The undergraduate program leads to the degree of Bachelor of Science in social工作. It is designed to meet generalist social work practice for students who want to work in any helping profession and to prepare students for graduate 教育. 本科 students are advised to declare social工作 as their major in their freshman or sophomore year. Each student who declares their major as social工作 must formally apply for admission. 学生 must be formally admitted to the program in order to move forward to practice courses.
Social work majors and minors should understand and embrace the goals and values of social work summarized in the preamble to the NASW道德准则.
“The primary mission of the social work profession is to enhance human well-being and help meet the basic human needs of all people, with particular attention to the needs and empowerment of people who are vulnerable, 受压迫的, 生活在贫困之中. A historic and defining feature of social work is the profession's focus on individual well-being in a social context and the well-being of society. Fundamental to social work is attention to the environmental forces that create, 导致, 解决生活中的问题.
Social workers promote social正义 and social change with and on behalf of clients. “客户”一词用于泛指个人, 家庭, 组, 组织, 和社区. Social workers are sensitive to cultural and ethnic diversity and strive to end discrimination, 压迫, 贫困, 以及其他形式的social不公. 这些活动可以采取直接实践的形式, 社区组织, 监督, 咨询 , 政府, 宣传, social和政治行动, 政策制定和实施, 教育, 研究和评估. Social workers seek to enhance the capacity of people to address their own needs. Social workers also seek to promote the responsiveness of 组织, 社区, 以及其他social机构对个人需求和social问题的回应.
The mission of the social work profession is rooted in a set of core values. 这些核心价值, 在整个职业历史中都受到social工作者的欢迎, are the foundation of social work's unique purpose and perspective: service, social正义, 人的尊严和价值, 人际关系的重要性, 完整性, 和能力. This constellation of core values reflects what is unique to the social work profession. 核心价值观, 以及由此产生的原则, must be balanced within the context and complexity of the human experience.”
The application will be reviewed by the student's advisor who will make recommendations to the 招生 Advancement and Retention Committee Chair.
Further application information and actual application submittal can be found on the social工作 Department Canvas Organization page. 所有social工作专业的学生都可以加入这个组织. If for some reason you do not have access, contact your social work advisor.
学业表现检讨政策
Academic Performance Standards for Admission, Retention, and Graduation