The BSW program is committed to the values of diversity, human rights, and social justice. With this value base, we educate our students in the knowledge, values, and skills necessary for generalist practice within our diverse population and prepare students for graduate and lifelong learning. Students in the BSW program are educated as generalist practitioners and are able to:
• Engage in general
ist practice at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels;
• Engage in culturally affirming practice with diverse populations;
• Engage in practice that is consistent with the National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics;
• Evaluate individual, group, and community practice;
• Identify client strengths and challenges;
• Utilize the knowledge of human development in a social environment to guide assessment, intervention, and evaluation;
• Advocate and promote social justice;
• Advocate on behalf of policy change;
• Contribute to the knowledge base of the profession;
• Engage in lifelong learning, including the pursuit of graduate study. Students will receive hands-on social work practice experience in the field through a required generalist social work internship. This internship provides 240 hours per semester of social work field experience to the student in exchange for the opportunity to observe, learn, and participate in designated areas of the agency over the course of the senior year. An agency field instructor will be the student’s main source of leadership and will act as a role model for the
student to practice professional competencies.
