BA (Hons) Social Work at Glasgow Caledonian University

A four-year honours degree that prepares students to register as qualified social workers, covering how social policy, law, psychology and sociology shape lived experience alongside core skills in assessment, relationship-based practice and ethical decision-making. Learning combines case-based teaching, practice in the Interprofessional Simulation Centre including home visits, and two professionally supervised placements. Graduates are eligible to register with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).

Duration: 4 years full time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 modules include Exploring Self and Human Agency, Preparation for Professional Practice (IPE), Introducing Social Work, Social Policy for Social Work: Critical Perspectives, Social Justice Values and Ethics and Sociology for Social Work. The course is grounded in social justice, human rights and Scottish policy with global perspectives.

Career pathways

Graduates are eligible to apply for SSSC registration and many begin in frontline local authority roles in children and family services, criminal justice, adult services, mental health, learning disabilities and older people's services. Others work in the third sector with people affected by refugee status and asylum, poverty, domestic abuse, substance abuse and homelessness. Many progress into Newly Qualified Social Worker posts, with routes into advanced practice, specialist, leadership and policy roles, and into related international roles in policy, advocacy and research.

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