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Program
Objectives
Upon graduation social work majors will be able to:
1. implement the values and ethics of the social work profession;
2. practice generalist social work effectively at all levels,
incorporating systems theory and integrating a strengths perspective;
3. practice without discrimination, and with respect, knowledge,
and skills, related to clients’ age, class, color, culture,
disability, ethnicity, family structure, gender, marital status,
national origin, race, religion, sex, and sexual orientation;
4. understand the forms and means of oppression and discrimination,
and advocate for social, economic, and political justice;
5. use supervision, consultation, and collaboration to enhance
social work practice within organizational structures and
service delivery systems, as well as to seek necessary organizational
change;
6. analyze and formulate policy alternatives and understand
how to influence social policies on all levels;
7. apply research findings to practice and evaluate one’s
own practice interventions;
8. know the history of the social work profession and understand
its relationship to contemporary issues;
9. use all modes of communication skillfully and demonstrate
critical thinking skills in all professional encounters.
Goals
1. Educate social workers who are grounded in the liberal
arts and understand the responsibilities of citizenship.
2. Develop students’ identity as social workers who
understand the connections between individual well-being and
the creation of a just society.
3. Educate students who recognize cultural and global diversity
and are committed to the development of social policies and
service delivery systems that embrace this diversity.
4. Prepare generalist social work practitioners who are able
to integrate professional knowledge, skills, values, and ethics
necessary for beginning level practice.
12/2003
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