
Social Work with Elderly and Differentially
abled
5 credits
Semester 3 |
Unit 1: Gerontology: Concept and definition
Unit 2: Programmes for the elderly : Constitutional and legislative provisions for the
welfare of elderly.
Unit 2: Differentially abled : Concept and classification – extent, causes and problems of
each category.
Unit 4: Professional social work practice |
Participatory Development
5 credits
Semester 3 |
Unit 1: Understanding participation
Unit 2: Development – changing meaning of development ; different approaches ;
development actors ; participatory development – meaning, principles and experiences,
Gender and development.
Unit 3: Methodologies to facilitate community participation ; participatory planning –
principles, processes and experiences ; Micro – planning ; Participatory monitoring and
evaluation.
Unit 4: Participatory research – History and meaning |
Rural and Tribal Community Development
5 credits
Semester 3 |
Unit 1: Rural community
Unit 2: Rural economy
Unit 3: Tribal Community
Unit 4: Tribal economy |
The Family Changing Trends
5 credits
Semester 3 |
Unit 1: Family
Unit 2: Types of family - joint, nuclear and extended.
Unit 3: Types of families - – single parent families, female – headed families, Re-marriage
families – their structural characteristics, tensions and contradictions, Dual earner
families, empty nest families. Alternative family systems.
Unit 4: Marital breakdown - dissertion, divorce, and separation |
Programmes for the Rural and Tribal
Community Development
5 credits
Semester 3 |
Unit 1: Rural Local Self government:
Unit 2: Rural Development Programmes
Unit 3: Tribal Development Programmes
Unit 4: Community participation |
Development Administration
5 credits
Semester 4 |
Unit 1: Human Service Organizations
Unit 2: Establishment
Unit 3: Management of human services organizations
Unit 4: Financial management sources of finance, organization budget |
Management of Voluntary Organization
5 credits
Semester 4 |
Unit 1: Voluntary Organizations – Concept, types and meaning and its linkages
with government
Unit 2: Functional aspects of Voluntary Organisations
Unit 3: Financial Resources : Fundamentals of budgeting, sources of finance, fund
raising – governmental and non governmental
Unit 4: Programme Development and Programmes management |
Social Work with HIV/AIDS
5 credits
Semester 4 |
Unit 1: History of the Virus
Unit 2: Psychological impact of HIV*/AIDS on families and individuals with special
reference to women and children, people living with AIDS problems and needs
Unit 3: Counseling as an intervention strategy.
Unit 4: Understanding and utilization of Research |
Urban Community Problems and Services
5 credits
Semester 4 |
Unit 1: Problems of Urban community
Unit 2: Agencies working for urban community development
Unit 3: Agencies working for urban community
Unit 4: Professional social work practice |
Child Welfare
5 credits
Semester 4 |
Unit 1: Child – concept, definition stages, physical, educational, social needs specific to
different stages of childhood.
Unit 2: Child population in India – profit, trends, helath, nutrition, literacy, morbidity and
mortality rates.
Unit 3: Child welfare: Concept, definition, nature, principles.
Unit 4: Constitutional provisions relating to child welfare |
Women Empowerment
5 credits
Semester 4 |
Unit 1: Concept and contextualization of poverty
Unit 2: Preparation and group building
Unit 3: Federating SHGs and advantages
Unit 4: Rating of SHGs - need and significance |
