The mission of the MSW Program is to prepare students in advanced social work practice for leadership roles in the effort to solve, in partnerships with others, the existing and developing challenges that confront communities in the United States and internationally.
Assessment Plan for Masters of Social Work Program
The Masters of Social Work consists of two integrated curriculum components, Foundation and Concentration. By accreditation standard, the Foundation is comparable for the both the Bachelors and Masters of Social Work. The learning outcomes are essentially the same (See BSW Learning Outcomes above) and are built upon liberal arts base. While the BSW Foundation learning outcomes prepare graduates for generalist social work practice, the MSW Foundation learning outcomes provide students with a generalist social work practice perspective to develop advanced social work practice knowledge and skills in Community Partnerships.
The objectives listed below are consistent with the Commission on Accreditation of the Council on Social Work Education’s learning objectives for educating students for advanced social work practice beginning with Foundation Objectives and concluding with specific objectives to the Concentration in Community Partnerships.
MSW Learning Objectives
The objectives of the MSW program are designed to be consistent with the mission and goals of the MSW program, Council on Social Work Education, Commission on Accreditation Educational Policy, Georgia State University, and the College of Health and Human Sciences. These objectives are stated in terms of what each graduate of the program is expected to achieve at the time of graduation.
Objectives Common to Both Foundation and Concentration Years:
1. Apply critical thinking skills within the context of professional social work practice.
2. Understand the value base of the profession and its ethical standards and principals, and practice accordingly.
3. Practice without discrimination and with respect, knowledge, and skills related to clients’ age, class, color, culture, disability, ethnicity, family structure, gender, marital status, national origin, race, religion, and sexual orientation.
4. Use communication skills differentially across client populations, colleagues, and communities.
5. Use supervision and consultation appropriate to social work practice.
Foundation Year Objectives:
6. Understand the forms and mechanisms of oppression and discrimination and apply strategies of advocacy and social change that advance social and economic justice.
7. Understand and interpret the history of the social work profession and its contemporary structures and issues.
8. Apply the knowledge and skills of a generalist social work perspective to practice
with systems of all sizes.
9. Use theoretical frameworks supported by empirical evidence to understand individual development and behavior across the life span and the interactions among individuals and between individuals and families, groups, and organizations from a community perspective.
10. Analyze, formulate, and influence social policies.
11. Evaluate research studies, apply findings to practice, and evaluate one’s own practice interventions.
12. Function within the structure of organizations and service delivery systems and seek necessary organizational change.
Concentration Year Objectives:
13. Demonstrate communication/facilitation skills in building community partnerships and partnership structures.
14. Conduct community assessments and engage in community resource development.
15. Demonstrate skills for influencing necessary organizational and community change to address populations at risk and advance social and economic justice.
16. Demonstrate skills for influencing policy formulation and change in communities.
17. Apply knowledge and leadership skills in managing projects, and working with community groups and/or organizations.
18. Apply advanced information technology skills to community-based practice.
19. Demonstrate skills in quantitative/qualitative research design, data analysis, and knowledge dissemination.
MSW Learning Outcomes for the Concentration Year
The learning outcomes outlined below have been formulated from the MSW Program Objectives that are based upon General Education Outcomes, Social Work Foundation Learning Outcomes, and lead to Advanced Social Work Practice in Community Partnerships Learning Outcomes.
Goal I. Critical Thinking
1. Students demonstrate the capacity to assess, critique, and evaluate modes of practice, beliefs and research with the Social Work Code of Ethics and the values of the profession.
2. Students demonstrate the capacity to consider, evaluate, and integrate alternative or opposing points of view in the context of social and economic justice.
1. Students demonstrate professional written and oral modes of interaction and relationship building between individuals, groups, organizations, and communities.
Goal III. Community Assessment and Resource Development
1. Students demonstrate the ability to apply collaborative and cooperative methods and interpret agreed upon needs and goals, and to collectively act towards achieving those goals.
1. Students demonstrate the ability to formulate, maintain, and strengthen relationships and partnerships that build healthy communities.
1. Students demonstrate the capacity to analyze, integrate, assess, and apply the concepts, skills, and knowledge derived from management, organizational theory, and community social work, and social administration to address social problems at the macro level.
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