Master of Social Work

Course details

The objectives of the Master of Social Work programme are:
1. To facilitate graduate exchange with top social work programmes overseas;
2. To meet projected manpower needs for specialist practice;
3. To produce practitioners who can be leaders in their field of specialization and serve as part-of a multi-disciplinary group of professionals in health, family and community development
From a pedagogical point of view, the programme aimed at developing specialist skill sets based on a specific knowledge base, will focus on building from the generic level in the undergraduate programme as well as to provide a wider option in the choice of modules. The Master of Social Work with a specialization focus will provide a rung in the hierarchy of knowledge and skills development for social work professionals.

Course Outline
There are three options for the Master of Social Work:
Master with Specialisation (Family/Community or Health);
General Master without Specialisation; and
Self designed Master without Specialisation.

A candidate for the degree of Master of Social Work must offer not fewer than ten modules. The ten modules include:
4 essential modules;
5 elective modules (including 1 specialization related supervised project or practicum if on the specialization track); and,
1 general elective module (including any relevant graduate module across Faculties/Schools such as the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS Business School, and the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, NUS), OR,
5 elective modules from either of the specialization tracks and 1 general elective (including any relevant graduate module across Faculties/Schools), OR
6 electives in a self-designed curriculum including relevant cross faculty graduate modules as approved by the department.