Master of Social Work


PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The School of Social Work, through its programs of professional education, research and public service is dedicated to the enhancement of human well-being and to the alleviation of poverty and oppression through developing and improving systems of social services, especially public social services.

To achieve its mission, the School of Social Work has established the following goals:

  • to educate skilled social workers who can effectively serve individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities;

  • to increases the availability of skilled social work professionals, particularly from minority groups; and

  • to develop and strengthen social services through:

    arrowscholarly activities which elaborate and explicate issues relevant to the enhancement of human well-being and the alleviation of poverty and oppression;

    arrowresearch and evaluation activities aimed at facilitating effective practice and the generation of knowledge;

    arrowconsultation and leadership to emerging and existing social service programs; and

    arrowcontinuing education and training.

The School prepares practitioners who are capable of using an integrated combination of knowledge, values and skills in service to various client and community systems.

 

Visit the OU's School of Social Work Web site for more information.

 

*Note: Advanced Programs through University Outreach College of Continuing Education on the Norman Campus offers only the first year of a part-time program for the Master of Social Work. Students must return to the main campus for the second year. The Master of Social Work requires sixty semester hours of graduate study. Advanced Programs at the Oklahoma Center for Continuing Education on the Norman campus offers only the first year of a part-time program for the Master of Social Work. Students must return to the main campus for the second year.


Contact Us:

OU Norman Campus
(405) 325-2250
E-mail: apinfo@ou.edu

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