BSS Honors in Social Welfare
Session: 2022-2023 and Onward
BSS Honours in Social Welfare 4 years duration
(Includes field practice, seminar, practice research with assignment, mid-term and terminal evaluation)
Total Semester: 8 (2 semester per year)
46 courses · 160 credit hours across 8 terms
| Code | Course title | Credits | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BSS 101 | Introduction to Social Welfare and Social Work | 4 | 1. Concepts related to Social Work and Social Welfare, Social Service, Social Problem, Social Security, Social Change, Social Reform, Social Control, and Social Development. 2. Emergence of Social Work as a Profession, Purposes and Functions of Social Work, Professional Code of Ethics for Social Workers. 3. Knowledge, Skill and Value Base of Social Work: (a) Knowledge Base: Generalist Social Work Knowledge, Specific Field-Oriented Knowledge (b)Skill Base: Basic Helping Skill, Observation Skill, Communication Skill, Empathy Skill, Methods of Skill development- Case Recording, Supervision, Consultation, (c)Value Base: Code of Ethics. 4. Evolution of Theories in Social Work: Psychoanalytic Theory, Communication Theory, System Theory; Use of Theories and Approaches in Social Work Practice. 5. Social Work Practice Methods: Working with Individuals, Groups, and Communities. 6. Social Work Practice with Special Populations, Social Work with other Disciplines and Professions. 7. Social Work Throughout the World- Both in Developed and Developing Countries; Challenges and Opportunities of Social Work Practice in Asia-Pacific Region and Bangladesh, in Particular. |
| BSS 102 | History and Philosophy of Social Welfare | 4 | 1. Conceptual Perspective of Social Welfare; Models of Social Welfare. 2. Industrial Revolution: Impact of Industrial Revolution on Socio-economic Aspect of Society; Impact of Industrial Revolution on Social Welfare and Social Work Education. 3. Growth and Development of Social Welfare in England: Early Charities and Development of Organized Welfare Efforts in England; the Poor Laws and Poor Law Revision; Social Reform and Charity Organization; The Poor Law Commission of 1905; the Beveridge Report and Social Security System in England. 4. Social Welfare in USA: Early Approaches; Charity Organization; The Settlement House Movement; The Great Depression and Its Impact on Social Services; The Permanent Social Security Program. 5. Social Welfare Activities in Undivided India: Ancient, Medieval, and British Period, Historical Perspective of Social Welfare in Bangladesh. 6. Social Philosophy: Meaning, Scope and Utility of the Study of Social Philosophy by Social Workers. 7. Greek Social Thought: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle. 8. a) Individualism; b) Socialism. |
| BSS 103 | Economics and Development | 4 | Economics: Definition, Nature, Scope of Economics: Importance and Relevance of Studying Economics by the Social Worker. Related issues of Economics: Utility Analysis, Demand and Supply, Consumer’s Surplus, Factors of Production, and Division of Labor Money and Banking: Concepts, types, Functions, Value of money and its measurement, Credit control by central bank National Income: Meaning and Measurement, importance and difficulties of estimating National Income. Market and Wages: Meaning, Types, Labor Market, Employment and Wages, Theories of Wages. Welfare Economics: Concepts, Features and its Application. Features of Bangladesh Economy: Agriculture, Industry, Trade, Foreign Aid and Assistance, and Market Economy. |
| BSS 104 | Psychology and Human Behavior | 4 | 1. Introduction: Definition of Psychology, Psychology as Basic and Applied Science, Methods of Psychology, Branches of Psychology Related to Social Work. 2. Motivation and Motives: Motivational Cycles, Types of Motivation, Influence of Motives on Human Behavior. 3. Learning: Definition of Learning, Factors Affecting Learning. Types of Learning-Avoidance, Perceptual and Cognitive Learning. 4. Memory and Forgetting: Types of Memory, Process and Systems of Memory, Causes of Forgetting and Different Theories of Forgetting. 5. Emotion: Relation between Feelings and Emotion, Bodily Changes in Emotion, Constructive and Destructive Impacts of Emotion, Theories of Emotion. 6. Intelligence: Determinants of Intelligence, Nature and Measurement of Intelligence Scales. 7. Personality: Types of Personality, Determinants of Personality, Assessment of Personality. 8. Perception: Process of Perception, Perceptual Organization, Attention. 9. Interpretation of Illusion, hallucination and perceptual Set. 10. Attitude: Nature of Attitude, Attitude Change and Measurement of Attitude. 11. Mass Communication and Collective Behavior: Public opinion, formation and assessment of public opinion, propaganda and mass persuasion, techniques and principles of propaganda. |
| BSS 105 | English Language and Academic Writing | 4 | PART I: GRAMMAR AND READING 1. Forms of sentences; conversion of sentences; negative and question forms; wh-questions; tag questions, etc 2. Prefixes and suffixes 3. Use of articles; use of prepositions 4. Patterns of verbs; Subject-verb agreement 5. Review of tenses: Present, past and future (Simple, continuous, perfect, and perfect continuous) 6. Use of capital letters and punctuations 7. Voice: Active and passive 8. Speech: Direct and indirect 9. Conditional sentences 10. Correction of errors PART II: ACADEMIC WRITING 1. Meaning of academic writing; Purpose of academic writing; Orientation of writing: Writer oriented, reader-oriented and process-oriented; Common types of academic writing: Notes, reports, projects, essays, dissertation/thesis, and research papers; Key elements of writing: Definition, argument, cohesion, reference, comparison, examples, statement, number and percentage, problem and solution, and style 2. Paraphrasing; Quotation; Plagiarism 3. Format of short and long writing: Introduction, body, conclusion, references, etc; Features of effective academic writing: Critical thinking, pre-writing, writing, revising, using evidence, and using formal language 4. Paragraph writing; Meaning of texts; Features and structures of the causal analysis texts, problem solving texts, argumentative texts; Summarizing texts 5. Referencing and citation; Bibliography and list of references; Important referencing styles: Author-Date/Parenthetical (e.g. APA, MLA, Harvard, and Chicago) and numbered (i.e., Oxford) 6. Some Important Genres: a. Writing letters: Informal and formal including job application b. Writing cover letters and resumes c. Writing dialogues and interviews d. Writing project papers and class assignments e. Writing research proposals f. Writing literature review g. Writing research papers/ seminar papers h. Writing reports |
