Courses are mostly seminars or exercises where the content is worked on through discourse; Lectures are the exception. Most of the courses are taught by professors of the faculty (around 85%). The practical phases (orientation practical, professional practice semester, practical project) are accompanied by brainstorming sessions at the university. For Bachelor's students in the 5th/ In the 6th semester, interdisciplinary and interdisciplinary integrative elective courses (so-called "Studium Integrale") are offered in mixed course groups.

The Department of Social Work of the EAH Jena is a member of the Erasmus network "SocNet 98" in which 17 European universities have joined forces. Each year, the International University Week (IUW) takes place at 3 locations, where students and teachers of all participating universities come together to talk about current topics. Individual semesters abroad at always possible as part of the SocNet 98 network.

Hanzehogeschool Groningen, Niederlande; Umea University, Schweden; HUMAK University, Helsinki, Finnland; Telemark College University in Porsgrunn, Norwegen; FH Oberösterreich in Linz, Österreich; FH St. Pölten, Österreich; University College Leuven-Limburg, Belgien; University of Malaga, Spanien.

The central platform of campus management is Stud.IP. This platform is used to distribute current news, organise the connection to courses, make available teachers' lecture notes and other materials for download, as well as for student exchange in subject-specific fora or independently created student groups.

ESF third-party funding: Evaluation of social pedagogical team teaching; BMBF third-party funding: Structure of the Master's degree course in Civic Education: Democracy Work in a Digitalised Society; Non-claiming of basic insurance benefits. What role does social embedding play? Until 09/2023, funded by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs; ProKindLang: Primary prevention at the beginning of life (supported by Federal Ministry of Education and Research)

In cooperation with the related Business Administration department, an elective on start-ups is offered. The Master's degree programme covers the legal framework of social services and facilities, which is implemented on the basis of a new project to be designed.

The Social Affairs department has a theatre and improvisation group. The student working group "Respawn" deals with computer games and computer education and organises the annual "Games Night" at the Social Affairs department. All courses in every semester are evaluated by students online; once a year, the general study conditions are evaluated. The results are published on the intranet, accessible to the department, and discussed with teachers and students as part of a departmental session in order to identify potential for improvement and derive measures from it.