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Mission Statement
The mission of the Longwood University undergraduate Social Work
Program is to prepare practitioners who have a foundation for
social work knowledge, theory and research through a strong
liberal arts based education; to prepare competent and effective
generalist practitioners who become citizen leaders in their
respective communities, while representing and empowering
oppressed individuals, groups, and communities to improve the
quality of life; to reduce the inequalities in society through
the use of social justice strategies and effective practice; and
to contribute to the knowledge base of practice, research, and
theory development about the needs of diverse populations served
by professional social workers.
Goals
1.
Provide strong liberal arts based education that incorporates
coursework from the natural sciences, humanities, social
sciences, and mathematics and computer sciences.
2.
Provide guided field instruction experiences that promote the
delivery of effective services to diverse populations.
3.
Provide social work curricula that build on the knowledge and
skills acquired in the liberal arts education and that focuses
on research, knowledge, theories and skills that develop
effective generalists’ social work practitioners.
4.
Encourage understanding and respect for the person-in-environment
conceptualization, diversity, inequalities and changing needs of
a complex society and use this information to address social
injustices.
5.
Support faculty and student research and knowledge building to
ensure excellence in learning and teaching.
The Program in Social Work provides an undergraduate course of
study of unique and personalized instruction accredited by the
Council on Social Work Education, leading to the Bachelor of
Science or Bachelor of Arts in Social Work. The curriculum
prepares graduates for first-level professional social work
practice as practitioners utilizing the generalist perspective
base. Program graduates frequently pursue advanced study in
graduate schools and may be eligible for admission into advanced
standing one-year M.S.W. degree programs. They may utilize their
professional credentials for careers in the expanding
opportunities for first-level, generalist-based, professional
practitioners according to the standards of the National
Association of Social Workers in such areas as:
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