Academic
Catalog August 2006 - August 2007 Undergraduate
and Graduate
Department of Sociology and Social Work
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Social and Behavioral Sciences Building, room 330
NAU, PO Box 15300, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5300
928-523-2979
Program Coordinator
Anne Medill
Department Chair
Warren Lucas
You may pursue the following undergraduate academic plans in NAU’s Department of Sociology and Social Work:
Our social work program is dedicated to enhancing human life locally, statewide, and globally by promoting quality social work practice that builds on client system strengths and empowerment abilities. The practice for which we educate is geared to rural and indigenous populations of the Southwest and is focused on improving social and economic justice with at-risk populations.
Our mission is to educate generalist social workers; to promote efforts to develop and improve human services in a variety of settings; to enhance practitioners’ ability to work with diverse clients; to promote active efforts to address poverty, structural racism, and oppression; to serve professional and underserved communities by using distance-learning technologies in off-site programming; and to contribute to the development of knowledge and scholarly work reflecting rural knowledge and practice that flows from local to international contexts.
The mission of our social work program is expressed in the following goals: to practice as generalist social workers with knowledge, values, and skills for working with diverse client systems of various sizes in rural settings; to understand and work effectively with diverse populations, especially those indigenous to the Southwest; to promote continued professional development and enhancement of knowledge, values, and skills for generalist social work practice; and to provide service to the community and promote social and economic justice.
NAU’s social work program is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.
In this section, we first explain our admission requirements. Then we describe the requirements for both of our academic plans individually.
All students admitted to NAU may enroll in SW 220, 401, and 450, whether or not you have been admitted to the social work program.
If you wish to enter the professional plan, you must formally apply by completing the required application form and submitting it with copies of your official transcripts, a personal statement, and two letters of recommendation.
You may request an application for the bachelor of social work from the social work program at the above address. We accept applications each term; please contact us for application deadlines.
To be eligible to apply to the social work program, you must have:
at least 24 units, including SW 220, with a grade of C or better
and a minimum grade point average of 2.25
or permission of the admission committee
Whether you are an NAU student or a transfer student wishing to apply to the B.S.W. plan, we encourage you to contact a social work advisor as early in your college career as possible.
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