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SOCIAL WORK 

You may pursue the following undergraduate academic plans in NAU’s Department of Sociology and Social Work:

• Bachelor of Social Work (extended major)

• Minor in Social Work

Our social work program is dedicated to enhancing human life locally, statewide, and globally by promoting quality social work practice that builds on client system strengths and empowerment abilities. The practice for which we educate is geared to rural and indigenous populations of the Southwest and is focused on improving social and economic justice with at-risk populations.

Our mission is to educate generalist social workers; to promote efforts to develop and improve human services in a variety of settings; to enhance practitioner ability to work with diverse clients; to promote active efforts to address poverty, structural racism, and oppression; to serve professional and underserved communities by using distance-learning technologies in off-site programming; and to contribute to the development of knowledge and scholarly work reflecting rural knowledge and practice that flows from local to international contexts.

The mission of our social work program is expressed in the following goals:

• to practice as generalist social workers with knowledge, values, and skills for working with diverse client systems of various sizes;
• to understand and work effectively with diverse populations;
• to promote continued professional development and enhancement of knowledge, values, and skills for generalist social work practice; and
• to provide service to the community and promote social and economic justice.

NAU’s social work program is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.

In this section, we first explain our admission requirements. Then we describe the requirements for both of our academic plans individually.

 

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

All students admitted to NAU may enroll in SW 220, 401, and 450, whether or not you have been admitted to the social work program.

If you wish to enter the professional plan, you must formally apply by completing the required application form and submitting it with copies of your official transcripts, a personal statement, and two letters of recommendation.  We accept applications each term; deadlines are SEPTEMBER 30 and FEBRUARY 15.

To be eligible to apply to the social work program, you must have:

• at least 24 units, including SW 220, with a grade of B or better

• and a minimum grade point average of 2.25

• or permission of the admission committee

Whether you are an NAU student or a transfer student wishing to apply to the BSW plan, we encourage you to contact a social work advisor as early in your college career as possible.  Please see Faculty and Staff for social work faculty advisors.

 

NAU DOES NOT OFFER A MASTERS OF SOCIAL WORK.  FOR INQUIRIES REGARDING AN MSW, PLEASE CONTACT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY MAIN CAMPUS (602.496.0800) OR ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST CAMPUS (602.543.5500)