BA (Hons) in Applied Social Studies in Social Care

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Applied Social Studies in Social Care

This honours degree programme encourages and promotes the professional and personal development of students. Your ability to conceptualise, to draw conclusions based on a rigorous, analytical and critical approach to data, and to communicate effectively as part of a team will be enhanced. The degree will equip you with advanced levels of knowledge and skills appropriate to employment at a high level. You will be able, therefore, to discriminate between alternative management strategies and practices in social care work.

You will also obtain a deeper understanding of your own goals and priorities, and a fuller awareness of your strengths, limitations and potential, through self-assessment, analysis and critical reflection. You will learn the ability to assume key roles in the management, administration, development and delivery of quality care services across a wide range of disciplines. Communities too will benefit, culturally, socially and economically, through the involvement of graduates in community-based project work.

Minimum Entry Requirements

Bachelor of Arts in Applied Social Studies in Social Care (Level 7) or an equivalent Level 7 qualification.

Garda Vetting Procedure

All Students on this programme will undertake Garda Vetting procedures prior to commencing their work placement. Failure to disclose previous convictions will result in students being dismissed from the programme. Previous convictions, depending on their nature,could result in student dismissal from the programme.

Modules

Semester 1

Applied Social Studies, Applied Research Project, Interactional Approaches, Contemporary Social Policy

plus one module from

Community Development and Social Exclusion, Community Development Practice Psychotherapy, Business French, Business Spanish.

Semester 2

Applied Psychology in Social Care, Applied Social Studies, Social Care Management,

plus one module from

Applied Sociology in Action, Youth Substance Use & Misuse, Community Development Practice, Older People in Modern Society, Business French, Business Spanish. 

Progression

You may decide to pursue postgraduate training and research leading to Master’s and PhD (Level 9/10) qualifications. Our staff in the department or in the Careers Office can advise on the range of opportunities available in AIT, in Ireland and abroad for such postgraduate programmes. Full details of all postgraduate programmes at AIT are contained in the postgraduate prospectus.

Professional Recognition

Career Opportunities

The course provides post-qualifying education and training for professionals already employed in a wide range of disciplines within social care work, thereby enhancing their effectiveness, career prospects and professional status.

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