专业概况
在这里学什么？
In the Master of Social Work program at VCU’s School of Social Work, our students seek to answer these very questions. Through intensive, specialized course work, research and field experience, our students can truly find their focus as advanced practitioners and position themselves to make immediate impacts in the lives and communities they touch.
Flowing from the mission of the School of Social Work and guided by the principles of promoting social justice, human rights, diversity, cultural competence/sensitivity and ethical practice, the goals of the MSW program are:
- To provide for a generalist knowledge, skills, ethics, and values essential for work with individuals, families, groups, communities, and organizations.
- To provide for a program that prepares students for work in areas of specialization in either clinical social work or social work administration, planning, and policy practice in a range of settings.
- To provide for an educational environment where students apply the profession’s values and ethical principles.
- To provide for an educational environment where students gain a greater understanding of implications of diversity through education on identifying cultural strengths and ways to counteract individual and institutional prejudice, oppression, and discrimination.
- To provide for an educational environment where students apply research methods to analyze and critically evaluate professional practice, programs, and service delivery systems.
- To provide for an educational environment where students gain a greater understanding of advocacy and involvement in advocacy to affect social and economic justice.
After one year of generalist study, students enroll in specialized courses in the concentrations of clinical social work practice or social work administration, planning and policy practice.
- The generalist curriculum develops the skill base that fosters competencies needed to work in a variety of social work settings. The generalist curriculum includes courses in social work practice, human behavior theory, social policy, social and economic justice, research and agency-based field instruction.
- The clinical social work practice curriculum is offered on campus and online. Courses focus on key evidence-based interventions, including how to solve problems, resolve emotional and interpersonal conflicts, develop and use social networks and resources, and maintain achieved capacities and strengths.
- The social work administration, planning and policy practice curriculum is offered only on campus. Courses prepare graduates to become leaders skilled in formulating, implementing, analyzing and evaluating policies, plans and programs for complex and ever-changing local, state, national and international environments.
WHERE YOUR DEGREE CAN TAKE YOU
An M.S.W. degree enables our students to empower others and effect change in prevalent areas such as:
- Addictions
- Aging/gerontology
- Child welfare
- Community organizing
- Corrections/criminal justice
- Developmental disabilities
- Domestic violence
- Health care – inpatient and outpatient services
- Homelessness/housing
- Immigration services/refugee services
- International social work
- Military (active duty and veterans) social work
- Nonprofit management
- Policy practice
- Private practice
- Psychiatry/mental health
- Public welfare
- Rehabilitation
- School social work
- Trauma and crisis intervention
所属院系
进入哪个院系学习？ School of Social Work
中国学生入学要求
为来自中国的学生设计 Have an earned baccalaureate (or higher) degree in nursing from an accredited nursing school (e.g. ACEN, CCNE, CNEA). Have completed a minimum of three credit hours in statistics with a minimum grade of B.
课程信息
学制：全日制(2 年)
学费：US$24,741.00 (¥ 157,400) /年
开学时间：2022八月, 2022一月
申请截止日期：
留学地点：School of Social WorkAcademic Learning Commons,1000 Floyd Avenue, Third Floor,RICHMOND,Virginia,23284, United States
