Social Work - Major, Minor
Our BSW degree prepares students as beginning, generalist social workers who are equipped to work in a wide range of settings from community mental health centers to criminal justice agencies.
Be the Change
Social work graduates find meaningful careers working with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities in a wide range of settings like schools, hospitals, prisons, and community mental health centers. Generalist social workers view clients and client systems from a strengths perspective and work to empower them to realize their full potential. Using an anti-oppressive, professional problem solving process, social workers engage, assess, broker services, advocate, counsel, educate, and organize with and on behalf of clients and client systems. Advanced generalist social workers possess advanced competencies in multilevel, multimethod approaches and are equipped to work independently in complex environments that may require specialized skill sets (see Hernandez, 2013). As a professional degree path, social workers at BSW and MSW levels can become credentialed through their state licensing boards.
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Master of Social Work (MSW)
Our advanced generalist MSW program is designed to produce practitioners who are skilled at every level of social work practice and prepared to take on leadership roles in their communities.
Social Service Worker Licensure
The Social Services Worker Licensure is available to undergraduates and graduate students, both Social Work majors and non-Social Work majors.
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USU's Transforming Communities Institute Celebrates Launch, Vision for Future
USU’s Transforming Communities Institute recently hosted a special launch event to reflect on their achievements to date, honor community advocates, and share their plans for the year ahead.
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