| Code | Course title | Credits | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BSS 201 | Bangladesh Studies: History and Heritage | 4 | 1. People of Bangladesh: Origin, Anthropological Identity and Characteristics, Emergence of Middle Class, Renaissance of Bengal and Contribution of Noted Personalities. 2. The Pakistan Movement and the Birth of Pakistan, Language Movement, 1948-52, United Front (Jukta front) Elections-1954, Six Point Program-1966. 3. Struggle for Independence and War of Liberation in 1971; Different Sectors of Liberation War and the Birth of Bangladesh. 4. The Constitution of Bangladesh: Its Features and Different Amendments. 5. Foreign Direct Investment: Concept, Importance, Classification, Incentives for Attracting Foreign Investors and Limitations. 6. Foreign Aid: Definition, Importance, Classification of Foreign Aid, Sources and Problems of Foreign Aid to Bangladesh. 7. Foreign Policy: Concept, Importance of Foreign Policy, Objectives of Foreign Policy of Bangladesh, Constitutional Provisions to Formulate Foreign Policy of Bangladesh. 8. Culture of Bangladesh: Basic Characteristics, Urban and Rural Cultural Differences, Folk Culture and Its Features, Role of Social Work in Changing Culture. |
| BSS 202 | Human Growth: Physiological and Behavioral Aspects | 4 | 1. Process of Human Growth: Principles of Development, Stages of Development, Physical, Intellectual, Social and Emotional Development. 2. Influence of Heredity and Environment Factors on development Genetic and other Biological Factors, Birth Hazards and other Development Hazards a) Psychological and Emotional Factors, Psychological Deprivation in Childhood, Parent- child Relationship, Child abuse and its impact on Behavior. b) Social and Situational/ environment factors- Gender difference, Family disorganization, Residential Institutions and Poverty. Biological Bases of Behavior: Structure and Functions of the Nervous System; Influence of Endocrine Glands on Behavior, Homeostasis and its Relation It Learning outcome, teaching strategy and assessment strategies against course contents 3. Biological Bases of Behavior: Structure and Functions of the Nervous System; Influence of Endocrine Glands on Behavior, Homeostasis and its Relation to Behavior. 4. Nutrition: Influence of Proteins, Carbohydrates, Fats, Vitamins and Minerals on Growth and Behavior; Balance Diet, Impact of Feeding Practices in Bangladesh; Malnutrition, and Causes of Malnutrition in Bangladesh. 5. Theories of Personality: Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory, Erikson’s Theory of Psychological development, Dollar and Miller’s Theory of Learning, Implications of these Theories in Understanding Human Behavior. 6. Disorder of Psychogenic Origin: a) Psychoneurosis- Anxiety, Phobia, Obsessive- compulsive Disorders b) Psychosomatic-disorders; and c) The Functional Psychoses, Manic Depressive, Mood Disorder, Schizophrenia, Paranoid Reaction. 7. Adjustment: Meaning of Adjustment and Mental Health, Determinants of Adjustment, Process of Adjustment, Problems of Adjustment. Level of Stress, Source of Stress, Reaction of Stress, Impact of Stress. 8. Use and Importance of the Knowledge of Human Growth and Behavior in Social Work Practice (e.g. Social, Case Work, group Work, and Comprehensive Care). |
| BSS 203 | Social Work with Families and Children | 4 | 1. Family as a Social System: Concept, structure and functions of family; Family needs and problems; Family Relationships: Husband-wife relationship, parents-children relationship, and siblings’ relationship; Family integration; Family disorganization; Role and status of parents in the family with a special reference to Bangladesh; Social change and the family with a special reference to Bangladesh. 2. Concept of child; Phages of child development; Needs of Children: Basic as well as physical, psychological and social; problems of children due to unfulfillment of the needs; Concept, types and causes of child maltreatment (e.g., abuse and neglect); Measures to protect the child from maltreatment. 3. Child Welfare: Concept, features and scope; Child wellbeing indicators; Types of Child Care: Care in the family; Out of home care—institutional & non-institutional; Institutional care as a total substitute and partial substitute; Community based care; Preventive, curative and developmental care. Social Work Practices in Promoting Child Wellbeing: Methods, skills and processes. 4. Family Welfare/Wellbeing: Concept, features and scope; Family wellbeing indicators; Social Work Practices in Promoting Family Wellbeing: Methods, skills and processes. 5. Laws and Policies Supportive to the Wellbeing of Families and Children: International laws; Legal provisions available in Bangladesh--Constitutional as well as other important legal provisions; Family and child related policies in Bangladesh. 6. Evolution of family and child welfare services in the USA, UK and Bangladesh. Important Existing Family and Child Welfare Programs in Bangladesh (all government programs and some important non-government and private programs). |
