Health and Social Care, Bc.

Curriculum and its structure

The courses are divided into compulsory, obligatory and elective courses. They may be completed by credit, graded credit or examination. The following teaching methods are used in the teaching of the courses: lectures, seminars and tutorials. Specific teaching methods are professional practice and excursions. A total of at least 180 credits must be obtained during the period of study, of which 168 credits must be obtained from compulsory and compulsory elective courses (foreign language I - IV and one course in a foreign language for full-time students) and 12 credits from elective courses. An overview of the curriculum can be found here.

Required Courses

For successful completion of the program, all required courses must be taken: Introduction to Philosophy, Ethics in Health and Social Work, General Psychology, Social Psychology, Personality Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Social Psychological Training, Introduction to Psychotherapy, Crisis Intervention, Sociology, Social Policy I, Social Policy II, Social Services, Introduction to Legal Theory and Practice I, Introduction to Legal Theory and Practice II, Introduction to Legal Theory and Practice III, Fundamentals of Health Legislation, Methods and Techniques of Social Research, Demography, Fundamentals of Statistics, Theory of Social Work, Methods and Techniques of Social Work, Community and Field Social Work, Counselling Process, Social Work with Children and Families, Social Psychological Training I.-II., Introduction to psychotherapy, Crisis intervention, Social services, Issues of minority groups, Social pathology, Basics of anatomy and physiology, Ethics in health and social work, Theory of nursing, First aid, Basics of health legislation, Selected chapters from Law, Health and Disease, Fundamentals of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Fundamentals of Management, Community and Field Social Work, Public Health, Fundamentals of Informatics, Demography, Fundamentals of Statistics, Seminar for Bachelor Thesis, Special Education. 

Mandatory electives 

Mandatory electives include English I - IV and, for full-time students, one course taught in a foreign language, such as   Social Work in Health Care (English), Communication and Other Soft Skills for Assisting Professions, or International Social Work Week.

Elective subjects

From the range of elective courses, students choose in a way that allows them to achieve the required total of at least 180 credits at the end of their studies, of which 168 credits are from compulsory (P) and compulsory elective (PV) courses. Students must therefore choose a minimum of 6 elective courses. Students may enrol in any number of sport activities during their studies, with each activity being valued at one credit. A maximum of 2 credits are counted towards the total number of credits required for successful completion of the chosen sport activities.

List of electives: Special Therapy in Social Work, Practical Crisis Intervention in Model Situations, Planning and Design, Introduction to Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Social Work with Addicts, Sign Language, Fundamentals of Management, Nonprofit Sector in Health and Social Care, Professional seminar - case studies in the field of social assistance to the disabled and the elderly, Nursing practices of the ZSP, Course of social competence development, Selected chapters in law, Selected chapters in TMSP, Selected chapters in social policy, Memory training.