Baccalaureate Social Work Program, School of Social Work
Web Site: http://socialwork.rutgers.edu/
Dean: Mary Edna Davidson, B.A., San Francisco; M.S.W., California (Berkeley); Ph.D., Brandeis
Director of B.A. Social Work Program: Raymond Sanchez Mayers, B.A., CUNY (Baruch College); M.S.W., Barry College; Ph.D., Brandeis
Assistant Director of B.A. Social Work Program (Livingston College Program): V. DuWayne Battle, B.A., Barton College; M.Div., D.Min., Southeastern Theological Seminary; M.S.W., Ph.D., Rutgers
The major in social work is accredited by the Council on Social Work
Education. Students who successfully complete the program receive a
bachelor of arts degree from Livingston College. The program prepares
students for beginning-level generalist social work practice. The focus
for practice addresses work with special populations including the
poor, the oppressed, and other at-risk groups. Participants are
expected to acquire the knowledge base, professional ethics, values,
and skills to work effectively within individual, family, group,
organizational, and community levels of practice. The program also
prepares students for graduate study in social work and related fields.
Students are admitted to the major at the beginning of their
junior year, after having completed approximately 60 credits of course
work. Students should plan to apply to the major early in the spring
term of their sophomore year. A cumulative grade-point average of 3.0
is required for acceptance into the program. Inquiries and applications
should be directed to the Assistant Director, Baccalaureate Social Work
Program, School of Social Work.
Following acceptance into the
program, all social work majors are assigned a faculty adviser within
the School of Social Work. To continue in this major, students must
maintain a 3.0 grade-point average in social work courses. In order to
graduate, students must have grades of C or better in all social
work core-content courses and a 2.0 cumulative grade-point average in
the courses making up the liberal arts foundation.
