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Master of Social Work Degree Program

Information on MSW program


MSW Program Goals at the Division of Social Work, University of Wyoming are to:

1. Prepare competent and effective advanced generalist level social work practitioners who are committed to practice with people who are disadvantaged or oppressed, and who work to alleviate poverty, oppression, and discrimination;

2. Offer an advanced generalist curriculum that is at the forefront of the new and changing knowledge base of social work and its supporting disciplines;

3. Prepare students to analyze, intervene, and evaluate in ways that are highly differentiated, discriminating, and self-critical.

4. Prepare students to synthesize and apply a broad range of knowledge as well as practice with a high degree of autonomy and skill and apply advanced competencies to be appropriately integrated and reflected in all aspects of their social work practice.

5. Foster a commitment to social work values, an appreciation for human diversity, and a commitment to social advocacy and the elimination of discrimination and social injustice;

6. Prepare students to advance social work practice through the production and application of research and scholarship with the abilities to refine and advance the quality of their practice as well as that of the larger social work profession;

7. Maintain close, reciprocal, and ongoing relationships with the community, and influence and support social work practitioners, groups and organizations that promote, provide, or seek to influence social policies and social work services; and

8. Promote continuing professional development of alumni and faculty.


Career options

(From the National Association of Social Workers http://www.naswdc.org)

Professional social workers are found in every facet of community life-in schools, hospitals, mental health clinics, senior centers, elected office, private practices, prisons, military, corporations, and in numerous public and private agencies that serve individuals and families in need. They often specialize in one or more of the following practice areas:

Mental Health Therapy
Disaster Relief
Military Social Work
Rural Social Work
Adoption & Foster Care
Child Welfare Services
Family Preservation Services
Homeless Family Assistance
Eating Disorders
Genetics
Hospital Social Work
Crisis Intervention
School Violence
Hospice and Palliative Care
Depression
Institutional Care
Chronic Pain
Outpatient Treatment
Development Disabilities
International Social Work
Advocacy, Consulting and Planning

Community Mental Health
Employee Assistance
Private Practice
Veterans Services
Child Abuse & Neglect
Domestic Violence
Political Development
Parent Education
Family Planning
HIV/AIDS
School Alternative Programs
Difficulties in School
Gerontology Services
Community-Based Services
In-Home Services
Senile Dementia and Alzheimer's
Addictions Prevention/Treatment
Criminal Justice
Housing Assistance
Public Welfare
Employment Services