Locations
You can study the programme B.A. Soziale Arbeit at the following locations:
Description of the programme
Choosing a focus allows students to specialise. Here, the choice can be made between ‘Childhood, Youth and Inclusion’, ‘Migration and Interculturality’ or ‘Management of Social Institutions’.
The study contents open up the possibility for graduates to occupy positions of responsibility in social institutions, developing and implementing dynamic and complex processes. The degree programme qualifies graduates to take up jobs in fields such as family and elderly care, addiction counselling, migration work, adult and youth education or youth work, but also in a wide variety of institutions such as clinics, children's homes or counselling centres.
Accreditations & awards
NBS Northern Business School – University of Applied Sciences is a state-recognised university by the Hamburg Ministry of Science, Research and Equality and institutionally accredited by the German Science Council. All study programmes at NBS are also accredited by the independent accreditation agency ACQUIN and thus subject to regular, external quality control.
Curriculum
1st semester
Kommunikation und Konflikte
Wissenschaftliche Grundlagen sozialpädagogischen Handelns
Projekt-, Prozess- und Innovationsmanagement
2nd semester
Empirische Sozialforschung
Geschichte und Theorie der sozialen Arbeit
Arbeitsfelder der Sozialen Arbeit
3rd semester
Fallanalysen zu Multiproblemszenarien
Instrumente und Methoden Sozialer Arbeit
Soziale Dienstleistungen im Wandel
5th semester
Wahlpflichtmodul: Fallstudie/Praktikum
Handlungskonzepte der Sozialen Arbeit
6th semester
Qualitätsmanagement und IT-basierte Verwaltung
Bachelor-Thesis und Kolloquium
Specialisations
You can further specialise in the following areas:
– Kindheit, Jugend und Inklusion
– Management sozialer Einrichtungen
– Migration und Interkulturalität
Semester abroad & internship
Internship
Students who complete a social internship of 100 working days in the fifth semester are entitled to use the professional title ‘State-recognised Social Pedagogue’ in addition to their bachelor's degree after successfully completing their studies. This is a central qualification for social workers in Germany and gives you access to professions in many social institutions.
Semester abroad
In addition, the International Office is happy to assist with the organisation of a semester abroad. NBS has a network of more than 30 partner universities around the world—in North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia.
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