Social Work - Daemen College

Social Work from Daemen College is a Campus Master Sociology degree that prepares you for a Human Services career. Social Work Program Mission Statement The mission of the Social Work program is to prepare students to be professionally responsible beginning generalist practitioners who will intervene on behalf of diverse groups. This preparation includes education in foundational knowledge, skills, and values necessary for work with client systems of all sizes. Through the integration of classroom instruction and community-based learning opportunities, students are prepared for leadership in the community and the profession. Program Goals The Bachelor of Arts in Social Work degree program is comprised of a two-year lower division and an additional two-year upper division undergraduate curriculum, which has as its primary goals: 1. To promote the development of professional entry-level social work practitioners. 2. To provide students with opportunities to develop and demonstrate leadership skills in the community. 3. To prepare students to pursue graduate level social work education. Program Objectives Graduates of the Daemen College Social Work program will demonstrate: 1. that they have internalized both a professional identity and professional responsibility required for effective social work practice; 2. the ability to apply knowledge, practice and problem-solving skills included in the generalist model of social work practice with client systems of all sizes; 3. leadership skills by advancing social justice within organizations and delivery systems on behalf neighborhoods and communities; 4. the ability to integrate the bio-psychosocial sources of human development into their social work practice; 5. the capacity to apply empirical principles to evaluate and advance their practice and evaluate and apply research results to their practice; 6. critical thinking skills necessary to analyze, formulate, and influence social policy within the context of past and present social work and social welfare issues. View more details on Daemen College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Sociology courses.