Social Work - Shepherd University

Social Work from Shepherd University is a Campus Bachelor Sociology degree that prepares you for a Human Services career. The Program Mission The mission of the social work program, in concert with the University mission and the Council on Social Work Education Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (2008), is to prepare competent, beginning-level professional practitioners who possess the knowledge and skills, values, and ethics necessary to intervene effectively on behalf of diverse clients on all practice levels. Through continuing education and training, the program enhances the practice community?s ability to facilitate the social functioning of clients and advance social change. The social work program envisions graduates as regional leaders whose efforts improve the social service delivery system and who work toward social and economic justice. Preparation for practice includes classroom instruction, audiovisual laboratory experience, field observation, field work experience, community and on-campus workshops, and an intensive program of academic and professional advisement. Social work students are also encouraged to take advantage of opportunities to further their development as individuals as well as to fulfill their obligations as responsible citizens in a democratic society. The social work program curriculum is based on a philosophy of social welfare through social change. The curriculum therefore emphasizes generic content areas, principles, and methodologies that will allow for generalist practice with various client and target systems. Students are exposed to a variety of intervention theories and methodologies and are encouraged to select for their practice those interventions which are compatible with the philosophy of social work and which are most useful to the tasks at hand. View more details on Shepherd University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Sociology courses.