Istanbul Gelisim University Faculty of Health Sciences: Faculty Bulletin (Volume: 1, Issue: July 2021) 

Abstract

Why Social Work Department at IGU? The Department of Social Work primarily aims at graduating students with a human rights-oriented perspective. During their education, the students of the department take courses on social service development for different groups and have the opportunity to put their theoretical knowledge into practice by going into professional practice. The curriculum and course contents, updated to meet the needs of the period, make the students of the department sensitive to the developments in the national and international conjuncture, from the neighborhood level to the city, and invite them to find solutions to the problems that arise. The department adopts the principle of producing graduates in a way that responds to the need of qualified social workers who can produce services for the solution of problems that require urgent intervention such as urbanization and environmental problems, climate change, migration and refugees.