Contacts: Carol Hurst and Deanna Durham
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Semester Hours: 61
The mission of the Social Work program at Eastern Mennonite University is to:
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The required curriculum includes course sequences in the discipline's focus areas including Human Behavior and Social Environment (HBSE), policy, and practice. HBSE courses provide social scientific perspectives of patterns of human behavior. Policy courses focus on understanding organizations and government and legislative advocacy on behalf of vulnerable populations and social programs. Practice courses provide structured skills practice at the micro or direct one-to-one interpersonal level, at the mezzo or group and family interpersonal level, and at the macro or large system level requiring community and organizational leadership skills. Students can develop knowledge in particular interest areas through class projects, choice of their elective social work topics course, and through selection of field practicum setting.
Students must apply for formal admission into the social work program after the initial social work courses. Transfer students apply to the program after their first semester in the social work major at EMU. The social work program does not grant credit for life experience or previous work experience. Admission to and continuation in the social work program is contingent upon academic performance (a minimum of C in all social work/sociology courses required in the major and a minimum overall GPA of 2.5) as well as personal qualities essential for working with people such as a value orientation consistent with the profession, compassionate sensitivity towards others, self-awareness, and a sense of personal and global responsibility. Students must demonstrate capacity to meet professional standards through conscientious timely attendance and follow-through in all coursework, as well as maintenance of a minimum 2.5 overall GPA, to be accepted into a practicum placement.
Graduates are prepared for generalist social work practice with individuals, families, groups, and communities within the context of various human service organizations. The EMU social work program's emphasis on social justice and cross-cultural learning in domestic and international venues is distinctive. The social work major is a professional degree program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), the standard-setting association for social work degree programs in the United States. Graduates qualify for Baccalaureate in Social Work (BSW) licensure exams. Graduates may also pursue graduate degrees in social work including advanced standing admission to CSWE accredited masters’ in social work programs to finish an MSW degree on an accelerated basis.
Foundation Requirements (15 SH)
Choice of either ECON 201 Survey of Economics (3) OR ECON 212 Principles of Macroeconomics (3) OR PXD 365 Social and Political Economy (3)
PSYC 101 General Psychology (3)
PSYC 202 Developmental Psychology (3)
SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology (3)
SOWK 101 Exploring Social Work (3)
Choose one course from this list:
ECON 201 Survey of Economics (3)
ECON 212 Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
PXD 365 Social and Political Economy (3)
Human Behavior & Social Environment (HBSE) Courses (14 SH)
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