| BSS 204 | Society and Culture | 4 | 1. Sociological Concepts: Society, Social Change, Family, Marriage, Norms, and Values, Understanding Social Situation. 2. Types of Human Society: Hunting, Fishing, Pastoral, Agricultural Societies, Characteristics of Primitive Society, Magic, Religion. 3. Culture and Society: Cultural Diversity, Ethnocentrism, Cultural Lag and Cultural Conflict. 4. Factors Affecting Social Life: Geography, Heredity, Culture, Group or Social Factors. 5. Socialization and Class Structure: Classification of Socialization, Definition and Classification of Social Structure, Kinship and Classification of Kinship, Slavery, Caste, Estate; Theories of Durkheim, August Comte, Karl Marx, Max Weber and Others. 6. Social Mobility in Urban and Rural Area: Social Mobility in Urban and Rural Setting; Social Control: Concepts, Techniques, Types and Agencies of Social Control. 7. Races of Mankind: Concepts, Origin and Classification of Races; Racial Classification of Bangladeshi People. |
| BSS 205 | Youth Welfare | 2 | 1. Concepts: youth, youth culture, youth empowerment, youth development, youth welfare, needs and problems of youth. 2. Perspectives of youth: rights of youth, theories or approaches of youth development, structure of youth population, importance of youth development. 3. Policies and programs for the youth: national youth policy, five year plan, department of youth, programs for the youth in Bangladesh, youth programs in the South Asia region 4. Youth in difficult situations: out of school, youth victims, youth in disability. 5. Important aspects of youth development: ethical education, social responsibility building through leadership training, physical development and mental health education, work oriented education and job searching training, voluntary community well being activities, family life orientation related education. |
| BSS 206 | Seminar | 1 | [Students will be divided into different groups. Each group will be assigned to a teacher where they will select a small topic to develop a paper with their group participation. Finally, this paper will be presented in the seminar] |
| BSS 207 | Viva-Voce | 1 | [Students will attend the Viva-Voce in front to the exam committee after finishing their exams of this semester and it is compulsory for them. There are no particular contents/topics for this viva-Voce but students will be asked about the names and contents of the curriculums that they have already attended in the exams. Priority will be given to their overall understanding about the course curriculum]. |
| Code | Course title | Credits | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BSS 301 | Public Health Issues and Services | 4 | 1. Concept of health, public health, community medicine and social medicine. 2. Indicators of public health, determinants of health, personal hygiene, environmental sanitation. 3. Health problems and services in Bangladesh, health administration in Bangladesh. 4. Communicable diseases: concept, host-agent-environment, disease spectrum, iceberg of disease, reservoir of infection, route of transmission of disease, control of communicable diseases. 5. Maternal and child health (MCH): problems and services in Bangladesh, the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI). 6. Food and nutrition: concepts, classification, balanced diet, nutritional problems, nutritional and dietary condition in Bangladesh 7. Health education: concept, contents, principles, process, and limitations. 8. Role of the social worker in public health services/activities in Bangladesh. |
| BSS 302 | Demographic Issues: Policy, Planning, and Services | 4 | Population and Demography: Meaning, Scope and Importance of Demography, Nature and Characteristics of Bangladesh Population, Difficulties and Importance of Demographic Study in Bangladesh; Need of Demographic Studies for Social Worker and Role of Social Workers in Dealing with Population Problem in Bangladesh. Basic Concepts of Demography: Fertility, Mortality, Nuptiality, and Migration. Methods of Demographic Data Collection: Population Census, Demographic Sample Survey, Vital Registration System, and Population Register. Theories of Population: Early Philosophers, Mercantilist, Malthusian, Optimum, Marxist and Demographic Transition Theory. Population Policy in Bangladesh: Historical Evolution, Objectives and Characteristics of Population Policy, Role of Population Policy in Controlling Population of Bangladesh. Family Planning Program in Bangladesh: History, Achievements, Problems and Prospects; Family Planning Strategies and their Outcomes. Role of NGOs in Population Control in Bangladesh: Family Planning Association of Bangladesh (FPAB), Population Services and Training Center (PSTC) and Rural Service Delivery Program (RSDP). Demographic Studies and social work: Scope and Role of Social Workers in Dealing with Population Problem in Bangladesh. |
| BSS 303 | Human Rights, Social Justice, and Social Welfare | 4 | a. Human Rights and Social Justice: Concept, Types, and Philosophical Base; b. Development of Human Rights: Review in Historical Perspective; c. Types of Human Rights: Economic, Social and Political Rights; d. Social Welfare and Human Rights: Legal Aids and Human Rights; e. Human Rights and Fundamental Rights in Bangladesh: Concept, Constitutional Provision of Human Rights in Bangladesh; Women Rights; f. Role of UN in upholding Human Rights: Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) with special reference to Article-12(Confidentiality); Article-16(Marriage and Family); Article-22(Social Security); and Article-25(Basic Human Needs); g. Human Rights and Children: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child(CRC) 1989 h. Role of NGOs in promoting human rights with special reference to Bangladesh: Bangladesh Society for the Enforcement of Human, Human Rights Commission, Institute of Democratic Rights; Bangladesh Jatiyo Ain-Jibi Samity, Ain O Shalish Kendra (ASK), BLAST, Amnesty International; i. Role of Government Organization in the protection and Promotion of Human Rights in Bangladesh. |
