Study education and counselling in social work and education alongside work
People increasingly need counselling in different realities of life. With this part-time Master's degree programme, you will specifically build up your educational and counselling skills in the social sector. As lifelong educational opportunities are important for social participation, the course focuses on innovative educational and counselling approaches.
Study Education and Counselling in Social Work at the KHSB
If you would like to study education and counselling in social work and education in Berlin, the KHSB is the right place for you: at the university, you will benefit from a perfect mix of theory and practice. You will acquire the latest scientific knowledge in education and counselling and related sciences. Equipped with this knowledge, you will gain valuable practical professional experience during your studies.
You will learn to adopt a research-based approach. This will enable you to critically reflect on and further develop both the profession and the academic discipline of education and counselling. As an expert in education and counselling, you will make an important contribution to society in terms of solidarity. At the same time, the degree offers you a wide range of career prospects in areas with a high demand for specialists.
What are you particularly interested in: political, cultural, family or adult education? Do you want to advise people with addictions, a history of flight or migration, on educational or health issues? Or do you want to conduct practical research into educational and counselling processes, develop innovative projects and manage relevant organisations?
Education and Counselling in Social Work and Education is a degree programme in which you set your own specialist focus. On the way to graduation, you will sharpen your personal professional profile. At the KHSB you will receive the ideal foundation for a targeted career start or your further academic training.
Here you can get an overview of selected contents of the Education and Counselling in Social Work and Pedagogy degree programme over the course of the semester. We show you the study areas that are covered in the course of the modularised study programme. Detailed information on the specific teaching and learning content of each semester can be found in the B.A. Social Work module handbook, which you can find under "Organisational matters" below.
Special features
Socio-educational counselling approaches
Education and counselling can be seen as an inseparable unit. In view of the growing need for counselling in everyday life, the Master's degree course focuses on the development of an integrative (socio-)educational approach to education and counselling. Lifelong educational programmes are essential for people's participation in society. The degree programme defines counselling as a fundamental task of social work and education and places particular emphasis on practical applicability and interdisciplinary exchange. This is a special feature of the course compared to other therapeutic and specialised counselling approaches and offers students a unique opportunity to gain comprehensive and versatile further training and to be optimally prepared for future challenges.
Educational concepts in social work
Educational policy endeavours are aimed at promoting employability and social participation. For this reason, social work must specify its own (socio-)educational concept of education. Theoretical approaches are developed in order to justify an expanded concept of education. In the degree programme, we examine how structures and social spaces influence education. In doing so, we critically reflect on the classic concept of education, which focusses on forms of mediation.
Study part-time
Our degree programme is designed so that you can study in parallel to your current job. This Master's programme allows you to combine work and study. This allows you to stay in your job and gain further qualifications at the same time. The degree programme also opens up new career opportunities in social professions. The degree qualifies you for strategically oriented activities and management positions in social organisations as well as for the possibility of a doctorate.
Expertise
Building on a relevant Bachelor's degree, the Master's degree programme provides you with the skills to plan, implement and evaluate counselling and educational processes. The Master's degree programme enables you to act competently in counselling and educational situations and to strengthen the social professions by developing innovative educational and counselling concepts.
After completing the programme, you will have
- scientifically sound knowledge of social change processes and the associated challenges for social professions,
- comprehensive knowledge in the field of practice research and quality development,
- high ethical reflection skills,
- Experience in the development, implementation and evaluation of projects,
- well-founded skills for counselling and educational processes,
- The ability to link scientific knowledge with educational and counselling processes in an application-oriented manner.
Further qualification
The Master of Arts degree in Education and Counselling in Social Work and Education (M.A.) is formally equivalent to Master's degrees from universities and generally entitles the holder to a doctorate. Further details can be found in the doctoral degree regulations of the respective universities. The degree also gives you access to the higher civil service.
FAQ Education and counselling in social work
No! As a state-recognised university of applied sciences, the Catholic University of Applied Sciences Berlin (KHSB) is not a private university, but a university under church sponsorship. In principle, anyone can study at the KHSB. The denominational affiliation or church affiliation of students is irrelevant. You are all very welcome.
Contact persons
Are you interested in studying with us and have questions about applying, admission requirements, campus life, enrolment or starting your studies?
Get in touch with us! Paula Schwalm, Childhood Education student, and Ahmed Abdulhay, Social Work student, will be happy to help you as part of their student peer-to-peer counselling service.