DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK

MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF STUDIES 2017-18

The Board of Studies was conducted on 27th March 2017 in the Department of Social Work. Sr.Niranjana Anthonisamy, Asst.Professor and Head welcomed the University nominee Dr.Raja Samual, Professor,

Madras School of Social Work, Mr.Driviyaraj, Executive Director, YNEEW, Dindigul and Ms.Arockya

Ramya, the Student Representative.

The syllabus of the year 2017 – 18 has been passed with the following changes. The Board has taken the

following decisions in the Board of Studies meeting.

I Year Papers: the following revisions have been made in the I Year Papers,

I.NON-MAJOR ELECTIVE-I- COUNSELLING AND GUIDANCE

The UNIT-III- BASIC - APPROACHES TO COUNSELLING AND COMMUNICATION WITH

COUNSELING was revised as,

3.1 Approaches 3.1.1 Psycho Analytical Approach 3.1.2 Humanistic Approach 3.1.3 Cognitive Behavior Approach

3.2 Communication 3.2.1. Communication skills in Counselling

3.3 Elements and Types of Communication 3.4 Communication barriers; helps to Overcoming Communication barriers

3.5 Effective Communication in relevance to counseling. The following changes have been made in the II Year Papers,

In theFAMILY AND CHILD WELFARE (SPECIALIZATION PAPER-I) DEMOGRAPHY AND

FAMILY SOCIAL WORK the following revisions were made,

Under the UNIT -III FAMILY,

UNIT III on FAMILY

3.2. Types of Family and Understanding Family Life in India is changed as 3.2 Types of Family and Understanding Indian Family systems and changing Family systems and its

Impacts.

3.3. Family Problems-Divorce, Separation, Single Parenting, Financial Problems etc is made as . 3.3 Family Problems-Causes and Consequences.

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The UNIT IV on FAMILY SOCIAL WORK

4.1. Family Social Work is modified as

4.1 Family Social Work –Meaning and Scope

4.1.1 Roles and Responsibilities of Family Social Worker.

In FAMILY AND CHILD WELFARE(SPECIALIZATION PAPER IV)

EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS LIVING WITH DISABILITY

the following revisions were made,

UNIT I - DISABILITY

The Board modified the sub-unit 1.1 Classification and Characteristics of Disability as

1.1 Definition, Classification and Characteristics of Disability and in the sub unit 1.2 Causes for

Disability the Board included the Measurement of Disability.

UNIT-II DISABILITY AND LAW

The following changes were made by the board in the sub unit 2.2 2.1 Rights of Persons with disability instead of Rights of disabled and included 2.3 as

2.1.3 National Policy on Persons With Disability 2006

In FAMILY AND CHILD WELFARE(SPECIALIZATION PAPER III) SOCIAL WORK WITH

YOUTH AND AGED the board made revisions as

4.5.2 Instead of Family Problems the Board added Family problems and Changing Family Structure

and its impact.

In UNIT-V on GERIATRIC SERVICES

Under the sub unit 5.4 Aging with Dignity is added with Successful Aging In MEDICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL WORK (SPECIALIZATION PAPER I ) - BASICS

OF HEALTH CARE is revised as

The sub unitUNIT - II: HYGIENE AND NUTRITION 2.1. Water and Sanitation Hygiene 2.2. Nutrient groups. 2.3. Social aspects of Nutrition 2.4.1. Malnutrition 2.4.2. Balanced diet 2.4. Assessment of Nutritional Status 2.5. Nationalprogramme in Nutrition was re-worked by the Board as

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2.1. Water and Sanitation Hygiene (WASH)

2.1.1 Personal, Food & Environmental hygiene; 2.1.2 Relationship between Health & Hygiene 2.1.3 Environmental Pollution 2.1.4 Living Conditions: Housing, Sanitation, Waste disposal & their influence on health.

In MEDICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL WORK (SPECIALISATION PAPER-III)

MEDICAL SOCIAL WORK is revised as follows

In UNIT 2: CONCEPTS & CLASSIFICATIONS

The sub unit 2.3 -Psychosocial problems & implications for each specific disability was included

by the Board instead of

2.3 Multidisciplinary team work: Need, Importance & Principles

Under UNIT 4: SOCIAL WORK IN HOSPITALS

In 4.1.4 the word Documentation was added by the Board as Medical Social Work Research and

Documentation.

MAJOR ELECTIVE -3- FAMILY AND MARITAL COUNSELING, is revised as follows

Under UNIT-I- BASIC CONCEPT OF COUNSELLING the Board added Definitions of

counseling and made as 1.1 Concept of counseling and Definitions of counseling.

