Introduction∣Degree Program∣2009 Academic Year Enrollment Guide for International Students∣Teaching

Arrangement of Courses∣Faculty & Research∣Alumni∣International Exchange Information of Soochow University

Introduction

    Social Work was a part of Department of Sociology from 1978 to 1990. In order to enrich the social work professional education, the Department of Social Work was established in 1990. Currently, we have about 500 undergraduate students. Our task is to provide a learning environment for students to be qualified social workers.

 

    The graduate program of social work started in 1992, it had been a field of graduate program of sociology since 1981, and currently we have about 65 graduate students. The goal of this program is to train advanced clinical social workers with diverse perspectives, policy planners, administrators, and social work researchers to perform leadership roles in their fields.

 

   The staff and faculty of the department are involved with practice, community, and social movement; they play the leading roles in social work profession in Taiwan. Moreover, the program is concerned with family work and oppression populations in community, for example, adolescence, women, children, elderly and aboriginals in communities.

Degree Program

The Department of Social Work at Soocihow University provides a rich environment for the education of qualified social workers, offering programs at the undergraduate and master's.  Field education is an integral part of the BSW and MSW programs.  The expected outcomes of the programs are below:
　

1. The BSW program prepares our graduates as professional social work practitioners by equipping them with fundamental knowledge and ability as social work generalists, reflecting relevant content in regard to respecting cultural diversity and emphasizing localization, and developing action and partnership to carry out the professional social work ethic.

2. The MSW program not only maintains the existing foundation theory courses of upper-level professional clinical social work training, but also tries to implement the policy of the Ministry of Education that each department should develop its own teaching characteristics.

Teaching

Our Department is famous for its strong focus on teaching clinical skills.  We have 17 dedicated full-time faculty members, which is the highest in the nation, and joined by invited experienced clinicians, researchers, experts in counseling, policy developers, and administrators from many settings to provide a comprehensive learning environment for our students.

In accordance with the expected outcome as stated above, the design of the curriculum will be emphasize on a balanced development of direct, indirect social service; we try to make strong connections between theory and practice through the various service activities; we stress on learning by doing and provide experiential educational opportunities directed toward the development of professional identity, self-understanding and competent practice; developing teaching team and using the PBL model for the cultivation of the professionals in the fields.

Arrangement of Courses

1.     Postgraduate Courses: MSW program

(1)   MSW students must study and pass required courses within the length of schooling, regulated by the University Law, and successfully complete 33 credits of courses before applying for the oral examination of MSW dissertation. The MSW degree is conferred only after passing oral examination satisfactorily.

(2)   Courses of the BSW program are divided into two main kinds: common required courses and core optional courses.  The arrangement of the courses is as follows:

A. Common Required Courses

B. Core Optional Courses

Subject	Credit	Year
Social Work Theory	3	Y1
Social Welfare Theory and Practice	3	Y2
Philosophical Foundations and Ethical Issues in Social Work	3	Y1
Seminar on Computer Software for Research Data Analysis	3	Y2
Hermeneutics and Social Work Practice	3	Y2
Advanced Casework	3	Y1
Advanced Social Group Work	3	Y1
Advanced Community Organization and Development	3	Y1
Advanced Marriage and Family Therapy	3	Y2
System, Strategies And Non-Voluntary Clients	3	Y2
Advanced Play Therapy	3	Y1
Seminar on Single-Parent Families	3	Y2
Social Work in Taiwan: Professional Culture and Development	3	Y2
Personality, Culture and Taiwan Society	3	Y1
Multicultural Issues in Social Work	3	Y2
Seminar on Women Welfare Services	3	Y1
Social Safety Nets: Theories & Practices	3	Y2
Social Welfare Legal Institutions	3	Y2
Social Policy	3	Y1
Seminar on Management of Nonprofit Organizations	3	Y2
Program Evaluation in Social Work	3	Y2
Advanced Supervision of Social Work	3	Y2
Community Social Work and Community Social Care	3	Y2
Social Change and Social Welfare	3	Y1
Seminar on Aged Society and Social Welfare Services	3	Y1
Community Social Work and Community Social Care	3	Y2
Studies in Sexual Assault	3	Y1

2.     Undergraduate Courses: BSW program

(1)   The undergraduate program is a 4-year program.  The required credits needed for graduation are 134.

(2)   Courses of the BSW program are divided into four main kinds: Common Required courses (27 credits), General Education courses (8 credits), Professional Required courses (64 credits), and Elective courses (35 credits).  The arrangement of the courses is as follows:

A.    Common Required Courses

Subject	Credit	Year
Chinese	6	Y1
History	4	Y1
Foreign Language: English or Japanese or German	10	Y1-Y2
Introduction to Information Technology	3	Y1
Democracy and Constitutional Institution	4	Y2
Military Training	0	Y1
Physical Education	0	Y1-Y3

 

B.     General Education Courses cover six areas: Mankind and Culture, Literature and Arts, Society and Development, Nature and Environment, Classical Literature, and Master Lecture Series.

