{"id":707,"date":"2020-10-06T01:39:33","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T01:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/swk\/?page_id=707"},"modified":"2026-04-30T16:14:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T08:14:58","slug":"about-the-course-undergraduate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/swk\/about-the-course-undergraduate\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Course (Undergraduate)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\t\t\tAbout the Course (Undergraduate)\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/swk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2020\/09\/banner-undergraduate.png\" alt=\"banner-undergraduate\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"300\" width=\"1950\" title=\"banner-undergraduate\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<p>This degree aims to provide you with the knowledge and skills to be a professional social work practitioner. You 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. You will apply your learning during a compulsory field placement under the supervision of a qualified social work practitioner.<\/p>\n<p>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. You may choose to graduate with a Minor in Human Services.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\"  id=\"fl-accordion--label-0\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-0\">Double Major in Psychology &amp; Social Work<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-0\" tabindex=\"-1\"><i title=\"Collapse\">Collapse<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Double Major Psychology and Social Work Alumni interview\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sT2f4TaUF5o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\"  id=\"fl-accordion--label-0\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-0\">Social Work X Sociology Alumni Couch Conversation<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-0\" tabindex=\"-1\"><i title=\"Collapse\">Collapse<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Social Work X Sociology Alumni Couch Conversation\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pACEybtWpOg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\"  id=\"fl-accordion--label-0\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-0\">Concurrent Degree Programme<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-0\" tabindex=\"-1\"><i title=\"Collapse\">Collapse<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>You may also choose to pursue a concurrent degree under the <strong>Concurrent Degree Programme<\/strong> (CDP).<\/p>\n<p>(i) (CDP for <a href=\"https:\/\/myportal.nus.edu.sg\/studentportal\/fas\/ug\/currentstd\/concurrent-degree-programme-2015.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cohort 2015<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/myportal.nus.edu.sg\/studentportal\/fas\/ug\/currentstd\/concurrent-degree-programme-2016.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cohort 2016<\/a>) Offered by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP).<\/p>\n<p>(ii) Offered by Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) and the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (SSHSPH)<\/p>\n<p>A CDP involves a combination of a Bachelor&#8217;s and a Master&#8217;s degree from the same Faculty or from two different Faculties, and allows students to pursue a Bachelor&#8217;s and a Master&#8217;s degree concurrently. The programme structure allows some of the requirements for the Bachelor&#8217;s degree to be also counted towards the Master&#8217;s degree so that 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.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/special-degree-programmes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CDP by FASS and LKYSPP<\/a> is applicable only to students who major in Economics, Political Science, Sociology and Social Work.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/swk\/concurrent-degree-programme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CDP by FASS and SSHSPH<\/a> is applicable to students upon completion of the First year as Social Work primary major.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/swk\/discoverswk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDiscover Social Work\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/swk\/student-highlights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tStudent Highlights\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nussocialwork\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSociety of Social Work Students\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Course (Undergraduate) This degree aims to provide you with the knowledge and skills to be a professional social work practitioner. 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