The course is designed to enable the students to review the historical development of Social Work and to see current issues with implication for welfare and development.

It involves and analyzes various periods of social work history in terms of the socio-economic, political and cultural conditions of the periods to the stage of development of Social Work as developing profession with a body of knowledge and its own methods. The course is further aimed to impart knowledge about modern issues and trends in Social Work at national as well as international level; Social Work Ethics; the role and place of Social Work profession in promotion of Social Welfare in Pakistan; and integration of Islamic concept; Work practice in contemporary Social Welfare programmes of Pakistan.