　

C.     Professional Required Courses

Subject	Credit	Year	Note
Introduction to Social Work	4	Y1
Sociology	4	Y1
Psychology	4	Y1
The Interpersonal Relationship and Communication	2	Y1
Social Psychology	3	Y2
Social Statistics	4	Y2
Social Case Work	4	Y2
Social Work Practicum (I)	3	Y2
Human Behavior & Social Environment	3	Y2
Social Group Work	4	Y2
Social Work Research Methods	6	Y3
Community Work	4	Y3
Social Welfare Administration	3	Y3
Social Policy & Social Legislation	4	Y3
Program Planning & Evaluation	4	Y3
Thoughts and Ethics of Social Work	2	Y4
Social Work Practicum (Ⅱ)	3	Y4	Fieldwork Practice
Social Work Management	3	Y4

 

D.    Elective Courses

Subject	Credit	Year	Note
Service Learning	4	Y1
Career Development and Planning	2	Y1
Economics	3	Y1
Political Science	3	Y1
Narrative in Culture Diversity	2	Y1
Data Processing & Multimedia Application	2	Y1
Social Problems	3	Y2
The Theory and Practice of Case Management	2	Y3
Independent Study	4	Y4
Introduction to Clinical Methods of Social Work	2	Y4
Studies in Feminist Social Work	2	Y4
Social Work Practicum (Ⅲ)	2	Y4	Fieldwork Practice
Child and Adolescent Development	3	Y2
Juvenile Delinquency and Probation Work	2	Y2
Social Work with Family	3	Y3
Social Services For Youth	3	Y3
Social Group Work with The Elderly	3	Y3
Domestic Violence and Social Work Practice	3	Y3
Family Law	2	Y3
Protective Services For Children and Youth	3	Y3
Social Work with The Elderly	3	Y3
Couple and Family Therapy	4	Y4
School Social Work	2	Y4
Child Play Therapy	3	Y4
Seminar on Social Services For Youth	2	Y4
Social Work of Oppressed Woman	3	Y4
Women and Children Health Care	2	Y2
Adventure Therapy	2	Y2
The Introduction of Psychotherapy Theories	2	Y2
Abnormal Psychology	2	Y3
Medical Sociology	2	Y3
Disability Welfare and Social Work	2	Y3
The Skills of Helping Interview	2	Y3
Psychiatric Social Work	3	Y3
Death and Hospice Social Work	2	Y3
Medical Social Work	2	Y3
The Prevention of Substance Abuse	2	Y4
Group Counseling	3	Y4
Introduction to the Indigenous Culture	2	Y1
Aged Society and Social Welfare Services	2	Y2
The Seminar on Labor Problem	2	Y2
The Problem and Measure To The Aged	2	Y2
The Exploration and Utilization of Social Resources	2	Y2
Indigenous Social Work	3	Y3
Social insurance	3	Y3
Law and Social Work	2	Y3
Social Welfare Theory	3	Y3
Labor Social Work	2	Y3
Marketing Strategies for Social Work	3	Y3
Voluntarism and Volunteer Management	2	Y3
Comparative Social Policy	2	Y4
Woman and Social Policy	2	Y4
Seminar of Social Welfare Privatization	2	Y4
Supervision in Social Work	2	Y4
Care Service Management	3	Y4
Management of Nonprofit Organizations	3	Y4
Social Work Administration Practice	3	Y4
Human Resources Management of Social Work	3	Y4
Seminar of Community-Oriented Social Welfare	2	Y4
Administrative Law	4	Y4

 

Faculty & Research

The faculty’s specialties cover various welfare populations, such as children, the youth, the elderly, women, family, and the disabled.  They are experienced practicing professionals in clinical therapy, community work, mental health, policy administration, research, child welfare, group work, independent practice and counseling.

The academic researches include the planning and evaluation of social welfare programs, the development of clinical theory, the needs of vulnerable populations, the promotion of community work and the evaluation of agency based service programs.
　

Name	Title	Specialization
Pi-Hua Chao	Associate Professor & Chairperson	Management of Nonprofit Organization, Youth Welfare, Social Work Research Methods
Li-Li Mo	Professor & Dean, School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences	Medical Social Work, Family Studies, Child & Women Welfare, Protective Service
James C. Hsu	Research Professor	Community Work, Philosophy of Social Work
Hsiu-Fen Hsieh	Professor	Social Work with family, Women studies, Clinical Social Work, Social Work Theory, Child Protection
Kuo-Ying Lo	Professor	Psychometrics, Social Psychology, Program Evaluations
Ming-Cheng Lee	Professor	Social Welfare Theory, Social work with Aborigines
Shane Wang	Professor	Family therapy, Counseling
Hsiu-Mei Chuang	Professor	Sociology of Regional, Welfare, Aged People Welfare Policy, Social Welfare Service
Hann-Jong Chueh	Associate Professor	Youth Service, Social Work Research, Service-Learning
Shu-Jung Li	Associate Professor	Social Welfare Policy, Single Families & Poverty, Program Evaluation
Tsung-Chieh Ma	Associate Professor	Child Play Therapy, Cultural Diversity
Leang-Yang Lai	Associate Professor	Social Policy, Social Administration, Social Work Management, Social Insurances, Community Work, Volunteer Service
Hsin-Rei Waun	Associate Professor	Family Therapy, Couple Therapy, Psychiatric Social Work, Substance Abuse
Su-Lun Ko	Assistant Professor	Direct services in social work (including case work ,group work ,family work) ,Qualitative study, Women's study, Domestic violence, Culture diversity
Hui-Fen Hung	Assistant Professor	Social Welfare Theory, Gender Issue, Family Policy
Mei Lin Miriam, Liu	Assistant Professor	Feminist Methodology, Gender Studies, Child Sexual Abuse and Child Protection, Values and Ethics in Social Work
E-Wai Li	Lecturer	Group Dynamic, Integration Oo Counseling & Buddism, Woman Empowerment & Social Work, Action Research

Alumni

The majority of our alumni work in diverse social work organizations.  Their studying spirits and professional skills are very appreciated and recognized by these organizations.  They earned the honor and distinction in the leadership positions in diverse organizations around.

Department of Social Work 
Soochow University 70,
Lin Chi Road,Shihlin
Taipei, Taiwan,

TEL：886-2-28819471  ext. 6332~6334 ,   6342
FAX：886-2-28831340

Email: sw@scu.edu.tw

http://www.scu.edu.tw/sw