The Master's program in Social Work aims to provide students with the theoretical and practical skills necessary to become distinguished professional young leaders who can contribute significantly to a variety of social work and social welfare fields.
With collaboration with the Ewha Woman University (EWU) in Seoul, Republic of Korea, Master in Social Work program was established in 2009 at RUPP.
Admission
Eligibility & Application Documents
Eligibility
Applicants must hold a bachelor’s degree in Social Work or a bachelor’s degree in another discipline from Social Sciences or Humanities or Development Studies. Applicants who do not hold a bachelor’s degree in Social Work must have social services experience for at least two years.
Applicants will need to take entrance exams to admit into the program.
Application Documents:
Two copies of the completed Application Form.
Certified BA
BA transcript
Proficiency English test (if applicable)
Four recent 4 x 6 photographs (Last six months)
Curriculum
Two-Year Study Plan
Year 1
Semester 1
Human Behavior & Social Environment3
Introduction to Social Work3
Social Welfare Policy3
Social Work Practice3
Year 1
Semester 2
Ethics and Human Rights in Social Work3
Public Health in Social Work3
Social Work with Children and Youth3
Community Organization and Development3
Year 2
Semester 1
Social Work Counseling & Crisis Intervention3
Research Method in Social Work3
Leadership and Management of Human Service Organization3
Case Management3
Year 2
Semester 2
Field Practicum3
Research Report6
Comprehensive Exam-
Total45 credits
Course description:
Explore the Courses
01Human Behavior & Social Environment
This course teaches theories of human behavior and social environment (HBSE) that are fundamental to social work practice. The course focuses on knowledge and skills of human behavior and social environment throughout life span from the traditional/dominate and alternative/possible perspectives.
02Introduction to Social Work
This course will expose you to the variety of forms that social work takes and will explain what social work is, as a function of how the profession formed and is forming within the context of broad social changes and conflict. The course will provide an overview of the social work profession, including the social, political, and historical context in which social work has developed.
03Social Welfare Policy
This course is intended to introduce social policy and welfare state. We will examine what kinds of collective provisions are considered appropriate; the ways in which social programmes are defined; how policies are formulated and administered; and the outcomes of various approaches.
04Social Work Practice
This course is designed to equip MSW social work students with fundamental knowledge and skills. This course examines social ethics and values, as well as the assessment, intervention, termination, and planning phases of working with individuals, families, and groups.
05Research Method in Social Work
The primary objective of the course is to build student's knowledge on how to design, conduct and produce a scientific research paper for academia. Key themes of the focus will be on designing a research project; specifically, choosing the right topic with specific objectives, identifying source of data and collection tools.
06Social Work with Children and Youth
This course will examine theoretical framework, the process of helping the children and youth, and various kinds of vulnerability and risk for children and youth. It helps students to develop their knowledge skills and attitudes for helping children of all levels.
07Community Organization and Development
This course is an exploration of historical and contemporary theories, models, concepts, perspectives and current practice on community organizing & development as it relates to social change and community empowerment.
08Public Health in Social Work
The purpose of this course is to provide students with an overview of the file of public health, the major health problems that are mostly occurring in Cambodia, and the ways on how to prevent and control the public health hazard and public health needs of the population groups.
09Social Work Counseling & Crisis Intervention
This course is designed to provide knowledge and skills on a clinical direct social work practice related to crisis intervention in general and specific cases to social work students of RUPP MSW program.
10Leadership and Management of Human Service Organization
A strong organization requires good leaders to guide, manage, interact, support, empower their staff members and to delegate the tasks to their team members. Leaders need to understand, motivate, engage and inspire individual and team to achieve great outcome.
11Case Management
This course is designed to acquaint the student with the fundamentals of case management such as knowledge and process. It will cover a range of issues and strategies of case management process from client assessment, intervention planning, implementation issues, monitoring, and termination and evaluation.
12Field Practicum
Field practicum is often referred to as field work or field education which is a component of social work education programs. Students learn to practice social work through educationally focused service experiences in agency and community settings.
13Ethics and Human Rights in Social Work
The course is to learn social work values and practice ethics; and to understand human rights in social work practice. Social work has been practiced based on values and ethics. However, in a world of economic globalization, where individualism and becoming rich are seen as the most important things in life, the idea and concept of human rights provide an alternative moral reference point in social work.
Contact Details
Address
មណ្ឌល២ (ស.ភ.ភ.ព) មហាវិថីសហព័ន្ធរុស្ស៊ី សង្កាត់កាកាប ខណ្ឌពោធិ៍សែនជ័យ ភ្នំពេញ កម្ពុជា (Campus II - RUPP, Blvd Confederation of Russia, Sangkat Kakab, Khan Por Senchey, Phnom Penh, Cambodia)