Bachelor of Social Work

INTRODUCTION

If you want to follow the B Social Work programme you must be selected. 

The reason for this is that the number of places available to new first year students is limited. 

Only 100 students will be accepted into the programme. 

The selection policy is available from the Department of Social Work.  

ENQUIRIES

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Prof M Strydom
Programme Leader
021 808 2076

SPECIFIC ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS  

  • A National Senior Certificate (NSC) or the school-leaving certificate from the Independent Examination Board (IEB) as certified by Umalusi with a mark of at least 4 (50%) in each of the four school subjects.
  • An average final mark of 63% in the NSC or the IEB school-leaving certificate (excluding Life Orientation).  
  • At least code 5 (60% - 69%) in one of the following subjects:  
    - Afrikaans Home Language  
    - English Home Language
    - Afrikaans First Additional Language
    - English First Additional Language  

The following process will be followed for admission, in accordance with the programme’s selection policy, which is available from the Department:  

  • Applicants with an average above 70% for the NSC or the IEB school-leaving certificate (excluding Life Orientation) will be considered first.  
  • Applicants with an average between 65% and 70% for the NSC or the IEB school-leaving certificate (excluding Life Orientation) will be considered next if there are places available.  
  • If there are further places available, applicants with an average between 63% and 65% for the NSC or the IEB school-leaving certificate (excluding Life Orientation) will be considered.
  • A police clearance Certificate not older than six months is required for doing this programme. You must submit this certificate at registration.

PROGRAMME CONTENT AND STRUCTURE  

This programme focuses on generic social work and is professionally oriented in that it provides you with the necessary knowledge, develops your skills and promotes a certain attitude to enable you as a beginner to practise in accordance with the requirements of the South African Council for Social Service Professions. During each year of study, you must pass the theory and practice education modules of social work independently to continue with the next academic year. In your first year Sociology and Psychology are corequisite modules. You may only take Social Work 4 if you comply with the provision as set out by the Department. In each of the two major subjects (theory and practice education) you must undertake an amount of work which is aimed at increasing the integration of the contents within and between the two major subjects, as well as promoting the coherence of the programme as a whole. This work that forms part of the process of integrated assessment, can take on various forms such as written assignments, tests, different types of practical work, etc.

For more information, please consult the SU year book: 2026-yearbook-arts-and-social-sciences.pdf