The University of Cumbria offers a 2-year full-time MA Social Work program with options to complete it part-time over 4 years. The MA Social Work covers critical issues in social work practice, social and legal contexts, understanding research, and international issues through lectures, seminars, discussions, and placements. Students are assessed through assignments, presentations, exams, and an assessed 200-day practice placement, and can exit with either a Postgraduate Diploma or Masters award.

1. MA Social Work
Studying Social Work Degree at
University of Cumbria

2. Why Cumbria?
• Small friendly campus
• Good employer links
• Excellent Student support services
• Easy access to city
• Committed staff
• Lovely area!!

3. The courses on offer:
• BA (Hons) Social Work - Full time 3 years;
Part time 6 years
• MA Social Work – 2 years full-time; 4
years part-time
• Links with local employers, service users
and carers and voluntary/independent
sector organisations

4. Masters Level subjects:
• Critical Issues in Preparing for Social Work Practice
• Social Legal and Organisational Contexts
• Understanding Research in Practice
• Critical Perspectives in Social Work with Adults
• Critical Perspectives in Social Work with children and their
carers
• International Issues in Social Work Practice
• 200 Days Assessed practice (Exit with PGDip Social Work)
• Dissertation (Exit with Masters Award)

5. Teaching and learning
• Lectures
• Seminars
• Small group discussions
• E-learning – including video, blogs, discussion boards etc.
• Role-play and other practical exercises
• Group-work
• Individual tutorials
• Personal reflection
• In-put from practitioners, service users and carers as well
as academic staff
• Private study: library and web-based

6. Assessment
• Assignments
• Presentations
• Group Work
• Reflective exercises
• Exams
• Assessed practice