Sociology vs. social science vs. social work?

what's the difference between a degree in Sociology, Social Sciences, and actual social work. Assuming I want to become a social worker would I be able to use these degrees?(it's much harder to find schools that actually offer a bachelor's in social work)

Sociology vs. social science vs. social work?
If you actually want to be social worker you really need a degree in social work. You may be able to get a state job with the other degrees in some states (but this is increasingly becoming rate. Yes any school will have sociology. But there are close to 500 accredited BSW programs. And you do want a CSWE accredited program.





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Reply:They are all 3 very different from one another. If you want to become a Social Worker get your degree in Social Work....then get licensed as a social worker in your state.
Reply:* Sociology is the academic study of how people behave in groups and why. It's all about the "why do they do that" and is related to psychology. Where psychology seeks to understand individuals, sociology seeks to understand societal groups.





* Social Science is the broad term referring to the academic fields that look at society from a social perspective. The social sciences include anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, organizational behavior, sociology, psychology, and the like. It is a multi-disciplinary approach to learning how people behave and why.





* Social Work is a professional field interested not as much in "why" people do what they do but instead in "how" can I fix this right now. It is related to counseling and includes some counseling education. The social worker seeks to solve problems whereas the social scientist seeks to explain them.





So given a situation that we have an individual that steals other people's property:





The sociologist will examine why he behaves this way and seek to understand his motivations and how he came to not respect other people's property. The generalist social scientist will consider whether economic or politic conditions contributed to his behavior. The social worker will meet with him and try to find a way to get him to not steal people's property any longer by considering what the social scientists studied and applying that information to this client.





Let's say he stole food because the economy is bad:





The sociologist will say that he was simply meeting his needs (maybe Maslow's Hierarchy) and everyone would behave the same in his situation. The social scientist might show us that throughout history, this has been the case when the economy is bad. The social worker will determine if some additional training in a job skill or having him move somewhere else to find a job will solve the problem.





Social sciences are so cool! Be warned though - these professionals tend to need an advanced degree (MA, MSW, PhD) and they tend not to get paid very well.





You can't find too many BSW programs because of the need for counseling education for social workers. Counseling is usually taught at the graduate level. A BA/BS is sociology or social sciences is sufficient to enter the profession in some lower-level jobs and to enter graduate study for the MSW.





Econ and Organization Behavior in the business school are also social sciences as is Education.

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