Social Education and Counselling

Deadline for submitting applications: January 1 - April 30

Who the programme is intended for: The programme is intended for graduates of the same or related Bachelor’s degree programme (the similarity of the fields will be assessed based on the application).

Subject matter of the entrance examination: The entrance examination consists of a knowledge test containing questions with open answers. The result of the entrance examination determines the applicant’s admission. The questions are based on the topics of the Bachelor’s state examination of the Social Pedagogy and Counselling. The length of the test is 60 minutes.

Waiver of the entrance examination: The entrance examination for the follow-up Master's programme will be waived for applicants who meet at least one of the following conditions:

• have a study average of up to 2.0 for the entire bachelor's degree programme in Pedagogy or Social Education and Counselling (in a single-subject or main study plan) at the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University,
• or have passed the state final examination in the bachelor's programme in Pedagogy or Social Education and Counseling at the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, with a grade of "excellent" (in the case of the previous form of assessment, the entrance examination is waived for applicants with an overall result of 2.0 or higher in the state final examination in the above-mentioned programmes).

  No more than two years (four semesters) may have passed since the state final examination was taken.

  Website Department of Educational Sciences.

  General information on the course of the admission procedure to the follow-up Master’s degree programmes at FA MU can be found here. Documents for the current admission procedure are kept in Materials for Applicants.

Pass/fail line of the entrance examination: 50 points (out of 100).

The goal of the study programme is to provide graduates with employment potential in socio-pedagogic and guidance work. The study Social pedagogy and counselling will familiarize students with the major socio-pedagogical concepts, approaches, theories, and schools of thought. Systematic preparation for work with clients will equip students for how to social pedagogy work and to counselling work. The program will lead to conceptualization and understanding of social relationships of different types and severances of social and individual issues and will also prepare students for individual research and professional analytical work.

Upon successful completion of the programme, the graduate is able to:

• respect age-related, individual, and other characteristics of people and clients in socio-pedagogical and counseling work;
• demonstrate orientation in theories related to pedagogical, counseling, and social work and critically analyze them;
• apply ethical principles of helping professions;
• manage and develop teams and their human resources;
• manage and lead educational and preventive activities in various types of institutions and social environments;
• carry out direct and indirect pedagogical and social work in accordance with applicable legislation;
• provide counseling and support in coping with challenging life situations;
• perform organizational, methodological, and conceptual tasks in the development and implementation of projects;
• engage in positive self-education, self-development, and self-reflection;
• conduct empirical research using designs appropriate to the research problem.

Graduates have acquired the analytical and decision-making competence to take on managerial and programme posts in educational, social care, and cultural institutions, as well as mass media and humanities-oriented institutions, that require critical and rational thinking.

A mandatory part of the curriculum is practical training (100 hours), which is categorized into a number of specialized course units. In addition, the study plan includes a mandatory course of practical practice (individual plan) of 70 hours. Every practice students choose to study once in any semester of study. The socioeducational practice where it takes place is chosen by students themselves, according to their own interests and future career direction. The practical training is complemented with course Social and Counselling services and Work with a client.

The study is completed by the state final examination, which consists of two parts - the defense of a written master's thesis and the oral part of the exam.

More detailed information is provided in the Standards for Written Works for the Master's State Exam at the Department of Pedagogical Sciences of the MU Faculty of Arts- http://pedagogika.phil.muni.cz/studium/magisterska-prace

After completing the Master’s degree study programme, it is possible to continue further studies in a doctoral degree study programe in pedagogy at the Faculty of Arts or at the Faculty of Pedagogy of Masaryk University.