UNIT:II COUNSELING METHODS AND TECHNIQUES is re-worked and arranged as

2.1 Counseling Process 2.2 Counseling Techniques 2.3 Counseling Approaches 2.4 Types of Counseling

2.4.1 Individual counseling 2.4.2 Group counseling 2.4.3 Directive counseling 2.4.4 Non-directive counselling 2.4.5 Eclectic counselling

2.5 Counseling Skills In COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (SPECIALIZATION PAPER II)

GOVERNANCE AND ADMINISTRATION IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT is revised as

follows

UNIT 1 DECENTRALIZED GOVERNANCE

1.1 Concept & Evolution of Panchayati Raj

1.1.1 Historical development of the concept,

1.1.2 National level committees in the evolution of Panchayati Raj

(Balwantrai Mehta, Ashok Mehta, Singhvi committees)

1.1.3 Panchayati Raj Act in Tamil Nadu

Revised as,

1.1 .Democratic Decentralization

1.3.1 Meaning,

1.3.2 Objectives and importance of Governance – Meaning and Structure

The Board included in the sub unit 1.4 The Functions of Panchayati Raj Institutions the

following,

1.3.3 Committees in village level Panchayati Raj bodies,

gram sabha and its role, social audit and importance,

1.3.4 Good governance – Indicators, models.

In UNIT 3: Urban Governance the Board revised

3.2 Salient Features along with 74th Constitutional Amendment Review of content and

implementation .

3.5 Role of Urban local bodies in Urban Development.

The Board in UNIT 4: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AND POTENTIALS THROUGH LOCAL

SELF GOVERNMENT added the Use of Media in 4.4 along with the Skills and Approaches in

Community Development – Lobby and Advocacy .

The UNIT 5 on NETWORKING had been revised as

5.1 Networking –

5.1.1 Meaning,

5.1.2 Concept

5.2 Process and Scope of Networking

5.3 Types of Network ( Formal and Informal) - VANI,TN-forces, CACL, CAT

5.4 Issues and Strategies in Networking – Use of Social Media in Networking .

5.5 lobby and Advocacy, Capacity building ( Challenges and Remedies )

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT(SPECIALIZATION PAPER IV)

ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL WORK is revised as follows

In UNIT 4:Environment Action and Management:

4.4 Concepts and issues- importance of Panchayat in Local Environmental issue – Pilachi and Pepsi

cases were added along withPanchyats and Environment.

UNIT 5:Social worker role in Environmental issues at the local level : The Board re-worked the sub-

units as,

1.1 Environmental issues in Tamil Nadu – (Contemporary issues)

1.2 Social Workers role, intervention and strategies in addressing the environmental issues -

Campaigns and issues

5.3 Environment Impact Assessment and tools - EAI 5.4 Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board( TNPCB) ,

5.5 Central Pollution control board , Tribunal and National inter linkage of rivers and its functions

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (SPECIALIZATION PAPER I

URBAN, RURAL AND TRIBAL SOCIAL SYSTEMS is revised as follows

UNIT: 1:UNDERSTANDING URBAN, RURAL AND TRIBAL COMMUNITIES was revamped as

1.1 Characteristics of Urban, Rural and Tribal communities.

1.2 Changing Patterns of Social Institutions – Family, marriage,

kinship, religion, caste.

1.3 Economic systems and changing patterns

1.3.1 Occupational Patterns

1.3.2 Stratification

1.3.3 Resources: access, control and use.

1.4 Factors Leading to Change and their Impacts on Urban, Rural

andrevised as

1.1 Characteristics of Urban, Rural and Tribal communities.

1.2 Changing Patterns of Social Institutions – Family, marriage,

kinship, religion, caste- Concepts

1.3 Economic systems and changing patterns ( Occupational Patterns, Stratification, Resources

access, control and Use.

1.4 Factors Leading to Change and their Impacts on Urban, Rural and Tribal Communities (

Urbanization, Migration, Industrialization, Depletion of Natural resources such as Land , Forest,

Water resources) and New Economic Policy.

UNIT 2: ISSUES, IMPLICATIONS AND CHALLENGES – the Board revised and re-framed the

sub-unit as

2.1 Economic issues (Poverty, Unemployment, Inequality in Resource access)- concepts.

2.2 Environmental issues ( Ecological Imbalance, Degeneration of resources, Pollution, Waste

desposal and Sanitation)

2.3 Socio-Cultural issues ( Inequality- class, caste and gender, Cultural invasion, Global

culture impact on local community, Caste Polarisation , Communalism and Regionalism.

