B.A. (Hons.) Social Work programme was introduced by the University of Delhi in 1995 to train young students as professional social workers. The revised programme based on UGCF 2022 in accordance with the National Education Policy 2020, offers a wide variety of courses to help the students to learn about the national and global scenario of social work in an interdisciplinary mode. Being an applied stream of social sciences and a practice- based programme, it is comprised of classroom teaching and field work practicum in real life settings.

Classroom teaching is directed towards familiarizing students with the methods, principles and skills required for social work intervention and developing students’ personality through inculcation of democratic and humanitarian attributes and values. Field work practicum in social work curriculum is considered the signature pedagogy as it denotes the vital methodology of teaching learning to prepare the students for professional practice. Field work is managed through a network of various NGOs and government organizations working in the field of social welfare and development sectors where the students get first-hand experience of various social issues and programmes. The programme is designed to equip social work professionals with essential knowledge, skills, attitudes, competence to work with various national and international development organizations.

B.A. (Hons.) Social Work is one of the best job-oriented programmes with employment opportunities both in the public and private sectors. In addition, students may also choose to be social entrepreneurs. There are numerous job opportunities in social welfare and development sectors - like family and child welfare, education, health care, community health, nutrition, mental health, youth welfare, women development, elderly, rural and urban development, career guidance, counselling, life coaching, environment and research etc. The social work professionals are also engaged in providing welfare services, become part of the developmental process, respond to the needs of human rights, social justice, empowerment and liberation of weaker and vulnerable sections of the society. This is the best suited course for those who have sensitivity towards social concerns and wish to take up challenges to improve the lives of marginalized sections of society.