Master's programme Social Work
Degree: Master of Arts (M.A.)
Entrance Requirements: General admission requirements (see below)
Language of Instruction: German
Duration: 3 semesters (start: Summer Semester)
THWS Location: Würzburg
Diploma Supplement: yes
Semester fees: none
The consecutive Master’s programme Social Work is a complex full-time programme which follows the bachelor’s programme Social Work at the Faculty of Applied Social Sciences. Its graduates are qualified for management, higher-level and professional duties on a master’s level. For these, the programme teaches the following competences:
- deeper methodical expertise in terms of receiving and implementing
- research results
- advanced competences in terms of behavioural analysis and intervention
- more detailed knowledge about management
- greater ability to participate in social science discourses and confidently represent a professional position when in contact with future colleagues from other disciplines.
Programme Structure
The Master’s programme takes three semesters consisting of eleven modules. Classes mainly take place during the first two semesters, while the third semester is almost completely dedicated to the master’s thesis. Modules of the first semester are Academia and Social Work I, Behavioural Methods, Law and Social Work , Organisation and Quality Management, and Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods. During the second semester, there are Academia and Social Work II, Finance and Staff Management, Media and Social Work, Behavioural Projects I, Socio-Scientific Specialisation, and Methodological Specialisation. Behavioural Projects are practical projects with four contact hours per week. Practical projects are continued during the third semester (Behavioural Projects II) when also the final thesis is to be written.
Career Perspectives
Graduates are qualified for management, higher-level and professional duties on a master’s level, i.e. for leading roles in social enterprises, child and youth psychotherapy possibly with their own practice, expert and consulting tasks for (social welfare) associations or foundations, but also for jobs in teaching and researching at universities of applied sciences.
Additional Information
Admission to the Master’s programme MSA is subject to a number of conditions. For more information, please visit the programme website (available in German only).
In order to check that these conditions are met, it is important to fill in the MSA application form and upload it during the application process.
You will find further information about the start of studies and the schedule on the programme website in good time.
For more information about application and enrolment, please visit the pages of the Department of Student Affairs (HSST).
Contact person
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Gartzke
Room T.2.12
Tiepolostraße 6, Würzburg
Phone +49 931 3511-8907
E-Mail msa.fas[at]thws.de
Office hours by e-mail appointment
Website of the Master's programme Social Work
Link to programme page Social Work