Bachelor of Social Work training program
1. Introduction
The Bachelor of Social Work Program trains social work graduates with good health and ethics, with basic knowledge of health, social work, and social work in health to build rapport, collect information, analyze causes, identify priority issues for the clients, plan and implement social work activities to support the clients at their workplace; have the ability to self-study, innovate and create to ensure human’s rights and equality in the society.
2. learning outcomes
PO1: Have basic health knowledge
PO2: Have the basic knowledge of Marxist-Leninist philosophy, Ho Chi Minh's ideology, the Revolutionary Lines of Vietnamese Communist Party; knowledge of socio-psychology, social security and social policy.
PO3: Have background knowledge about social work and intervention methods of social work.
PO4: Have the knowledge of social work in health.
Skill
PO5: Have the skills of individual social work method in helping the clients (individual), especially patients, their family members, and health workers.
PO6: Have the skills of group social work methods in helping the clients (group), especially the groups of patients, the groups of patients' families and the groups of health workers.
PO7: Have the skills of community development methods in helping the clients (community), especially for the community with health problems.
PO8: Have the skills of psychological counseling method in helping the clients (individuals, families and groups), especially patients, their family members, and health workers.
Autonomy and accountability
PO9: Have the qualities of a social worker, especially social work in health.
PO10: Have an attitude of respecting the philosophy and professional values of social work, especially social work in health.
PO11: Have an attitude of synthesizing opinions of stakeholders about the needs of the clients and activities to help the clients, especially patients, their family members, and health workers.
PO12: Have a proactive attitude to learning and continuous professional development.
3. training program
- Total credits: 132 credits, excluding Physical Education and National Defense Education
- Full time training: 4 years
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Subject |
Credits |
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Semester 1 |
|
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English 1 |
2 |
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Computer skills |
3 |
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Anatomy - Physiology |
4 |
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Introduction to law |
2 |
|
Introduction to psychology |
2 |
|
Introduction to sociology |
2 |
|
Total credits |
15 |
|
Semester 2 |
|
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English 2 |
2 |
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Health statistics |
2 |
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Introduction to Social Work |
3 |
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Marxism Leninism philosophy |
3 |
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Health psychology |
3 |
|
Initial emergency intervention for internal medicine, obstetrics, and surgery |
2 |
|
Social security |
2 |
|
Defense and security training |
|
|
Total credits |
17 |
|
Semester 3 |
|
|
English 3 |
2 |
|
Marxist-Leninist political economy |
2 |
|
Social policies |
2 |
|
Gender and development |
2 |
|
Social Work with individuals and families |
3 |
|
Health sociology |
2 |
|
Food rations and nutrition consultation |
3 |
|
Infectious Diseases |
2 |
|
Common first aid in the community |
2 |
|
Physical Education 1 |
|
|
Total credits |
20 |
|
Semester 4 |
|
|
English 4 |
2 |
|
Scientific socialism |
2 |
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Medical Rehabilitation |
3 |
|
Introduction to health education and community health promotion |
3 |
|
Non-communicable diseases |
2 |
|
Quantitative research methods |
2 |
|
Social Work with groups |
2 |
|
Social Work practice with individuals (6 weeks) |
4 |
|
Physical education 2 |
|
|
Total credits |
20 |
|
Semester 5 |
|
|
English 5 |
2 |
|
Qualitative research methods |
2 |
|
Social rehabilitation |
2 |
|
Community development |
2 |
|
Social Work administration |
3 |
|
Social Work practice with groups (6 weeks) |
4 |
|
Health system organization and management |
2 |
|
Social Work communication |
2 |
|
Ho Chi Minh ideology |
2 |
|
Physical Education 3 |
|
|
Total credits |
21 |
|
Semester 6 |
|
|
English 6 |
2 |
|
Hospital Social Work |
3 |
|
Community development practice (6 weeks) |
4 |
|
Psychological counseling |
3 |
|
Social Work in mental healthcare |
2 |
|
Social Work with children with special needs |
2 |
|
Social Work with people with disabilities |
2 |
|
Social Work in women healthcare |
2 |
|
Social Work in disaster management |
2 |
|
History of the Communist Party of Vietnam |
2 |
|
Total credits |
18 |
|
Semester 7 |
|
|
Social Work practice in psychological counseling (4 weeks) |
3 |
|
Social Work with drug-addicted people, sex workers, and people living with HIV/AIDS |
2 |
|
Social Work in healthcare for the poor and ethic groups |
2 |
|
Social Work in healthcare for the elderly |
2 |
|
School Social Work |
2 |
|
Social Work in palliative care for cancer patients |
2 |
|
Total credits |
9 |
|
Semester 8 |
|
|
Internship (10 weeks) |
6 |
|
Minor Thesis or Specialized course |
6 |
|
Total credits |
12 |