What employment opportunities are available to social work graduates?
Social work focuses on the “person in environment” to work effectively with individuals,
families, small groups, organizations and communities. Social work graduates are equipped
with knowledge, skills and values essential to working in settings such as:
human services
criminal & juvenile justice
education
housing
health/mental health
child welfare
senior citizens programs
Social workers at the undergraduate level are trained in the generalist model of social
work, which assures that professional social work skills, values and knowledge can
be applied in working with individuals, groups, communities and organizations. The
undergraduate curriculum provides a professional social work foundation that is transferable
to different settings, population groups and problems areas. The foundation includes
field education which is the signature pedagogy of social work education where the
student connects and integrates theory and practice. Content is also provided on
human behavior and the social environment, populations at risk, human and cultural
diversity, the professional social worker, research, social and economic justice,
social welfare policy and services, social work practice and social work values and
ethics.
