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Social Work
The social work program combines social, behavioral and natural sciences with group social work skills, values and methodologies of intervention at the individual, family, group, institution and community levels. Graduates are educated to respond in an informed way to identifiable social work needs in a variety of settings, including rural, urban and international. Students will be prepared for careers in government, social policy, community outreach and health care management.
For students seeking a career in the varied and expanding profession of social work.
The Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) degree is a carefully articulated program that provides a generalist academic and experiential foundation for students seeking a career in the varied and expanding profession of social work. The BSW program is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. The major requires a selective liberal arts base of knowledge from social, behavioral, and natural sciences (e.g. psychology, sociology and biology) together with group social work skills, values and methodologies of intervention at the individual, family, group, institution, and community levels. BSW graduates are educated to respond in an informed way to identifiable social work needs in a variety of settings, including rural, urban and international.
The BSW Program has been accredited since 1984.
Getting Your Degree in Social Works
Graduates are educated to respond in an informed way to identifiable social work needs in a variety of settings, including rural, urban and international. Students will be prepared for careers in government, social policy, community outreach and health care management.
Associates + Bachelor + Masters Grid
Social Work, BSW
Practice Areas
Field Practicum in Social Work
Social work education provides students with a unique opportunity to apply what they are learning in the classroom to practice in the field. Working in a social work field agency allows students to leverage classroom theory and knowledge to develop their professional competence and identity, as well as begin their commitment to serving clients and communities.
Field Education is a core requirement of the BASW and MSW programs. It is an integrated course involving human service organizations, professional Social Work practitioners who are “teachers” in the field, and the faculty of the Division of Social Work. Field Education is the “heart of social work education.” The profession of Social Work uses field education as the avenue through which it “professionalizes” its members. It is through a field placement that the student learns how to think and act like a professional social worker.
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Social Work (BSW) degree is a carefully articulated program that provides a generalist academic and experiential foundation for students seeking a career in the varied and expanding profession of social work.
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Social Work (BSW) degree is a carefully articulated program that provides a generalist academic and experiential foundation for students seeking a career in the varied and expanding profession of social work.
FP Feature 2
Social Work (BSW) degree is a carefully articulated program that provides a generalist academic and experiential foundation for students seeking a career in the varied and expanding profession of social work.
FP Feature 2
Social Work (BSW) degree is a carefully articulated program that provides a generalist academic and experiential foundation for students seeking a career in the varied and expanding profession of social work.