MSW Syllabus Sambalpur University

I am planning to take admission in Sambalpur University for Master of Social Work course . Will you please provide the Sambalpur University MSW course Syllabus for an idea ?

[Arun Vats]

Sambalpur University was established in the year 1967 and it is located at Sambalpur, India .It offers two year duration Master of Social Work course .

Specializations offered in MSW:

• 1. Community Development

• 2. Human Resource Development

Course Structure
1st Semester
MSW-411: History and Philosophy of Social Work (4 CH)
MSW-412: Social Problem and Social Development (4 CH)
MSW-413: Social Work Research and Quantitative Analysis (4 CH)
MSW-414: Human Growth and Development (4 CH)
MSW-415-a: Social Work Practicum-I (Structured Experience Laboratory and Research Methodology
Practical) (2 CH)
MSW-415-a: Social Work Practicum-II (Skill Development Assessment) (2 CH)
Non-credit Course: IT in Social Sector

2nd Semester
MSW-421: Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy (4 CH)
MSW-422: Rehabilitation and Resettlement (4 CH)
MSW-423: Social Work Methods (4 CH)
MSW-424: Visual Culture (4CH)
MSW-425 -a- Social Work Practicum-III (Concurrent fieldwork – Community Placement) (2 CH)
MSW-425 -b Social Work Practicum-IV (Learning Social Work through Participatory Approach) (2 CH)
Non-credit Course-I: Community Intervention and Entrepreneurship Development
Non-credit Optional Course-II: Summer Internship

3rd Semester
MSW-511: Ideology and Ethics of Social Work (4 CH)
MSW-512: Social Legislation and labour Welfare (4 CH)
MSW-513: Vulnerable Children and their Development (4 CH)
MSW-514: Elective Course (A student has to select any one of the following elective courses)
1. Human Resource Development-I ((4 CH)
2. Rural Development-I (4 CH)
MSW-515 -a- Social Work Practicum-V (Concurrent fieldwork – Agency Placement) (2 CH)
MSW-515–b-Social Work Practicum-VI (Micro Level Study on Social Exclusion) (2CH)
Non-credit Course: Disaster Preparedness and Management

4th Semester
MSW-521: Social Work Administration (4 CH)
MSW-522: Corporate Social Responsibility (4 CH)
MSW-523: Tribal Anthropology and Social Work (4 CH)
MSW-524: Elective Course - 1. Human Resource Development-II ((4 CH)
2. Rural Development-II (4 CH)
MSW-525- Poverty Reduction, Micro Finance and Micro Enterprises
Non-credit Course-I: Fundamental of Medical Social Work
Non-credit Course-II: Block Field Work Placement

Detail Course
1st SEMESTER
MSW-411 (History and Philosophy of Social Work)
Introduction
This course aims at introducing the learners to a critical inquiry into the
history of ideologies of social change and professional social work.
Objectives

Understand the history of evolution of social work profession, both in India
and the west.

Gain information about contemporary ideologies of social work and social
change.

Develop skills in ethical decision-making at macro and micro levels.

Understand the values of social work and consciously apply those in
practice.

Develop insights into the origin and development of ideologies/approaches
to social change.

Develop skills to understand contemporary reality in its historical context.

Understand self as a part of own environment and explore own assumptions,
ideas and values to develop sensitivity to marginalization of vulnerable
groups.

Unit I: Social work: Definition, objectives, principles, philosophies and scope,
Social welfare: Meaning, scope and objectives, Social action: Meaning &
Process, Social security.

Unit-II: Evolution of social work in India: Socio-religious reform movement, Bhakti
movement, Christian missionaries, Rural reconstruction programmes,
Professionalization of social work in India.

Unit III: Social work education: Content, training, supervision, problems and
challenges.

Unit IV: Social change: Planned development and social change, Relationship
between social change and social work, Role of social workers in promoting
social change.

