The document discusses the history and structure of social work education at Yerevan State University in Armenia. It notes that the Chair of Social Work and Social Technologies was founded in 2004 to oversee bachelor's, master's, distance learning, and extra-mural social work programs. The master's program provides general, required, and elective courses and requires fieldwork placements with 22 partner organizations. The chair also collaborates with social work schools in the US and Germany.

2. 1. The Foundation of the Chair of Social Work and Social
Technologies
2. Social Work Education at YSU
3. Social Work MA Courses
4. Fieldwork
5. Collaborations and Perspectives

3. The Foundation of the Chair of Social
Work and Social Technologies
 Social work education system in Armenia was established in 1996 at YSU Faculty of
Philosophy, Sociology and Psychology.
 The Chair of Social Work and Social Technologies was founded in 2004.

4. Social Work education at YSU is performed in such forms:
 Bachelor Program of Social Work at YSU/4 years /
 M.A. Program in Social Work /2 years /
 Distance Education of Social Work /5 years /
 Extra-mural Courses in Social Work /1 year/

5. Social Work MA Courses
The education program of the Chair of Social Work and Social Technologies
is aimed to help Master students to orientate which type of professional
activity they are interested in.
MA students of the Social Work Department are provided 3 types of courses:
• General Courses (English language, Philosophy of social work, IT in professional
researches)
• Required Courses (Modern methods of social research, Strategic planning / PR
technologies in social work, Social work with family)
• Elective Courses (Clinical psychology, Society and Crime, Public Health)

6. Currently 22 organizations in cooperation with the Chair of Social Work and
Social Technologies organize students’ fieldwork from 3rd semester.Students’
fieldwork ends in the 7th semester.

7. Collaborations
 The Chair of Social Work and Social Technologies collaborates with
the Social Work School of Connecticut.
 The Chair of Social Work and Social Technologies has a partnership
with the Munster Catholic University of Social Sciences.

8. 1. The foundation of narrow specializations in master courses of Social
Work /‘‘Social Policy and Social Administration’’, ‘‘Social Work with
children’’/
2. The development of distance education in social work master
courses.
3. The Improvment of the distance learning system/Extra-mural
courses.