BSW Goals
Educational Goals
1. The baccalaureate program educates students for generalist practice
at the entry level. Thus, students will be able to practice competently,
under professional supervision, with a variety of client systems, and at
all system levels.
2. The baccalaureate program prepares students for advanced graduate
work in social work, as well as degree programs in other disciplines.
Educational Objectives
Educational objectives flow from the School’s mission and goals.
Further, each objective is linked to course objectives, articulated in
each course syllabus, and accomplished through the assignment of readings,
papers, and/or projects. Graduates of the BSW Program will be able to:
1. Apply practice skills based upon a critical analysis of
the problem context, the biopsychosocial variables that affect the
development and behavior of systems, as well as the interaction thereof.
2. Understand and implement a strengths-based approach to
social work practice.
3. Engage in ethical social work practice with a commitment to social
work values.
4. Demonstrate appropriate use of self in social work practice with
systems of all sizes.
5. Understand oppression and discrimination, as well as approaches that
advance social and economic justice.
6. Understand the history of social welfare and the social work
profession and its current structures and issues.
7. Analyze the impact of social policies on client systems, workers,
and agencies.
8. Have the ability to evaluate research and apply it to practice, and
to use research skills in the service of both one's own practice and one's
agency.
9. Communicate and practice with a diversity of colleagues and
community members, as well as client populations.
10. Use supervision appropriately.
11. Participate in necessary organizational and system change.
