Program Overview

About the Course (Undergraduate)

This degree aims to provide students with the knowledge and skills to be a professional social work practitioner. Students will learn from classroom teaching, interpersonal skills training, and supervised field practice. The curriculum will expose students to a wide range of social science theories, organisation planning in the social service, human resource management, and research. Students will apply their learning during a compulsory field placement under the supervision of a qualified social work practitioner.

Course Details

The course is also open to students who are non-Social Work majors and who wish to acquire foundational knowledge of the social service sector. Students may choose to graduate with a Minor in Human Services.

Double Major and Concurrent Degree Options

• Double Major in Psychology & Social Work
• Concurrent Degree Programme (CDP) offered by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP)
  • A CDP involves a combination of a Bachelor's and a Master's degree from the same Faculty or from two different Faculties
  • Allows students to pursue a Bachelor's and a Master's degree concurrently
  • The programme structure allows some of the requirements for the Bachelor's degree to be also counted towards the Master's degree
  • Students can graduate in four and a half to five years with both degrees, instead of five and a half to six years if pursued separately
  • The CDP by FASS and LKYSPP is applicable only to students who major in Economics, Political Science, Sociology, and Social Work

Department Information

The Department of Social Work is located at the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Blk AS3 Level 4, 3 Arts Link, Singapore.