What type of social work major belongs to?

According to the contents of the Catalogue of Undergraduate Majors in Colleges and Universities (20 12) issued by the Ministry of Education, the social work major in colleges and universities (two disciplines) belongs to sociology (first-class discipline) under the discipline of law.

Social work major is a discipline with the government as the main body, social forces widely participating, social work, sociology and psychology as the main subjects, property management, medicine and law as the auxiliary subjects, helping others to help themselves as the core concept, and case work, group work and community work as the direct working methods.

Social work is a kind of work to help people solve social and environmental problems. It helps the poor, the elderly, the sick and the disabled and other vulnerable groups in society; Prevent and solve some social problems caused by bad interaction; Carry out community service, improve social functions, improve social welfare level and quality of social life, realize the benign interaction between individuals and society, and promote social stability and development.

Social workers are professionals who aim at helping others and use professional knowledge and methods to carry out social services such as difficult relief, contradiction mediation, rights protection, psychological counseling and behavior correction. They play a unique role in coordinating social relations, preventing and solving social problems and promoting social justice, and are an important force in modern social management and service.

Graduates should have the following knowledge and abilities:

1, understand the concepts and methods of sociology;

2. Master various skills and methods of social work, and be good at using theories, knowledge and methods to help the disadvantaged groups get out of the predicament, engage in normal life and develop;

3. Proficient in social investigation methods and skills and social statistical methods;

4. Understand the major principles, policies, laws and regulations related to social work, and have the value orientation and basic ability to influence social policies through social work practice and social work research;

5. Have preliminary scientific research ability, be good at understanding national conditions, be good at analyzing various social phenomena and problems, and have strong paper writing and language expression skills;

6. Master the methods of literature retrieval and data query, and have certain practical working ability.