Bachelor of Arts in Social Work is a four-year academic program under the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of Tribhuvan University. The major aim of this program is to produce generalist social workers to fulfill the need of contemporary Nepal as well as the world. In order to achieve this goal, it offers altogether 8 papers including compulsory fieldwork, research work, academic writing, and report writing courses in the different semesters. These courses, apart from core courses of social work, also include various required courses from related disciplines and some optional courses in the third and the fourth year including some specialization courses. In addition, there are few compulsory courses such as Nepali, English, Nepal Studies, and Academic Writing.
Objectives
The overall objective of the courses of bachelor level is to impart up-to-date knowledge of the basic theories and methods of Social Work to the students along with skills developed through intensive fieldwork. The main objective is to provide general skilled human resources for social work in the context of Nepal. In addition, it also aims to inculcate in the students’ spirit of human rights and social justice. Thus, the overall objective of this level is to produce skilled human resources through developing professional skills among the students of this discipline competing with those of other countries.
Specifically, the bachelor level Social Work program aims to develop the following:
• Understanding of the basic concepts of social work; principles, methods, and practice.
• Carry out research to identify the problems faced by the community people and possible solutions to those problems.
• Developing the ability to identify major social problems in the context they are situated.
• Managing and utilizing the service system to solve the problem among those affected people.
• Developing self-awareness in relation to one’s own capability of responding to problem situations.
Specialty of the Program
- Camp: Conducted during the break of Dashain and Diwali every year. This is scheduled for 10 days.
- Field Works: Frequently conducted as per the fulfillment of course work.
- Agency Placement: Scheduled for two days every week where the students are placed in agencies as per the fulfillment of the course.
- Individual Conference
- Group Conference
- Partnership Program
- National and International Program
Field Work
Fieldwork is an essential part of the social work program. The students are expected to undergo a minimum of 10hrs per week of practical fieldwork. The students are evaluated on the basis of their attendance, application of professional skills in the field, and reflection. The faculty/fieldwork supervisors, both from the institutes and agency. Besides this, this course intends to furnish the students with Report Writing, Individual conferences, Group conferences, Neighborhood camps, Rural camps, Urban camps, Block Placement, and so on.