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Help Others in your Community as a Social Worker

Social workers serve as healers, guides, advocates, activists, catalysts, and agents of change and betterment. They promote social justice, human rights, direct action, human health and wellness, and psychosocial change.

Social Work Major Overview

As a social work student, you will graduate with the necessary training and preparation, tools, and values to seek rewarding and meaningful employment as a generalist social worker in settings that include social service offices, educational institutions, governmental agencies, non-profit organizations, and healthcare settings.

Additionally, graduates of the social work program will have the foundational education to enter graduate education in social work and other related social service fields.

BSW Program Outcomes

To earn a degree in social work, you must complete the major requirements. At the end of your second year (or equivalent), students apply for admission to the Social Work program, which begins in the fall of your third year (or equivalent to junior-standing). Consult with your academic advisor regarding major requirements and admission.

CSWE has adopted a competency-based education framework for its Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS). Competencies include the ability to demonstrate ethical and professional behavior, engage in policy practice, and assess, intervene, and evaluate practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.

Social Work Prerequisites

Students who declare social work as their major upon admission to Washington State University will complete the Pre-Social Work curriculum during their first two years. This includes and prerequisites for the Bachelor of Arts in Social Work.

Social Work Program Admission

Students will complete an application to the social work program during the application period in spring of their sophomoreÌý²â±ð²¹°ù at ÍøÆسԹÏ. Transfer students will apply during the spring application period once they have completed the required prerequisite courses and have been admitted as a ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï student.

Admission to the social work program is competitive and is contingent on a number of factors that include:

Students may declare their social work major in the first two years of study. However, they will not be admitted into the social work program until they begin their junior year (3rd year equivalent) of studies.

Once a student has been admitted to the social work program, they must follow the recommended course structure. If a sophomore is admitted to the program and does not begin their 3rd year courses the following year, they can delay their admission to the social work major and begin the following year.

We urge all interested and prospective students to meet with academic advisors and faculty/staff as early as possible to explore curricular requisites, program admission requirements, and best preparatory practices.

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