Department of Social Work

Scheme of Studies

                                        BS Social Work
Duration: 04 years      Total Credit Hours: 135 CH
Duration: 02 years      Total Credit Hours: 30 CH
Scheme of Studies for BS Social Work (4 years)
Year 2025
Semester I (Year ONE)

Course Code

Course Title

Credit Hrs.

 

GEDU-101

Functional English

3(3+0)

 

GEDU-152

Ideology and Constitution of Pakistan

2(2+0)

 

GEDU-153

Quantitative Reasoning-I

3(3+0)

 

SW-101

Introduction to Social Work

3(3+0)

 

SW-101P

Introduction to Social Work (Practical)

1(0+1)

 

SW-102

Sociology of Social Institutions and Culture

3(3+0)

 

Total Credits

15

         
Semester II (Year ONE)

Course Code

Course Title

Credit Hrs.

GEDU-151

Expository Writing

3(3+0)

GEDU-102 /

GEDU-103

Islamic Studies /

Ethics (for Non-Muslim Students in lieu of Islamic Studies)

2(2+0)/

2(2+0)

GEDU-104

Application of Information and Communication Technologies

2(2+0)

GEDU-104P

Application of Information and Communication Technologies (Practical)

1(0+1)

SW-151

History of Social Welfare System

3(3+0)

SW-152

Introduction to Basic Methods of Social Work

3(3+0)

SW-153

Social Problems of Pakistan

3(3+0)

Total Credits

17

Semester III (Year TWO)

Course Code

Course Title

Credit Hrs.

GEDU-***

Arts and Humanities

2(2+0)

GEDU-251

Entrepreneurship

2(2+0)

GEDU-252

Civic and Community Engagement

2(2+0)

SW-201

Introduction to Secondary Methods and Fields of Social Work

3(3+0)

SW-202

National and International Welfare Organizations

3(3+0)

SW-203

Human Growth and Personality Development

3(3+0)

Total Credits

15

 
Semester IV (Year TWO)

Course Code

Course Title

Credit Hrs.

GEDU-***

Natural Sciences

3(2+1)

GEDU-***

Social Sciences

2(2+0)

GEDU-201

Quantitative Reasoning-II

3(3+0)

SW-251

Human Rights

3(3+0)

SW-252

Social Development

3(3+0)

SW-253

Social Legislation

3(3+0)

GEDU-239

Pakistan Studies

2(2+0)

Total Credits

19

 
Semester V (Year Three)

Course Code

Course Title

Credit Hrs.

SW-301

Social Case Work

3(3+0)

SW-302

Social Group Work

3(3+0)

SW-303

Community Development and Organization

3(3+0)

SW-304

Social Policy and Planning

3(3+0)

SW-305P

Field Work-I and Report Writing (Practical)

3(0+3)

Allied

Essentials of Psychology

3(3+0)

Total Credits

18

 
Semester VI (Year Three)

Course Code

Course Title

Credit Hrs.

SW-351

Social Research

3(3+0)

SW-352

Social Administration

3(3+0)

SW-353

Social Action

3(3+0)

SW-354

Gender and Development

3(3+0)

SW-355P

Field Work-II and Report Writing (Practical)

3(0+3)

Allied

Media and Information Literacy

3(3+0)

Total Credits

18

Semester VII (Year FOUR)

Course Code

Course Title

Credit Hrs.

SW-401

Disability: Intervention and Rehabilitation (Theory)

2(2+0)

SW-401P

Disability: Intervention and Rehabilitation (Practical)

1(0+1)

SW-402

Community based Disaster Management

3(3+0)

SW-403

Medical Social Work

3(3+0)

SW-404

Case Management in Gender Based Violence

3 (3+0)

Allied

Fundamentals of Economics

3(3+0)

SW-498

Internship

3(3+0)

Total Credits

18

 
Semester VIII (Year FOUR)

Course Code

Course Title

Credit Hrs.

SW-451

Introduction to Criminology

3(3+0)

SW-452

Gerontology

3(3+0)

SW-453

Demography and Population Welfare

3(3+0)

Allied

Global Media, Social Change and International Relations

3(3+0)

SW-499

Capstone Project

3(3+0)

Total Credits

15

Grand Total (Credit hrs.)

135

List of Minors for students of BS Social Work
Students of BS Social Work may opt one or two of the following minors (minimum 12 credit hours) as per availability of the resources and offering of the concerned departments: 
  1. Minor in Psychology
  2. Minor in Gender & Development Studies
  3. Minor in Economics
  4. Minor in Sociology
 
MS Social Work 
Scheme of Studies (2 years)
Session 2025 

Year 1

Semester-1

Course Code

Course Title

Credit Hours

SW-601

Social Work and Social Welfare

03

SW-602

Advanced Primary Methods of Social Work

03

SW-603

Advanced Secondary Methods of Social Work

03

SW-604

Statistics for Quantitative Analysis

03

Total Credit Hours

12

Semester-II

Course Code

Course Title

Credit Hours

SW-651

Fields of Practice in Social Work

03

SW-652

Theories of Social Work

03

SW-653

Qualitative Research Methods

03

SW-654

Quantitative Research Methods

03

Total Credit Hours

12

Year II

Semester-III & IV

Course Code

Course Title

Credit Hours

SW-799

Research/Thesis

06

Total Credit Hours

06

Grand Total (Credit hrs.)

30