| BSS 304 | Disability and Social Work | 4 | Disability: Concept, Causes and Risk Factors of Disability, Types of Disability, Model of Disability Developmental Disabilities: Concept, Nature, Causes, Types, Services and Support (Treatment), Child Autism. Learning Disability: Concept, Signs, Causes and Risk Factors, Types of Learning Disability, Treatment and Intervention (Preventive and Supportive). Gender and Disability: Women and Girls with Disability, Psycho-social Issues of Women with Disabilities, Disability Rights and Women Rights Disability in Bangladesh: Prevalence, Socio-Economic Problems of the PWD, Disability and Poverty, Government and Non- Government Initiatives for the PWDs, Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR), Services and Organizations: National Foundation of Disability Development, ERCPH, HEED Bangladesh, NFOWD, Center for the Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed (CRP) Legislation and Policy: Constitutional Rights, The National Policy on Disability-1995, The Rights and Protection of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2013, The Neuro-Developmental Disability Protection Trust Act, 2013. International Commitments: Disability Rights Movement, Programs for the PWDs in SAARC Countries, UN Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Person- 1975, Salamanca Statement,1994, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability(CRPD). Social Work Practice with Disability: Use of Social Work Methods, Knowledge, Skill, Values, Approaches and Strategies with Disability Issues, Role of Social Worker in Disability. |
| BSS 305 | Social Problem Analysis and Social Welfare Services | 4 | 1. Social Problem: Concept, Features, Causes, Approaches to Social Problem Analysis, Use of Social Research and Statistics in analyzing Social Problems. 2. Some Basic Issues Relating to Social Problems: Cultural Conflict , Role –Status Conflict, Class Conflict, Discrimination to distribute Societal Resources cum Opportunities, Family Disorganization. 3. Major Social Problems in Bangladesh: Poverty, Drug Addiction, Slum, Urban Problems, Corruption, Child Labor, and Trafficking. 4. Social Service: Concept, objectives, Social Service Programs run by the Department of Social Services in Bangladesh, NGOs Interventions to Combat Social Problems. 5. Role of Social Agencies in controlling Social Problems: Family, Religion, State and Politics. 6. Some Welfare Programs: Child, Family, and Youth Welfare. 7. Social Problem and Social Policy: Concept of Social Policy, Dimensions of Social Policy, Ways to make a Social Policy Controlling Social Problems. 8. Social Problems and Social Work: Concept of Social Work, Social Work Strategies to Combat Social Problems, Dimensions of Social Work to Analysis Social Problems, Social Welfare Attitude to Person in Problems. |
| Code | Course title | Credits | |
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| BSS 401 | Voluntarism and NGOs in Bangladesh | 4 | 1. Voluntarism: Concept, Historical Perspective, Voluntary Organization, Voluntarism in Bangladesh; 2. Legislations relating to Voluntary Social Work/Welfare Agencies: Voluntary Social Welfare Agencies (Registration and Control) Ordinance 1961; The Foreign Donations ( Voluntary Activities) Regulation Ordinance 1978; The Foreign Contributions ( Regulations) Ordinance 1982 3. National Council of Social Welfare: Historical Background, Composition and Functions, Grants-in Aid Program of the Government for Voluntary Agencies; 4. Important National NGOs in Bangladesh: Background, Compositions, Role, Contribution and Future Prospects in National Development; BRAC, Grameen Bank, Proshika, Bangladesh Probin Hitoishy Shangstha, RDRS, ESDO; 5. Voluntary Social Work at International Level: International Voluntary Agencies working in Bangladesh-CARE, World Vision, Bangladesh Red Crescent Society; Impact of International Voluntary Agencies on the Voluntary Social Work in Bangladesh. 6. NGOs and Government as Development Partner in Bangladesh; Leadership Pattern of Voluntary Social Welfare Agencies, NGO Affairs Bureau: Background, Organogram and Functions. |
| BSS 402 | Disaster Management and Rehabilitation | 4 | Concept and nature of hazard and disaster, types of disaster: flood, cyclone, river erosion, water salinity, drought, tsunami, industrial accidents, environmental pollution, communal/political riots etc. Disaster management: Meaning, objectives, disaster management cycle: preparedness, response, mitigation, disaster impact, recovery and prevention Vulnerability and risk management: concepts, risk assessment, geographical extent and intensity, gender perspective in hazard analysis and management. Climate change and global warming: concept, causes of climate change, impact of climate change and global warming Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation: a) Basic concepts of preparedness b) Forecast and warning system c) Coping mechanisms: indigenous and modern d) Use of neighborhood and Community groups to face Disaster e) Primary health care. f) Temporary shelter g) Preparedness at different levels: family, community, local, national, and international g) Rescue, relief and h) rehabilitation Mitigation Approaches: Community Participatory Approach, Sustainable Development Infrastructure, Partnership Building and Networking, Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation, Disaster Management Training and Education, Role of Media in Disaster Reduction, Institutional Capacity Building and Raising Disaster Fund, International Co- operation and Exchange of Ideas. Role of the Government and NGOs in Disaster Management |