2.4 Infrastructure and amenitie( Water, Energy, Housing, Road, Transport and

Communication, Health and Education) - Issues.

2.5 Displacement(Development projects, Disaster) – Issues

UNIT 3 RURAL AND TRIBAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT – the Board revised the unit as,

3.1 Concepts of Rural and Tribal Community –( Meaning and Origin in India )

3.2 Rural and Tribal Community Development –

3.2.1 Definition &concepts,

3.2.2 Philosophy

3.2.3 Objectives and Scope

3.3 Difference between Rural Development and rural community development.

3.4 Rural and Tribal Development schemes Swarnjayanti Gram SwarozgarYojana (SGSY), Indira

AwasYojna (IAY), Bharat Nirman, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarnetee Act

(MGNREGA), Tamilnadu Village Habitations Improvement Scheme THAI. SwacharBharath. – PTG

(Primitive Tribal Groups), Tribal Research Institute , Vocational Training Center, TRIFED, Grant

in Aid Programme for welfare of ST to Voluntary Organisation.

The Board revised the sub- unit title in UNIT 4 URBAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Instead of 4.4URBAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT the sub title was introduced as

Disadvantaged Neighbourhood:

In 4.4.7 Urban Development Schemes the Board included the specific schemes as

PradhanMantriAwasYojna , National Urban Livelihood Mission, Credit Risk Guarantee Fund.

The Board made a detailed study n the Certificate Course titled YOUTH IN CYBER WORLD and

accepted the same with three credits.

The Board also accepted a New Course self study paper titled DISASTER MANAGEMENT FOR

SOCIALWORKERS. After discussion and deliberations the Board accepted the paper from this year.

With the view of employment the Block Placement of the II MSW students will be held in the month of

May after their IV semester exams. The Board accepted the same.

Based on the suggestions given by various stakeholders,courses which focused on skill

development,employability and entrepreneurship were introduced to make the students ready to be

effective employees or dynamic/smart employers.The details of these courses are given below

Skill development (SD), Entrepreneurship (EN) and Employability (EM)

Semester Course Code Title of the Course Old/New SD EN EM 2017-18

I P16SW1MCF05 Concurrent Field Work Old

II P16SW2MCF09 Concurrent Field Work Old

III P16SW3MCF11 Concurrent Field Work Old

IV P16SW4MCF16 Concurrent Field Work Old

IV P16SW4DIS01 Project Old

I P18SW1MCT01 Introduction to Social Work and Society

Old

I P18SW1MCT02 Social Work with Individuals Old

I P15SW1MCT03 Psychology and Human Development

Old

I P16SW1MCT04 Social Work with Groups Old

II P15SW2MCT06 Social Work Research and Statistics

Old

II P16SW1MCT07 Community Organization and Social Action

Old

II P16SW2MCT08 Social Policy , Social

Legislation and Social Welfare Administration

Old

II P16SW2NMT01 Counselling and Guidance Old

III P16SW3MCT10 Organizational Behaviour Old

III P16SW3MCT12 Basics of Health Care Old

III P16SW3MCT13 Demography and Family Social Work

Old

III P16SW3MCT14 Urban , Rural and Tribal Social Systems

Old

III P16SW3MCT15 Human Resource Management

Old

III P16SW3MET01 Mental Health Old

III P16SW3MET02 Empowerment of Women and Children

Old

III P16SW3MET03 Governance and Administration in

Community Development

Old

III P16SW3MET04 Labour Welfare and Legislation

Old

III P16SW3NMT02 Community based Disaster Management

Old

III P17SW3SST01 Disaster Management for Social Workers

Old

IV P17SW4MCT17 Medical Social Work Old

IV P16SW4MCT18 Social Work with Youth and Old

Aged

IV P16SW4MCT19 Project Planning and Management of NGOs

Old

IV P16SW4MCT20 Industrial Relation and Trade Unionism

Old

IV P17SW4MET05 Social Work Intervention in Psychiatric Settings

Old

IV P16SW4MET06 Empowerment of Persons Living with Disability

Old

IV P16SW4MET07 Ecology , Environment and Social Work

Old

IV P16SW4MET08 Organizational Behaviour and Organizational Development

Old

IV P16SW4MET09 Family and Marital

Counselling

Old

IV P16SW4MET10 Counselling Children and Adolescent

Old