Introduction 學系介紹

The educational system of the department is divided into bachelor and graduate courses, and there is also a combination design for bachelor and graduate curriculum. The goal of the bachelor education is to help students "learn the profession of helping others, explore themselves, understand how to interact with clients, families and the society".

We cultivate social welfare professionals. After graduation, students will possess the qualifications for the social worker license examination. The master's program focuses on cultivating advanced abilities such as social work, social welfare administration, and policy planning, so that students might have the ability to operate and manage social welfare institutions, so as to cultivate diversified, comprehensive social welfare and social work professionals.

Teaching Characteristics 教學特色

The teaching and research field of the department is centered on children, adolescents, women and family welfare policies and services. In line with the country's development of elderly welfare policy, we deploy resources to explore their needs and collaborate with intuitions to find out how to deliver efficiency of service. The department is moving towards three goals as follow:

1. Professional education that conforms to the trend of social change and meets the needs of social welfare practice.
2. Cultivating practical and management talents for social welfare work.
3. Promoting the development of social welfare and academic contribution.

Course Highlights 課程重點

Bachelor's curriculum includes the following three parts:

1. Foundation Course:
   The courses are：Sociology, Psychology, Introduction to Social Welfare, Introduction to Social Work, Social Statistics, Human Behavior in the Social Environment, Social Welfare Service, Social Case Work, Group Work, Social Psychology, Community Organization and Community Development, Social Welfare Administration, Program Design & Evaluation, Social Work Management, Social Welfare Theories, Social Policy & Social Legislation, Social Research Methods, and Social Work Practicum I & II.
2. Welfare Services for Children, Teenagers, Women and Family:
   The courses are： Special Education, Interview Skills, Child Welfare Services, Youth Welfare Services, Elderly Welfare Services, Parents Education and Family Dynamics, Child and Adolescent Development, Domestic Violence Prevention, School Social Work, Medical Social Work, Welfare Services for the Disabled, Women Welfare Service, International Social Work, Psychiatric and Mental Health Social Work, Gender and Family Care, Social Work Intervention Practice, Social Work Theories, and Social Work Ethics.
3. Social Welfare Policy and Organizational Management:
   The courses are： Demography, Introduction to Nonprofit Organizations, Social Security, Welfare Finance, Gender and Social Welfare, Organizational Management and Behavior, Health Insurance, Employment Security, Family Policy, Long-Term Care, Cultural Diversity and Social Welfare, SPSS Statistical Practice, Social Enterprise, Financial Social Work, Social Welfare Policy Analysis, Social Change and Social Welfare, Resource Development and Integration, and Non-Profit Organization Management etc.

Master's curriculum:
The courses are：Seminar on Social Welfare I, Seminar on Social Welfare II, Seminar on Social Welfare Theories, Seminar on Social Research Methods, Quantitative Social Statistics, Seminar on Social Welfare Policy Analysis, Seminar on Non-Profit Organization Management, Social Qualitative Research, Seminar on Children and Adolescent Welfare Issues, Seminar on Welfare for the Disabled, Seminar on Long-term Care, Seminar on Family Welfare, Seminar on Gender and Social Welfare etc.

Future 未來發展

1. Attending graduate school:
   Graduate School of Social Welfare, Graduate School of Social Work, Graduate School of Medical Sociology and Social Work, Graduate School of Social Policy and Social Work, Graduate School of Gerontology, Graduate School of Long-term Care, Master Program of Transdisciplinary Long-term Care and management, Graduate School of Child and Family Studies, Master Program of Social Enterprise & Cultural and Creative Industries, Graduate School of Family Studies and Child Development, Master Program of Long-term Care in Aging, Graduate of Gerontological health Care
2. Full-time social welfare/ social workers:
   • Public Sector: Senior and Junior Examinations for social administrators, Contracted personnel of the county and city governments
   • Private Units: Social Workers of Social Welfare Organizations or Foundations
   • Academic Units: Research Assistants of Social Academic Institutions
3. Professional License:
   Professional and Technical Senior Examination for social workers

Scholarships 獎學金

The department offers NTD$10,000 scholarship for one student.

Cooperation Project 實習與產學合作

Students are required to participate in at least 400 hours of internship.