| BSS 403 | Gender Issues and Women Development | 4 | 1. Women Development: Concept and Issues, Historical Background of Women Development in Bangladesh and Abroad, Barriers and Challenges to Women Development. 2. Basic Concepts of Gender: Concept of Gender and Sex, Gender as a Development Issue, Gender Mainstreaming; Gender Analysis Framework, Intra-Household Bargaining Power, Gender Equity & Equality, Different Measurement of Gender Equality. 3. Theory and Approaches to Women Development: WID, WAD, GAD; Women Development Approaches: Welfare Approaches; Anti Poverty Approaches; Skill Based Approaches; Equity Approaches; Empowerment Approach; Concept of Feminism: Origin and Different Theories of Feminism; Concept of Patriarchy and Its Origin 4. Women and Empowerment: Concept, Types, Dimensions, Impact of GO/ NGO Activities on Women Empowerment, Challenges to Women Empowerment. 5. Basic Issues of Women’s Situation: Changing Status of Women in Bangladesh, Women and Reproductive Health; Women Participation in Labour force, Women in Politics. Violence against Women: Nature, Causes, Problems of Disadvantaged Women. 6. Global and National Actions for Advancement of Women: International and UN Conferences and Conventions, Constitutional Guarantees, National Women’s Development Policy; Planning and Programs in Women Development, 7. Legislations relating to the Women in Bangladesh: Marriage, Family and Divorce Related Legislations; Violence-Related Legislations; Labor Welfare Related Legislations. |
| BSS 404 | Crime, Victim and Correctional Supports | 4 | 1. Concept and Evolution of Crime: Crime, Evolution of Crime, Features of Crime, Elements of Crime, Types of Crime; Crime Related Concepts such as Sin, Deviance, Immorality; Criminal Law. 2. Crime Studies: Criminology and Its Branches, Objectives and Necessity of Studying Criminology, Scope of Criminology. 3. Patterns of Crime : (a) Traditional Classification of Crime (b) Discussion on some special patterns of crime such as crime Against Women, Rape, Trafficking (human and drug); Political Crime ; Urban and Rural Crime . 4. Development and Crime: Industrialization and Crime; Urbanization and Crime; Modernization and Crime; Globalization and Crime; Environmental Issues and Crime. 5. Victim and Victimology: Concept of Victim, Types of Victim, Victimology- Concept, Scope, and Branches. 6. Community Policing: Conceptual Description, Components of Community Policing, Purposes of Community Policing, Characteristics of Community Policing, Principles of Community policing, Challenges of Community Policing, How to make Community Policing Effective; After-care system in Rehabilitation for Offenders. 7. Jail and Open Prison: Concept of Jail, Types of Jail; Open Prison, Concept of Open Prison, Nature of Open Prison, Objectives of Open Prison, Characteristics of Open Prison, Advantages of Open Prison, Eligibility of Open Prison, Open Prison vs Normal Prison. 8. Punishment, Correction and Crime Prevention: Concept and Theories of Punishment; Concept of Correction, Purposes of Correction, Guidelines and Program of Correction System in Bangladesh; Community–Based Correctional Programs (probation: concept, elements, purposes, types, and duties of a probation officer), Concept of Parole, Determinants and Conditions of Parole, Educational Qualification and Responsibilities of a Parole Officer; Measures of Preventing Crime. |
| BSS 405 | Seminar | 1 | [Students will be divided into different groups. Each group will be assigned to a teacher where they will select a small topic to develop a paper with their group participation. Finally, this paper will be presented in the seminar] |
| BSS 406 | Comprehensive | 2 | [This course will cover all courses in the Third and Fourth Semesters.] |
| BSS 407 | Viva-Voce | 1 | [Students will attend the Viva-Voce in front to the exam committee after finishing their all courses of this semester and it is compulsory for them. There are no particular contents/topics for this viva- Voce but students will be asked about the names and contents of the curriculums that they have already attended in the exams. Priority will be given to their overall understanding about the contents of the course curriculum]. |
| Code | Course title | Credits | |
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| BSS 501 | Social Action, Social Legislation, and Social Change | 4 | 1. Social Action: Meaning, Scope, Principles, Strategies and Models of Social Action, Relationship with Social Reform, Social Reform Movement and Social Legislation and Other Methods of Social Work. 2. Role of Social Action: Human Condition Promotion of the Disadvantaged Groups-Women, Children, Older People, and the Disabled, Major Social Reforms in the Fields of Socio-economic Change and Development in Bangladesh. 3. Social Legislation: Meaning, Objectives and Importance, Process of Formulation of Social Legislation. 4. Major Social Legislations in Bangladesh- a) Legislation Relating to Family and Women: The Muslim Family Laws Ordinance 1961, The Dowry Prohibition Act 1980, The Cruelty to Women and Children (Special Provision) Act 1983, The Women and Children (Special Provision) Act 1995, The Women and Children Repression Prevention (Amendment) Act, 2003. b) Legislation Relating to Children: The Children Employment Act 1938, The Probation of Offenders Ordinance 1960, and The Children Act 1974. c) Legislation Relating to Social Security: The Workmen’s Compensation Act 1923, The Provident Fund Act 1925, Maternity Benefit Act 1939. 5. Social Change: Meaning, Theories of Social Change-Evolutionary Theory, Functionalist Theory and Conflict Theory, Factors Contributing to Social Change-Environmental and Population Pressures, Cultural Innovation, Cultural Diffusion and Practices and Technology. Resistance to Social Change-Economic and Cultural; and Technological Factors, Process of Social Change-Planned and Unplanned. Relationship with Modernization and Social Development. |
