Are you passionate about social justice and social change? Do you want a rewarding career working with the disenfranchised, vulnerable, and oppressed? Are you interested in providing assistance and support to diverse individuals, groups, and communities? A social work degree will help you accomplish these academic and professional goals.<\/p>\n
The social work degree will provide you with opportunities to learn the professional knowledge, values, and skills needed to help people experiencing overwhelming life challenges such as substance abuse, domestic violence, child abuse, homelessness, and death, as well as mental, behavioral, and physical illness or disability. Social workers approach their work with people from the strengths perspective, while also looking at the individual within their environment.<\/p>\n
The Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) degree program at Northern Arizona University, accredited initially in 1991 retroactive to 1988, is the only BSW degree program serving the rural northern high plateau and far southwestern areas of Arizona.\u00a0 NAU Social Work Department has a longstanding tradition of community service and preparing competent professional social workers for generalist practice with Native Americans, Latinos, and disenfranchised and vulnerable populations of the Southwest.\u00a0 NAU became a federally designated Hispanic Serving Institution in the spring of 2021, demonstrating a commitment to serving underrepresented populations.<\/p>\n
The mission of Northern Arizona University\u2019s\u00a0Bachelor of Social Work Program\u00a0is to advance social and economic justice by delivering immediately relevant education to the students we serve. We accomplish this student-focused mission by holding ourselves and our students accountable to the highest standards of ethical and competent Social Work practice. We strive to create environments where students, faculty, and community partners can thrive, and where mechanisms of oppression and discrimination are actively dismantled.<\/p>\n
The BSW program is pleased to offer three choices of campuses for the convenience of our students.<\/p>\n
Social Work Field Education is your opportunity to gain real-world experience in a supported environment and build your resume working with local organizations. You will apply what you learn in the classroom and move one step closer to a career in social work. This firsthand experience will help you discover, develop, and enhance your social work skills. The Social Work Field Education experience and training involves participating in the life of the agency, attending regularly scheduled meetings, and other activities involving or sponsored by the field placement site. To learn more about the requirements visit\u00a0Field Education.<\/a><\/p>\nFrequently asked questions<\/h3>\n\n
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