专业概况
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The MSW program promotes the profession of social work by educating students to become leaders for social change. We prepare them to be highly competent professionals who are skilled at providing effective service, integrating interdisciplinary knowledge, theory, and social work values with practice to address social needs. The MSW program generates knowledge for application in the field and inspires students to academic and practice excellence. The philosophy of the program embraces diversity and promotes social change in order to achieve a more just society.
Goals of the MSW Program
- Prepare students for professional practice.
- Prepare students for professional social work practice in a variety of systems and settings with diverse client populations.
- Educate students for advanced practice in an identified area of concentration in either clinical or macro practice.
- Foster the use of social work knowledge, skills, values, and ethics in all aspects of their professional activities.
- Cultivate leadership for social change and in the development of social service delivery systems.
- Cultivate a climate of critical inquiry.
Curriculum Objectives
- Apply critical thinking skills within the context of professional social work practice.
- Understand the value base of the profession and its ethical standards and principles, and practice accordingly.
- 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, sex, and sexual orientation.
- Understand the forms and mechanisms of oppression and discrimination and apply strategies of advocacy and social change that advance social and economic justice.
- Understand and interpret the history of the social work profession and its contemporary structures and issues.
- Apply knowledge and skills of a generalist social work perspective to practice with systems of all sizes.
- 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, organizations, and communities.
- Analyze, formulate, and influence social policies.
Penn offers four different MSW program options, enabling students to choose the course of study that best fits with their personal circumstances and career goals: the two-year Full-Time program, the three-year Part-Time program, the Advanced Standing program, and the Employed Practitioners program.
All requirements for the MSW degree must be completed within five years of the date of the student’s first admission. Generally, the requirements are completed within two consecutive years. Students who leave the program for a year or more must contact the Director of Admissions in writing before returning to the program.
所属院系
进入哪个院系学习？ School of Social Policy and Practice
中国学生入学要求
课程信息
学制：全日制(2 年)全日制(10 )
学费：US$47,040.00 (¥ 299,264) /年
开学时间：预计在八月 2022
申请截止日期：
留学地点：School of Social Policy and Practice3701 Locust Walk,PHILADELPHIA,Pennsylvania,19104, United States
