BA (Hons) Applied Social Science, Community Development and Youth Work Bachelor's degree at Goldsmiths, University of London

This module aims to provide a critical introduction to community development and youth work by exploring underlying values, defining ideas and contested purposes. It is intended to help you explore the relationship between theory, policy and practice in community development and youth work, in historical and contemporary context. The module will consider the necessary professional skills, knowledge and competencies. It will draw on your own experience in considering the development of profession

This module will provide an introduction to the value of group work in effecting change in attitudes, beliefs and practice. It'll enable you to articulate social and political understandings of the impact of group work. We'll introduce experiential group work alongside other significant models and theories. You'll be encouraged to develop your ability to synthesise theoretical understandings, enhance your group work skills and abilities, and assess how these might be applied within the group and

This module focuses on developing practice competence in a supported setting. You'll relate your academic studies to the practice context where you'll undertake professional tasks in a controlled and developmental way. The emphasis is on experiential learning in your placement. In your engagement with practice and supervision, you'll have the opportunity to develop as a reflective practitioner. You'll be supported in identifying your skills, knowledge and areas for development. You'll be encoura

This module aims to clarify definitions and understandings of racism and explore its manifestations. We'll argue that racism affects the whole community, and that institutional racism is embedded within UK organisations. You'll focus on professional and managerial practices that sustain institutional racism and examine interventions that can challenge and change equality of outcomes in services. The module will equip you to identify, engage and create change in professional and organisational pr

This module, subtitled 'Researching Our World & Lives', builds on the conceptual and contextual foundations of Identity, Agency and Environment 1. You will learn how to conduct academic research and will be offered the opportunity to broaden and deepen your understanding of the relationship between your own interests, skills, values, career and non-career aspirations, the concepts, theories and contexts of your discipline, and the world. You will reflect upon your identities as researchers, and

The key aim of this module is to enable students to analyse the relationship between theoretical frameworks, contemporary policy imperatives and developments in community development and youth work practice. Students will be encouraged to critically explore key influences on the lives and lifestyles of adults and young people within their communities and wider society. The module will focus specifically on a range of perspectives and models of practice in the field of community development and y

This module aims to examine a range of theoretical contributions to group work. It will draw on group work literature and research on large groups, including group analysis, critical reflection models and group work for social justice, action and change. It will include perspectives drawn from social psychology, learning theory, systems theory, sociology and humanistic psychology. We'll seek to connect the micro dynamics of group work to macro relations of power: exploring the emergence of sub g

This module is designed to develop your understanding and ability to work effectively in groups, with each other and in practice situations. We'll analyse sources and responses in situations of difference and conflict and explore the possibilities for change. The specific content will take account of the diverse experience of the participants, drawing upon appropriate models, theories and approaches. We'll seek to foreground the wider social context and its impact on the relationship between ide

This module primarily focuses on helping you develop your own sense of professional identity. Identity formation is located within the tensions and dilemmas that constitute community development and youth work, including the competing pressures of policy imperatives, community demands and professional requirements. This fieldwork placement gives you the opportunity to consolidate existing knowledge and skills, and to develop new areas of interest. In particular, the placement should provide you

Our academic Schools are developing exciting elective ideas to allow you to broaden your education, either to develop vocationally orientated experiences or to learn more about contemporary society, culture and politics. You'll be able to choose safe in the knowledge that these modules have been designed for non-subject specialists and to bring students from different disciplines together. For example, you may want to take introductions to areas such as Law, Education, the digital industries, th

This module will explore theories, policies and practices of Youth Justice in the UK. We'll consider the dominant discourses of youth crime prevention and connect these to policy and media discourses, as well as outlining alternative visions and models for practice. The module will have a particular focus on recognising and challenging discrimination and stereotyping in youth justice practice and connecting this with wider structural inequalities.

The third-year practice placement will offer you the opportunity to experience more of a leadership or management role. You'll be expected to take on an active role in organising and managing sessions or projects, and to gain understanding of how