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department of Social
Administration and Justice
About The department
The core business of the Social Administration Programme is
social planning, social policy as well as social work. It
produces and trains human service managers and social
workers to solve social problems using relevant intervention
techniques. Hence the department is committed to
producing skilled human capital equipped with various social
work practices and techniques, which enable them to
address various social problems threatening societal
wellbeing. The department offers critical courses such as
social work, social administration, social policy, social welfare,
social management and social justice line with the main core
of the department human services.
The establishment of the Department of Social
Administration and Justice, Faculty of Arts and Social
Sciences, Universiti Malaya was approved in 1987, and the first
session began on March 29, 1993. The primary function of the
department is to provide quality education at
Undergraduate, Masters, and PhD levels in the field of
human services. The ultimate goal of the Social
Administration Program is to produce professional, ethical,
and committed human services, who contribute to the
development and wellbeing of the nation. The Department
of Social Administration and Justice alumni are currently
working as medical social work officers, welfare officers,
administrative and diplomatic officers, police officers,
immigration officers, educators, and bankers.
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