UNDERGRADUATE
Social Work
ABOUT THE
Program
Social Work is the profession-discipline that aims to knowledge the problems, interrelationships, and social processes with individuals, families, groups, communities, and organizations, to identify alternatives of professional intervention that promote human well-being, change, and transformation towards a more just, democratic, participatory and respectful society of human rights.
The problems faced by Social Workers in their field of performance include social and political violence, environmental deterioration, family violence, deteriorating health, educational problems, poverty and social exclusion, gender inequity, forced displacement, unemployment and underemployment, human rights violations, population with disabilities, intercultural conflicts, violation of children’s rights, among others.
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The problems of knowledge, the notion of scientificity in Social Work are professional identity, professional intervention, theory-practical articulation, and the becoming of the social sciences.
Bucaramanga, Santander: SNIES 693 | Qualified Registry: Resolución del Ministerio de Educación Nacional (MEN) No. 1217 del 28 de enero de 2016, vigencia siete (7) años.
DEGREE:
Social Worker
DURATION:
10 Semesters
MODALITY:
In-Person / In-Spanish
CAMPUS:
Central Campus, Bucaramanga
APPLICANT
Profile
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The applicant for Social Work must be a person:
- With notorious skill in human relationships, that allows him to easily relate to every level of the population.
- With a good level of abstract reasoning that facilitates the understanding and analysis of the social reality being intervened.
- No difficulty with reading comprehension. With the ability to express yourself verbally and in writing.
- Proven emotional maturity.
GRADUATE
Profile
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The graduates of the academic program of social work from Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS) are professionals with skills-oriented towards the know-how and knowing how to coexist:
- They have self-awareness, critical and self-critical ability, and professional identity.
- They can make responsible and creative decisions based on critical judgment, transparency, honesty, respect for others, and professional ethics.
- They apply and commit to the difference and the right approach in their relationships with themselves, with others, and with the environment.
- They have the ideological capacity and interpersonal skills that allow them to relate to different cultures and population groups.
- They can work in interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral, and interagency teams.
- They are sensitive, committed, and responsible for the transformation of realities, problems, and social needs that are the subject of research and intervention by the profession, according to the principles of equity, social justice, and sustainability.
- They can propose solutions to problems and conflicts in various socio-cultural contexts.
- They promote the autonomy of subjects in the development of social processes.
LABOR
Field
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The intervention fields of a social worker are:
- Comprehensive social protection (health, old age, disability, social inclusion).
- Collective action and organizational management (social organizations, neighborhood contexts, organizational networks).
- Territory, Environment, and Human Habitat (territorial planning, environmental planning, risk and disaster management, socio-ecological conflicts).
- Conflict, victims, and peace processes.
- Organizational management (management of corporate social responsibility, human management, environmental management, business management).
- Educational management and guidance (social intervention in the formal education sector).
- Family and Networks (prevention and protection for children, adolescents, or elders aimed at strengthening family ties and guaranteeing rights).
OUR
Accreditations
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Renewal of the latest high-quality accreditation: Resolution of the Ministerio de Educación Nacional No. 021323 of November 11, 2020 for six (6) years.
Curricular Reform
ACADEMIC
Curriculum
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Code: 26146 Credits: 3 - Cultural and Social Anthropology
Code: 26145 Credits: 4 - History of Social Work
Code: 24948 Credits: 0 - University Life and Culture
Code: 23427 Credits: 3 - Language Workshop
Code: 23424 Credits: 4 - English I
Code: 23423 Credits: 1 - Physical and Sports Culture
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Code: 26150 Credits: 3 - General and Evolutionary Psychology
Code: 26149 Credits: 3 - Sociological Theories
Code: 26148 Credits: 3 - Epist. of the Social and Human Sciences
Code: 26147 Credits: 4 - Foundations of Social Work
Code: 23425 Credits: 4 - English II
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Code: 26155 Credits: 2 - Political Philosophy
Code: 26154 Credits: 3 - Social Psychology
Code: 26153 Credits: 3 - Contemporary Sociology
Code: 26152 Credits: 4 - Research Foundations
Code: 26151 Credits: 4 - Individual and Family Social Work
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Code: 26160 Credits: 2 - Political Systems
Code: 26159 Credits: 3 - Psychopathology
Code: 26158 Credits: 3 - Sociology of the Family
Code: 26157 Credits: 7 - Statistics and Quantitative Research
Code: 26156 Credits: 4 - Social Work in Groups and Networks
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Code: 26165 Credits: 3 - Gender
Code: 26164 Credits: 3 - Fundamentals of Economics
Code: 26163 Credits: 2 - Political Constitution
Code: 26162 Credits: 4 - Qualitative Research
Code: 26161 Credits: 6 - Social Work, Community and Social Organizations
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Code: 26171 Credits: 2 - Labor Law
Code: 26170 Credits: 3 - Human Rights, Conflict and Democracy
Code: 26169 Credits: 2 - Family Law
Code: 26168 Credits: 2 - Social Pedagogy
Code: 26167 Credits: 3 - Demography
Code: 26166 Credits: 2 - Professional Ethics
Code: 00053 Credits: 3 - Interdisciplinary Elective Subject
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Code: 26175 Credits: 3 - Review and Social Security
Code: 26174 Credits: 3 - Social Problems and Development
Code: 26173 Credits: 3 - Social Management
Code: 26172 Credits: 4 - Integrated Social Work Methodology
Code: 00052 Credits: 3 - Disciplinary Elective
Code: 00002 Credits: 2 - Optional Subject
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Code: 26178 Credits: 3 - Social Problems and Social Policy
Code: 26177 Credits: 3 - Project Management
Code: 26176 Credits: 4 - Systematization of Experiences
Code: 00052 Credits: 3 - Disciplinary or Interdisciplinary Subject
Code: 00002 Credits: 3 - Optional Subject
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Code: 26179 Credits: 12 - Social Work Practice I
Code: 22975 Credits: 3 - Final Undergraduate Work I
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Code: 26180 Credits: 12 - Social Work Practice II
Code: 22977 Credits: 7 - Final Undergraduate Work II
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Social / Interdisciplinary Research Software
Public Gender / Disciplinary Policies
Corporate / Disciplinary Social Responsibility
Thinking / Interdisciplinary Skills
Integrated Management / Interdisciplinary Systems
Occupational / Interdisciplinary Health
Regional / Planificación interdisciplinaria
Emerging Approaches to Social / Disciplinary Work
Social / Disciplinary Movements
Development / Disciplinary Communication
Forced / Disciplinary Displacement
Environment / Disciplinary
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Bucaramanga
OUR
Faculty
Our
reach
Students
*Second semester
2023 data
Alumni
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AGREEMENTS WITH
Organization
Consejo Nacional para la Educación en Trabajo Social
National Council for Social Work Education is an organization of private law and academic character, constituted by the Social Work Teaching Units of Colombia, committed to improving the quality of education in Social Work, with the purpose of achieving the formation of Social Workers with excellent professional performance, high academic level, motivated to achieve integral human development and capable of leading processes of change.
Consejo Nacional de Trabajo Social
The National Council of Social Work is the institution that issues the professional registry and hears and punishes complaints filed for professional misconduct (Articles 6 and 8 of Law 53 of 1977).
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Social Work School
Telephone: +57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 2244 – 2245
WhatsApp: (+57) 312 475 1794
E-mail: esctrs@uis.edu.co
UIS Central Campus
Bucaramanga, Santander
Carrera 27 calle 9
Edificio de Ciencias Humanas II, 8th floor
Office hours:
Monday to Friday
7:00 a.m. – 12:00 m.
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.