Social Work BSW
The mission of the Social Work program is to integrate the values, knowledge and skills inherent to social work into an academic program that will enable multi-culturally competent bachelor's level students to engage in generalist social work practices that will meet the needs of the increasingly diverse Twin Cities communities.This program will prepare students for generalist social work practice with client systems of various sizes and types with special emphasis on Native Americans and communities of color. This program will build on a Liberal Arts base and will provide a curriculum foundation that contains the profession's values, knowledge and skills.The program’s mission concentrates on multicultural competence for generalist social work practice and aims to increase the capacity of:Individuals and families to maintain their cultural identities and heritage;Individuals and families to live and function successfully in two or more cultural environments;Groups and communities to serve and nurture their members and to achieve a viable balance between community or group needs and available resources;Organizations at all levels to continuously examine and modify their practices and procedures to ensure an equitable distribution of resources; and,Organizations to provide race, gender, and class-sensitive service.