The Amrita MSW is a two-year full-time residential program which requires high levels of concentration, long hours of work and sustained commitment from students. Its credit-based system allows tremendous flexibility in matters of course design, curricula, timeframe, teaching and learning methodologies, and evaluation procedures.
Specializations Offered
- Community Development
- Physical and Mental Health.[Medical & Psychiatric Social Work]
- Child Rights and Child Protection
- Disaster Management
Curriculum
| Semester I |
|---|
| Course Code |
Course Title |
L |
T |
P |
Cr |
ES |
|---|
| 17SWK501 |
Foundations of Social Work Practice |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
A |
| 17SWK502 |
Psychosocial Perspectives and Counselling |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
B |
| 17SWK503 |
Society, Change and Development |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
C |
| 17SWK504 |
Working with Individuals |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
D |
| 17SWK505 |
Working with Groups |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
E |
| 17SWK591 |
Concurrent Fieldwork I |
|
|
|
3 |
P1 |
| 17SWK592 |
Rural, Urban or Tribal Camp |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
P2 |
| 15CUL501 |
Cultural Education |
|
|
|
P/F |
F |
| |
Total |
19 |
| Semester II |
|---|
| Course Code |
Course Title |
L |
T |
P |
Cr |
ES |
|---|
| 17SWK511 |
Working with Communities |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
A |
| 17SWK512 |
Introduction to Child Rights and Child Protection |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
B |
| 17SWK513 |
Introduction to Disaster Management |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
C |
| 17SWK514 |
Introduction to Physical and Mental Health |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
D |
| 17SWK515 |
Social Work Research |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
E |
| 17SWK596 |
Concurrent Fieldwork II & Winter Internship$ |
|
|
|
3 |
P1 |
| 15AVP501 |
Amrita Values Program |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
F |
| |
Total |
20 |
| Semester III |
|---|
| Course Code |
Course Title |
L |
T |
P |
Cr |
ES |
|---|
| 17SWK601 |
Social Legislation for Vulnerable Groups |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
A |
| 17SWK602 |
Project Formulation and Management |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
B |
| 17SWK603 |
Social Welfare Policy and Administration |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
C |
| |
Elective Paper I |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
D |
| |
Elective Paper II |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
E |
| 17SWK691 |
Concurrent Fieldwork III/ Internship I & Summer Internship# |
|
|
|
3 |
P1 |
| 15SWK690 |
Live-in-Lab.@/ Open Elective* |
|
|
|
2 |
J |
| 17SWK698 |
Research Project - Part 1 |
|
|
|
2 |
P |
| |
Total |
22 |
| Semester IV |
|---|
| Course Code |
Course Title |
L |
T |
P |
Cr |
ES |
|---|
| 17SWK611 |
Corporate Social Responsibility |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
A |
| |
Elective Paper III |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
D |
| |
Elective Paper IV |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
E |
| 17SWK696 |
Concurrent Fieldwork IV/ Internship II |
|
|
|
3 |
P1 |
| 17SWK697 |
Block Field Placement - June |
|
|
|
1 |
P2 |
| 17SWK699 |
Research Project - Part 2 |
|
|
|
2 |
P |
| |
Total |
14 |
| |
Total for the Programme |
75 |
Electives (Any One Specialisation)
| Community Development |
|---|
| Course Code |
Course Title |
L |
T |
P |
Cr |
ES |
|---|
| 17SWK631 |
Rural and Tribal Community Development |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
D |
| 17SWK632 |
Urban Community Development and Good Governance |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
E |
| 17SWK633 |
Climate Change and Sustainable Development |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
D |
| 17SWK634 |
Technological Interventions for Community Development |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
E |
| Child Rights and Child Protection |
|---|
| Course Code |
Course Title |
L |
T |
P |
Cr |
ES |
|---|
| 17SWK651 |
Understanding Children as Vulnerable Groups |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
D |
| 17SWK652 |
Care and Support Services for Children |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
E |
| 17SWK653 |
Interventions for Child Rights and Child Protection |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
D |
| 17SWK654 |
Interventions for Children in Humanitarian Crisis |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
E |
| Physical and Mental Health |
|---|
| Course Code |
Course Title |
L |
T |
P |
Cr |
ES |
|---|
| 17SWK641 |
Social Work Practice in Mental Health |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
D |
| 17SWK642 |
Community Care in Mental Health |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
E |
| 17SWK643 |
Social Work Practice in Physical Health |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
D |
| 17SWK644 |
Community Care in Physical Health |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
E |
| Disaster Management |
|---|
| Course Code |
Course Title |
L |
T |
P |
Cr |
ES |
|---|
| 17SWK661 |
Hazards, Risk and Disasters |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
D |
| 17SWK662 |
Standards and Approaches in Disaster Relief and Recovery |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
E |
| 17SWK663 |
Mental Health Services in Disaster Management |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
D |
| 17SWK664 |
Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
E |
- *One Open Elective course is to be taken by each student, in the third semester, from the list of Open electives offered by the School.
- @ Students undertaking and registering for a Live-in-Lab project, can be exempted from registering for the Open Elective course in the third semester.
- $ Winter Internship will be completed at the end of Semester I and evaluated along with Concurrent Field Work II in Semester 2
- # Summer Internship will be completed at the end of the semester II and evaluated along with Concurrent Field Work III in Semester 3
