Doctor's degree Social Work - Clark Atlanta University

Doctor's degree Social Work from Clark Atlanta University is a Campus Ph.D Sociology degree that prepares you for a Human Services career. The mission of the Whitney M. Young, Jr., School of Social Work is to develop individuals with a heightened sense of social consciousness who desire to work with individuals, groups, organizations and communities of color, regionally, nationally and internationally. Ultimately, the goal is to enrich and diversify the profession and those that it serves worldwide (recruit and develop, using the tenets of social work education, the talents and resources of individuals with a heightened sense of social consciousness, desiring to work with individuals, groups, organizations and communities of color, regionally, nationally and internationally). To achieve its mission the School seeks to reposition itself as a national and regional educational resource, with international influence, that serves as a magnet for collaboration and advancement of social work education and model development addressing social, economic, justice equity and racial disparity issues, especially those affecting African-American children and families, with a special emphasis on the African-American male within the context of family. The Ph.D. Program prepares individuals for careers in teaching, research, social policy analysis, human service management, and organizational development. The program seeks to increase the number of African-American and other underrepresented ethnic minority social work leaders at the doctoral level. The mission of the program is to implement a set of interdisciplinary teaching and learning experiences that will lead to the development of competent and motivated leaders in the global human enterprise. The program provides educational content in two areas: 1) core courses in social policy, human service management/ administration, organizational development, and research methods and statistics; and 2) courses in a cognate area that students select from the graduate schools within the University and Atlanta University Center to include the Schools of Business Administration, Education, Arts and Sciences, and the Morehouse School of Medicine Master of Public Health Program. Ph.D. Program Objectives 1. Demonstrate advanced knowledge of social work policy, planning, program administration, and evaluation at all levels of government and social service organization. 2. Demonstrate the critical application of the Afrocentric Perspective in social work education and practice. 3. Demonstrate the ability to create and implement social service programs for oppressed populations. 4. Demonstrate the ability to conduct and disseminate research from an Afrocentric Perspective 5. Demonstrate a beginning level of proficiency as an instructor to educate multiple stakeholders in deconstructing and constructing culturally relevant methodologies, practices and theory development. 6. Demonstrate the ability to administer policies and practices at the local, national and international levels. 7. Demonstrate lifelong professional growth through continuous research, education and policy development. 8. Demonstrate innovative publishable scholarship. View more details on Clark Atlanta University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Sociology courses.