Goals

Teaching:

• To use learning approaches and prepare students to integrate the values of ethics, knowledge, and skill base of the social work profession with respect for all people aimed toward social change and promotion of social justice.
• Teaching is also designed to anchor social work knowledge in our program’s themes of advocacy, empowerment and transformation.

Service:

• To provide leadership to the university, the community and the profession.
• To serve the local, national and international areas by preparing students to fill the dynamic social welfare resource needs for generalist and advanced practitioners.
• To foster the commitment of students and faculty to active involvement in improving the quality of life in the community in which they live.

Scholarship:

• To effectively assist the process of professional development among faculty and students.
• To contribute to the knowledge base of the strengths of diverse client populations.

Upon completion of the program students will be able to :

• Identify as a professional social worker and conduct oneself accordingly
• Apply social work ethical principles to guide professional practice
• Apply critical thinking to inform and communicate professional judgments
• Engage diversity and difference in practice
• Advance human rights and social and economic justice
• Engage in research-informed practice and practice-informed research
• Apply knowledge of human behavior and the social environment
• Engage in policy practice to advance social and economic well-being and to deliver effective social work services
• Respond to contexts that shape practice
• Engage, assess, intervene, and evaluate with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities