KC222 SSKX5996 KUMP A INTERNSHIP
This course exposes students to counselling services in a real-world setting. Students will have the experience of practising basic theoretical concepts and skills through counselling and guidance sessions in the placement agencies.
Lecturer: Dr. Nabisah binti Ibrahim -
KC222 SSKZ6996 KUMP A PROJECT PAPER
The Research Project emphasizes on fieldwork, library search, experimental investigation as well as case study research. In practise, the course is conducted simultaneously with Correctional Practicum. Students are expected to discuss with potential research supervisors their proposed projects. Next, students are requested to prepare a research proposal that includes brief explanations of Chapter 1, 2 and 3. The completed report should be of about 10,000 words in length using the APA format of writing citations.
Lecturer: Dr. Farah Nadia Binti Mohd Faudzi -
KC222 SSWX59912 KUMP A PRACTICUM
Practicum is an essential component of social work education. It is an educationally-directed practice experience under the guidance and supervision of an approved field instructor. The practicum provides opportunities for the application and integration of classroom concepts and principles for the development of core skills in advanced social work practice with diversified social systems. Learning opportunities emphasizes the values and ethics of the profession, fosters the integration of empirical and practice-based knowledge, and promotes the development of professional competence. Field practicum is systematically designed, supervised, coordinated, and evaluated on the basis of criteria by which students demonstrate the achievement of programme objectives.
Lecturer: Dr. Azlinda binti Sulaiman -
KC222 SSWZ6996 KUMP A PROJECT PAPER
This course provides the students with an opportunity to incorporate theoretical and practice knowledge acquired throughout the program into an actual research project. It provides students with the avenue to demonstrate mastery over the discipline by investigating actual problems or issues that relate to the social work theories and practice. Throughout the course, the students are given the opportunity to delve deeper into a research problem of their choosing and apply methods and techniques of doing research with proper supervision. Students are required to undergo a research protocol designed to inculcate the essential skills of conducting academic research. These include identifying and formulating a viable research problem, preparing a research proposal, reviewing related literatures, identify and choose proper methodologies, design research instruments, collect and analyse research data and writing a research report. At the end of the course, students should be able to produce a good research report and present findings which add value to the field of knowledge.