Social Work - Hope College

Social Work from Hope College is a Campus Bachelor Sociology degree that prepares you for a Human Services career. The baccalaureate social work major is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. Students will learn that social work is a profession dedicated to assisting people to attain life satisfaction through personal, social, and environmental changes. Social work practice uses a variety of generalist practice methods, including direct interventions, community organization, and social welfare planning and policy development. Social work is concerned with meeting the needs of oppressed populations, including those most vulnerable and discriminated against. Only graduates who are social work majors are eligible for licensing (LBSW) in Michigan and other states. Social work majors alone are eligible to reduce the time in M.S.W. programs by up to two semesters through advance standing programs. Please consult the social work faculty for more details. In addition to their classroom experiences, social work students engage in a wide variety of activities working with various client populations in their internships: work with community organizations work with community agencies in program planning and implementation work with the elderly work with unemployed and underemployed work with people encountering difficult life transitions social research in the community work with the developmentally and physically challenged work with juvenile delinquents work with at risk school children The requirements for the social work major include the following social work courses: a) Introduction to Social Welfare (Social Work 241); b) Sociology of the Family I (Social Work 232) or Child Welfare (Social Work 242); c) Methods of Social Research (Social Work 262); d) Human Behavior and Social Environment I (Social Work 310); e) Human Behavior and Social Environment II (Social Work 311); f) Social Work with Diverse Populations (Social Work 315); g) Social Work Interviewing (Social Work 320); h) Contemporary Social Policy (Social Work 322); i) Social Work Interventions I, II and III (Social Work 351, 352 and 401); and j) Social Work Field Experience I and II (Social Work 443 and 446). All social work majors must formally apply to the Social Work Program by the end of their sophomore year. To be eligible for admission ? 1. Applicants must have completed or be enrolled currently in Psychology 100, Sociology 101, and Social Work 241. 2. Applicants must have a minimum GPA of 2.3 and a minimum GPA of 2.5 in their social work courses. 3. Applicants need two recommendations from Hope College faculty/staff. 4. Applicants must submit a written personal statement which includes information about their commitment to social work as a vocation and describes volunteer service in the field. View more details on Hope College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Sociology courses.