| BSS 502 | Rural and Urban Development in Bangladesh | 4 | Rural Community in Bangladesh: Definition and Characteristics of Community, The Feature of Rural Community in Bangladesh and Major Socio-economic Problems. Rural Social Structure and Institutions in Bangladesh and Impacts on Rural Lives: Social Stratification, Land Tenure System, Local Power Structure and Local Government Rural Development in Bangladesh: Early Experiences, V-AID, Program, Camilla Approach, GO and NGO Approaches and Areas of Rural Development, BRDB, BRAC and RSS Urban Community in Bangladesh: Features and Characteristics, Socio- economic Problems of Urban Community in Bangladesh. Urbanization: Nature and Characteristics, Theories of Urban Growth and Ecological Process, Urbanization as Development Process. Urban Development in Bangladesh: GO and NGO Approaches and Areas of Urban Development, Interventions of USS for Urban Development. |
| BSS 503 | Globalization and Social Work | 4 | 1. Globalization: Concept, Dimensions of globalization, Theories Relating to Globalization, Impact of and Challenges to globalization. 2. Commitment to Development Index (CDI): Components, Methods of Constructing Commitment to Development Index, Problems and Importance. 3. Social Work in Global Context: Global Perspectives in Social Work Values, Ethics and Practice; Professional Growth and scope of Social Work/Welfare in globalized world; Global Interdependence and social work. 4. Human Condition and Human Behavior in Global Perspectives with Reference to Developed and Developing Countries Including Bangladesh. 5. International Organizations and Their Functions: Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) in the Global Market; Global Model for Ethnic Diversity and Population at Risk. 6. Understanding Global Policies: Global Issues in Social Welfare Policy; Changing Social Welfare Services and Actions in Globalized Society. |
| BSS 504 | Social Policy and Planning | 4 | 1. Social Policy: Meaning, features and goals; Differences between social policy and public policy; Factors influencing social policy; Process of social policy formulation; Principles of social policy; Link between social wellbeing and social policy. 2. Social Policy Models: Techniques of social policy model; Policy Analysis: Methods and stages of social policy analysis; Policy practice framework skills of the social worker for policy practice; Functions of policy practitioners; Means of understanding social policy; Tools of social policy implementation. 3. Social Policy and the Constitution of Bangladesh: Provisions linked to social policies; Strengths and weaknesses of the provisions. Problems of social policy formulation and implementation in developing countries with a special reference to Bangladesh. 4. Some Important Social Policies in Bangladesh: Social welfare policy, education policy, health policy, population policy, and women development policy. 5. Concepts of Plan and Planning; Types of planning; Pre-requisites of effective planning; Methods, steps and process of plan formulation; Plan formulation process at national level in Bangladesh. 6. Sources and methods of financing development plan; Problems of resources allocation in development plan. 7. Meaning of program planning; Program planning in Bangladesh; Social welfare program planning in Bangladesh; Problems of plan formulation in Bangladesh. |
| BSS 505 | Project Designing and Management | 4 | 1. Project Concept: Types, steps and life cycle 2. Project designing: a) Logical Framework: Concept, designing of logical framework and importance; b) Network Analysis: Concept, objectives, components, tools and techniques of Network Analysis, Critical Path Methods (CPM) as a network Analysis 3. Project Appraisal/ Feasibility Study of Project Designing: Concept, types, financial, economical, technical and managerial appraisal, appraisal of service sector project. 4. Project Management: Concept, characteristics, importance, project manager and his/her qualities. 5. Social Welfare Management Process: Goal setting, planning, controlling, staffing, directing, supervising and co-coordinating. 6. Important Theories: Models and approaches of management related to social welfare management system: Theory X and Theory Y, Human Resource Approach, Abraham Maslow`s Hierarchy of Needs, the Supportive Model, Structural Approach, the Seven-S Framework, Management by Objective (MBO). 7. Monitoring for Social Welfare Project: Concept, characteristics, types, steps, techniques and importance. 8. Project Evaluation: Concept, Types, steps and techniques, application of evaluation techniques in service sector projects in Bangladesh |
| Code | Course title | Credits | |
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| BSS 601 | Social Case Work | 4 | 1. Social Case Work as a Social Work Method. Definition, Elements, Objectives, Principles, and Scope. 2. Understanding Psycho-Social Problem of a Client, Clients’ Environment and Role in Relation to their Family and Society. 3. Steps Involved in Problem-Solving Process in Social Case Work, Psycho-Social Study, Diagnostic Assessment, Psycho-Social Treatment, Evaluation and Follow-up. 4. Case Study and Data-Collection Methods: Interview and other Direct and Indirect Methods. 5. Rapport Building: Objectives and Principles, Transference and Counter Transference of Ideas and Views. 6. Change Process in Case Work Practice: Basic Helping and Artistic Skills, Approaching the Non-voluntary and Alcoholic Clients. 7. Case Work Recording: Skills, Types and Its importance in Developing Indigenous Reading Materials. 8. Preventive Aspects of Case Work Service. 9. Practice Fields of Social Case Work in Bangladesh. |
| BSS 602 | Social Group Work | 4 | 1. Concepts of Social Group, Nature, Types, Significance for Individual and Social Development. 2. Concepts of Social Group Work, Objectives, Principles, History of Group Work, Social Group Work and Social Work Practice 3. Group work Process and Group Process, Group dynamics, Functions of social group work, Leadership Roles, Functions, and Guidelines 4. Group work strategies: Objectives, Program Planning and Development, Group Work Recording, objectives, and Importance 5. Group Work Practice Fields in Bangladesh: Major NGOs Approaches in Social Group Work Practice 6. Therapeutic Groups: Starting and Leading Therapy Groups, Client Centered Therapy, Reality Therapy, Rational Therapy, Behavior Therapy, Family Therapy, Termination and Evaluation. |