Recommended Books:
Banerjee, G.R. Papers on Social Work on Indian Perspective. Bombay: Tata Institute of Social
Sciences.
Banka, J.A., The Society of Social Movement.
Boehm. W., Objectives of Curriculum on Social Work on Education.
Das Gupta (ed.), Towards Philosophy of Social Work.
Friedlander, W.A., Introduction to Social Work.
Friedlander, W.A., Social Work, Concepts & Methods.
Gokhale, S.D. (ed.), Social Welfare, Legend & Legacy.
Gore, M.S. (ed.), Encyclopaedia of Social Work in India. WIS. I & II.
Gore, M.S., Social Work & Social Work Education.
M.S.A. Rao (ed.), Social Movement in India.

MSW-513 (Social Problem and Social Development)
Introduction
This course provides a critical and analytical framework to understand key
concepts, development process and current issue, pertaining to different
parts of the world, with specific reference to India.
Objectives

Understand the concepts of society and culture.

Critically understand the concept, content and process of social
development.

Develop the capacity to identify linkages between social needs, problems
development issues and policies.

Locate strategies and skills necessary for social development and reenforce
values of social justice gender justice and equality.

Unit I: Meaning and characteristics of Society, Community, Institution, Association.
Social groups, Concept of culture: Meaning, Acculturation, Enculturation,
Cultural lag, Cultural relativism.

Unit II: Social stratification: Basis of stratification, Status and Role, Caste, Class and Power in India, Caste system in
India, Social mobility.

Unit III: Social problem: Concept and meaning, Problem of population, Factors
causing population explosion, Problems of illiteracy, Unemployment.

Unit IV: Social Development: Concept and indicators of social development, Models
of social development: Socialistic, capitalistic, mixed economy, Voluntary
sector and people’s participation.

Recommended Books:
Beteille, Andre, The Backward classes & the New Social Order.
Bailey, F.G., Caste & Economic Frontier.
Bottomere, T., Sociology – A Guide to Problems & Literature.
Denle, Y.B., Caste, Religion & Politics in India.
Davis, K.I. Human Society.
Kapadia, K.M. Marriage & Family in India.
Kothari Rajni. Caste in Indian Politics.
Maclver, R.M. and Page C. Society - An Introductory Analysis.
Singer, M. Traditional India: Structure and Change.
Srinivas, M.N. Caste in Modern India.
Srinivas, M.N. Social Change in India.
Gore, M.S. Some Aspects on Social Development.
Kulkarni, P.D. Social Policy in India.
Murthy, M.V. (ed.). Aspects of Social Development.
Singh Tarlok. Towards on Integrated Society.

MSW-413 (Social Work Research and Quantitative Analysis)
Introduction
Through this course, the learner is helped to acquire skills to comprehend,
use and explain research as service provider and carry out small projects to
collect data to organize service and test the effectiveness of social
intervention.

Objectives
Understand the need for scientific approach to human inquiry in comparison
to the native or common sense approach.
Conduct simple interviews including use of observation skills.
Prepare simple tools for data collection, code and fill in the coding sheets.
Develop research report writing skills.
Develop an understanding of simple statistical tools, and learn to use these

Unit I: Meaning, objectives, scope and types of social work research in India,
Report writing, Sample Design, Methods of Sampling

Unit-II: Research design: Exploratory, Descriptive, Diagnostic and Experimental.
Hypothesis: Definition, types, sources, features

Unit III: Methods of data collection: Observation, Interview, Questionnaire, Case
Study, Content Analysis, Focus group discussion, Participatory Rural/Rapid
Appraisal (PRA and RRA).

Unit IV: Statistics – Its use and limitations in social work research, Measures of
Central Tendency (Mean, Median, Mode), Measure of Dispersion (Mean
deviation and Standard deviation), Correlation, Chi-Square Test, T-Test.
Tabular, Diagrammatic and Graphic presentation of data.

Recommended Books:
Danda, Ajit, Research Methodology in Anthropology. New Delhi: Inter-India.
Young, Pauline, Scientific Social Survey and Research.
Mukerjee, Neela, Participatory Rural Appraisal and Questionnaire Survey.
Goode and Hart, Methods in Social Research.
Kassam and Mustafa, Participatory Researcher.
Wilkinson and Bhandarkar, Methodology and Techniques of Social Research
Wiener, J.S and J.A. Lourie, Human Biology: A Guide to Field Methods

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Contact Details :
Sambalpur University
Jyoti Vihar, Burla, Odisha 768019