Social Work

Sociology covers human behavior, cultures, trends and phenomenon. The scope ends at individual human behavior, psyche and personalities. That's where psychology takes over.
I once had a sociology professor tell me I couldn't put in my research that a participant was upset at my research question, because I wasn't qualified to know if they were angry. As a double major in psychology it was clear the participant was angry. In psychology I could make this distinction, but sociology avoids explaining how the human brain works in social explanations.
Sociologist (also psychologist) George Herbert Mede made an analogy once about studying the trees or the forest to compare sociology and individual human behavior. Although sociology does explain human behavior and the environments influence, psychology tends to focus more on how the brain is affected by these interactions.
In the end, my personal opinion is that sociology has a very large scope and psychology tends to narrow it down a bit.

Hi,
Minimum Duration: 2 Years
Maximum Duration: 5 Years
Course Fee: Rs. 14,000
Minimum Age: No bar
Maximum Age: No bar
Eligibility:
An MPhil and a Post-Graduate degree in Social Work with minimum fifty-five percent marks (fifty percent marks for SC/ST/PH candidates) or an equivalent grade from a university or a recognised institution of higher learning.
OR
Masters degree in Social Work with minimum fifty-five percent marks (fifty percent marks for SC/ST/PH candidates) or an equivalent grade from a university or a recognised institution of higher learning and five years of teaching/research/extension/ administration/health care/ social welfare/professional experience at senior level.
Those not having MPhil can pursue PhD by successfully completing 32 credits worth of course work.
The PhD Programme in the social work will enable candidates from across the county, and particularly from far-flung areas and states/union territories, where there are no schools of social work, to pursue their research work leading to a doctoral degree.
Currently, the school has admitted three Research and Teaching Assistantship (RTAs) in 2009 for its doctoral programme in social work.
The Doctoral Programme in Social Work aims at training professionals (both teachers and practitioners) in the skills and competence related to the systematic investigation of various issues and problems in the area of Social Work. At this level, the study is expected to provide new and original insights into the problem or the area under investigation. The PhD Programme of IGNOU can be pursued by those who possess an MSW/MA (Social Work) degree.
IGNOU had introduced a unique scheme of IGNOU-DEC Research and Teaching Assistantships (RTA), which is designed to meet the high-quality human resource requirements in teaching and research in the area of the highly technology intensive open and distance learning-ICT, web, satellite based and online learning in various disciplines of higher education, including Social Work.
The scheme is open to post-graduate holders in Social Work with consistently top academic record and who would like to do teaching and research in discipline of Social Work.

Hi there,
You don't need any special coaching to clear MSW entrance test. It is all based on the facts related to current affairs. Read the newspaper and keep a tab on current affairs and general knowledge. The exam is objective in nature. You can get knowledge about the course here: http://dssw.du.ac.in/m-a-social-work.html
If you clear the written test you will be called for a group discussion and a personal interview. Frankly, I did not study a single word for the exam and I got selected and top of it completed two years of the course from DU. Well, that does not mean you do not have to prepare for it but do not overthink about it.
Best of luck.