| BSS 603 | Community Social Work | 4 | 1. Community Social Work: concept, types and philosophy 2. Community Organization: Concept, objectives, methods and principles 3. Community Development: Concept, objectives, methods and principles 4. Community Planning: Concept, process and importance 5. Community Participation: concept, types, methods, ladder and paradoxes. 6. Community Partnership: Concept, types, conditions for effective partnership and barriers of effective partnership 7. Community Empowerment: Concept, objectives, domains and importance. 8. Community Social Work Practice in Bangladesh: Governmental and Non-Governmental initiatives. |
| BSS 604 | Organizational Behavior | 4 | 1. Organizational Behavior: Meaning, Historical Development of Organizational Behavior, Contributing Disciplines to the Organizational Behavior Field, Challenges and Opportunities for Organizational Behavior. 2. Foundation of Individual Behavior: Biographical Characteristics, Abilities: Intellectual Abilities and Dimensions of Intellectual Ability, Physical Abilities and Basic Physical Abilities; Learning and Theories of Learning. 3. Values, Attitudes, and Job Satisfaction: Meaning of Values, Types, and Values Across Cultures; Attitudes: Meaning, Components, Types, and Major Job Attitudes; Job Satisfaction: Meaning and Measuring Job Satisfaction, Effect of Job Satisfaction on Employee Performance, Causes of Employee Dissatisfaction. 4. Personality and Emotions: Personality: Meaning, Determinants, and Measuring Personality, Personality Traits, The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, The Big Five Personality Model, Type A and B Personality, Proactive Personality, Achieving Personality Fit; Emotions: Meaning and Dimension of Emotions, External Constraints on Emotions. 5. Conflict and Negotiation: Conflict: Concept, Transition in Conflict Thought, Functional Versus Dysfunctional Conflict, The Conflict Process, Conflict Management Technique; Negotiation: Meaning, The Negotiation Process, Issues in Negotiation; Bargaining: Meaning, Strategies, and Process. 6. Organizational Culture: Meaning, Characteristics, Socialization Types, Functions, Culture as a Liability, Creating and Sustaining Culture, How Employees Learn Culture, Creating an Ethical and Positive Organizational Culture. 7. Organizational Change and Stress Management: Forces for Change, Planned Change, Resistance to Change, Sources of Resistance to Change, Overcoming Resistance to Change, Approaches to Managing Organizational Change (Lewin’s Three Steps Model), Stress: Meaning, Model of Stress, Managing Stress and Consequences of Stress Management. |
| BSS 605 | Seminar | 1 | [Students will be divided into different groups. Each group will be assigned to a teacher where they will select a topic to develop a paper with their group participation. Finally, this paper will be presented in the seminar] |
| BSS 606 | Comprehensive | 2 | [This course will cover all courses in the Fifth and Sixth Semesters.] |
| BSS 607 | Viva-Voce | 1 | [Students will attend the Viva-Voce in front to the exam committee after finishing their all courses of this semester and it is compulsory for them. There are no particular contents/topics for this viva- Voce but students will be asked about the names and contents of the curriculums that they have already attended in the exams. Priority will be given to their overall understanding about the contents of the course curriculum]. |
| Code | Course title | Credits | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BSS 701 | Social Research | 4 | 1. Basic Concepts: research, purpose of research, science and scientific method, concept, indicator, variable, fact, hypothesis and assumption, theory, social research and social work research. 2. Knowledge Building: knowledge, scientific knowledge, belief and truth, reality, epistemology and ontology. Philosophical and Theoretical basics of Research: pragmatism, positivism, realism and interpretivism. 3. Major Types of Social Research: basic, applied, qualitative, quantitative, mixed, primary and secondary. 4. Steps of Social Research: i) problem identification, ii) showing knowledge through literature review, iii) drawing hypothesis (if applicable), iv) making a research plan or design, v) collecting, processing and analyzing data, vi) discussing and finalizing the findings, vii) writing a report and disseminating the findings. 5. Major Approaches and Methods of Social Research:- i) Approaches (main methods): survey, case study, evaluation, action, ethnography; ii) Data collection techniques: interview, focus group discussion (FGD), observation, document collection; iii) Data collections tools: questionnaire, interview guide and interview schedule; iv) Population and unit of analysis; v) Sample and sampling techniques; vi) Data analysis techniques: primary idea to analyze quantitative and qualitative data; and vii) Ethics in social research. 6. Research Proposal: concept and important steps of research proposal; preparing a proposal on a topic. Research Design: concept and important types of design; details of longitudinal, cross-sectional, and experimental designs. 7. Necessity of social inquiry and social work inquiry. Problems of social research and social work research in Bangladesh. |
| BSS 702 | Statistics in Social Research | 4 | 1. Basic Concepts of Statistics: Population and Sample, Scopes and Limitations of Statistics, Use of Statistics in Social Research and Social Work Practice. 2. Sampling: Types of Sampling, Techniques, Advantages and Limitations of Sampling. 3. Data Processing and Presentation: Variables, Data Classification, Tabulation, Frequency Distribution and Graphical Representation of Data. 4. Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median and Mode, their Application in Social Research. 5. Measures of Dispersion: Range, Mean Deviation, Standard Deviation, Quartile Deviation, the Variance, Co-efficient of Variation, Moments, and Skewness and Kurtosis. 6. Correlation and Regression. 7. Concepts of Probability, Test of Hypothesis and Chi-Square Test. |
