Course Structure
The course provides multidisciplinary training on three levels:
- theoretical courses (sociology, psychology, law, history, medicine, economics) to understand situations of need and/or social risk;
- courses in methodology and specific techniques of social work;
- practical experiences in the management of the helping relationship, guided by experienced social workers, distributed over the three years through:
- an introductory internship (in the first year) accompanied by an orientation workshop for the future profession;
- a professional internship within social services (in the second year);
- an internship in innovative contexts that can constitute new work environments;
- a personal training course;
- seminars and experiential workshops with social workers, service managers and user-experts, i.e. people with a direct experience of social hardship.
ECTS
To obtain the undergraduate degree, 180 university credits (ECTS) are required , to be acquired, over the three-year period, by passing the evaluation test required for both the courses and for the other supplementary teaching experiences.
Each exam, carried out in different ways depending on the type of course, is awarded a certain number of credits, the same for all students, and a grade (expressed in thirtieths) that varies according to the level of preparation. The final evaluation is expressed in one hundred and tenths.
Frequency
Attendance at all vocational training activities (Social Service Orientation Workshop; Social Service Methodology I, II and III courses and related laboratory activities; professional internship and internship with related classroom tutoring activities ) is strongly recommended. Each of these activities is essential for vocational training and it is therefore essential to provide attendance for two-thirds of the total number of hours. In case of impossibility for important and justified reasons, it is necessary to contact the teacher and agree on a personalized training plan.