
Bachelor of Science in Social Work
New York, USA
DURATION
4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2024
TUITION FEES
USD 26,000 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
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Introduction
The Nyack College Bachelor of Science in Social Work (BSW) program uses a Christian context to prepare students to be generalist social work professionals who provide service with competence, compassion, and the highest ethical integrity. By equipping students with the requisite knowledge, values, and skills of the social work profession, Nyack’s BSW program aims to raise social workers who can enhance the well-being of all people and communities, and promote a just and caring environment in a complex and interrelated global society.
Why Study Social Work at Nyack?
Nyack provides a social work education in a Christian higher education context that models the integration of Christian faith and learning. Nyack’s Social Work program provides a personally transformative environment that
- helps students find meaning and purpose in their work as they respond to their calling through the vocation of social work;
- fosters virtues that are essential for social work practice via personal and spiritual development; and
- cultivates a community in which all students experience acceptance and support.
What Will I Study?
Nyack’s social work curriculum is designed to help students develop the necessary competencies for their profession. Upon graduation, students will be able to do the following:
- Identify as a professional social worker and conduct themselves accordingly.
- Apply social work ethical principles to guide their professional practice.
- Apply critical thinking to inform and communicate their professional judgments.
- Engage diversity and difference in their practice.
- Advance human rights and social and economic justice.
- Engage in research-informed practice and practice-informed research.
- Apply knowledge of human behavior and the social environment.
- Engage in policy practices that advance social and economic well-being and deliver effective social work services.
- Respond to the contexts that shape their practice.
- Engage, assess, evaluate, and intervene with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
- Integrate their personal Christian faith with their professional social work practice.
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Social workers provide services that increase the quality of life of all people by helping them cope and overcome some of life’s most difficult challenges. Social workers have a commitment to promoting social justice and increasing opportunities for vulnerable populations.
Social workers provide individual, family, and group therapy; offer crisis prevention and intervention; collaborate with communities to develop necessary social and economic resources; advocate; and participate in political action.
According to Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment opportunities for social workers is projected to grow twelve percent from 2014 to 2024, faster than the average for all occupations.
Settings in which social workers practice include:
- mental health agencies
- schools
- hospitals
- counseling centers
- child welfare agencies
- adoption/foster agencies
- international social work agencies
- violence prevention/victim assistance
- older adult services
- probation and parole agencies
- political advocacy
Our Graduates
Graduates of our Social Work program have become catalysts who help transform the lives of individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
They are employed locally and nationally in a variety of settings, including mental health clinics, schools, child welfare and human service agencies, hospitals, and private practices.
We also have graduates who are working globally, including in Ecuador, Kenya, India, Nepal, and the Philippines, serving the poor and the vulnerable.
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