| BSS 703 | Human Resource Management | 4 | 1. Human Resource Management: Concept, Scope and Functions of Human Resource Management, Process of Recruitment, Selection, Appointment and Placement. 2. Job Analysis: Job Description, Job Specification, Job Evaluation, Promotion, Dismissal, Retirement of Personnel, Line and Staff Functions. 3. Human Resource Planning: Concept, Needs, Component and Analysis- Short Range and Long Range. 4. Human Resource Management and Development: Training and Development, Training Policy, Training Modules, Methods of Training and Training Evaluation. 5. Performance Appraisal: Concept, Objectives, Importance, Methods of Performance Appraisal, Performance Appraisal in Bangladesh. 6. Executive and Personnel Career Development: Concept, Types and Role of Executive, Need for Executive Development, Executive Development Process, Role and Development Procedure of Executive and Personnel in Social Work Agency. 7. Supervision: Supervision as an Administrative Process, Objectives, Techniques and Functions of Supervision, Supervision as Educational and Evaluative Process. |
| BSS 704 | Counseling and Psychiatric Social Work | 4 | 1. Counseling: concept, goals, practice fields, steps followed in counseling service; functions of counseling as a sub-discipline of social work profession and emerging demand of practicing social work in Bangladesh. 2. Counseling process: counselor-client relationship; steps in the counseling process; factors affecting the counseling process, assessment, formulation and treatment strategy, plan of case management. 3. Counseling model: biochemical model; environmental model, classical conditioning model, cognition model, behavioral model, psycho-analytical model. 4. Psychiatric social work: concept, characteristics, objectives, growth as a field of social work. Psychiatric social work in Bangladesh: scope, problems and prospects. 5. Therapeutically approaches in counseling: person/client-centered counseling therapy; psychoanalytic therapy (Freudian);behavioral therapy; cognitive therapy; rational emotive behavior therapy; gestalt therapy, existential counseling and therapy. 6. Adapting the counseling to sub-specialism (client presenting problems): a)family and married couples; b)working with children and their parents; c) working with the aged people; d) counseling with the case of substance abuser; e) counseling for the post-trauma stress disorder; f) working with the disabled people. 7. Ethical issues in counseling and psychotherapy: value issues inherent in the counseling process. skills and competency of counselor in social work practice 8. Services, challenges and barriers to counseling services in Bangladesh. |
| BSS 705 | Field Education | 4 | 1. Field Work: Meaning, Objectives, Types and Scope, Historical Background, Problems and Prospects of Field Work in Bangladesh. 2. Field Practice in Social Work: Criteria of Field Placement, Orientation Visit, Concurrent Fieldwork, Block Placement, Nature of Students’ Performance. 3. Field Work as a Link between Theory and Practice, Field Work Analysis Model, Use of Client Centered Theory in Field Practicum, Indigenization in Social Work. 4. Field Work Practice in Different Settings: Field Work Practices in NGOs and Government Programs– Medical & Non-Medical, Psychiatric, Correctional and Community Settings. 5. Code of Ethics in Fieldwork Practice, Ethical Objectives and Principles, Different Ethical Standard and Responsibilities of Social Workers to the Clients, Colleagues, Settings, Legal and Ethical Concern of Field Work with Special Reference to Bangladesh. 6. Field Work Supervision: Concept, Objectives, Methods, and Problems of Supervision in Bangladesh. 7. Procedures of Field Work Practice, Placement, Formulation of Assignment, Case Management, Preparing Case Study, Supervising and Monitoring Daily Work, Process Recording, Report Writing and Field Work Evaluation. |
| Code | Course title | Credits | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BSS 801 | Practice Research | 4 | [Participation in research laboratory work on a chosen practical research project, the project is expected to start at the very beginning and the students in a group are expected to identify a research problem, design the study, collect and analyze data and finally present a report]. |
| BSS 802 | Field Practicum | 8 | [Field Practicum consists of supervised program in problem-solving activities with the recipients of social welfare services, which enables students to learn to apply and experience social work skills necessary for professional practice. The education experience in field work is designed to integrate practice with the theoretical knowledge. The minimum required time for field work is at least 420 hours in approved social welfare or development agencies to be spread over 60 working days beyond final report writing]. |
| BSS 803 | Seminar | 2 | [Students will be divided into different groups. Each group will be assigned to a teacher where they will select a small topic to develop a paper with their group participation. Finally, this paper will be presented in the seminar] |
| BSS 804 | Comprehensive | 4 | [This course will cover all courses in the seventh and eighth Semesters.] |
| BSS 805 | Viva- Voce (Theoretical and Practical) | 2 | [Students will attend the Viva-Voce in front to the exam committee after finishing their all courses of this semester and it is compulsory for them. There are no particular contents/topics for this viva- Voce but students will be asked about the names and contents of the curriculums that they have already attended in the exams. Priority will be given to their overall understanding about the contents of the course curriculum. The concerned Examination Committee will also ask questions on field practicum]. |