Mission and Goals of the MSW Program at Southeastern University
- To equip students with the knowledge, values, skills, behaviors, cognitive processes, and affective processes necessary to engage in competent social work practice with diverse individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
- To promote a strengths-based perspective that fosters a commitment to the values and ethics of the social work profession including the core values of social justice, the importance of human relationships and human rights, the dignity and worth of each individual, integrity, and professional competence.
- To create a learning environment that fosters critical thinking and enables students to apply evidence-based theoretical frameworks and interventions in clinical practice.
- To prepare students to apply a person-in-environment perspective in social work practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
- To promote advocacy for human rights and social and economic justice, especially among oppressed populations.
- To actively demonstrate the ethical integration of faith and practice by applying Christ’s teachings of service, respect for all humans, appreciation of cultural diversity, compassion, gentleness, grace, and love in social work practice.
MSW Accreditation and Candidacy Statement
Academic Writing at the Graduate Level
Psychopathology
Advanced Clinical Practice with Individuals
Advanced Clinical Practice with Groups
Evaluation of Social Work Practice
Advanced Clinical Practice with Couples, Children, and Families
Trauma Informed Clinical Practice
Social Work Leadership and Administration
Clinical Practice Elective
Field Experience/Seminar III
Field Experience/Seminar IV
Academic Writing at the Graduate Level
Foundations of Social Work Practice
Human Behavior and the Social Environment
Generalist Practice with Individuals and Families
Engaging Diversity and Difference in Practice
Interviewing and Helping Skills
Social Welfare Policy
Methods of Social Work Research
Generalist Practice with Groups, Communities, and Organizations
Psychopathology
Advanced Clinical Practice with Individuals
Advanced Clinical Practice with Groups
Evaluation of Social Work Practice
Advanced Clinical Practice with Couples, Children, and Families
Trauma Informed Clinical Practice
Social Work Leadership and Administration
Clinical Practice Elective
Field Experience Seminar I
Field Experience Seminar II
Field Experience Seminar III
Field Experience Seminar IV