Subject areas
The seminars offered by the chair form an integral part of the curricula for the BA and MA study programmes at the Institute of Social Work.
The following modules will be offered in the winter semester 2026/27:
| 14751 | Sociological Approaches to Issues in Social Work (Lecturers: Prof. Dr Behrensen, Gerd Kaufmann) |
| 14480 | Participation and Power-Sharing in a Society of Migration (Lecturers: Prof. Dr Behrensen – continuation from the previous semester) You can find more information in the menu bar on the left. |
Formal module registration takes place at the BTU via the examination registration system. You can find further information here: https://www.b-tu.de/studium/im-studium/studienorganisation/pruefungen/deregistration
from module examinations To access content-related and organisational information, complete the registration on the BTU’s learning platform (https://www.b-tu.de/elearning/btu/ ) and access the Moodle folders for the courses associated with the modules. Please note that, for organisational reasons, Moodle folders in the Institute of Social Work are usually set up for courses and only rarely for modules. When searching for the correct Moodle folder, please therefore pay attention to the course numbers. You can enrol in and withdraw from the Moodle folders yourself.
Key areas of the chair:
- Sociology for Social Work and the Sociology of the Social Work Profession,
- Social science research methods and research methodology,
- Diversity in educational and upbringing processes,
- Inclusion and the promotion of giftedness,
- Violence and social control,
- Globalisation, global inequality, displacement and migration,
- Societal and social change,
- Social inequality and social control
- Pacifism, global solidarity and peace studies.