社会工作学院欢迎来到这里 & 历史

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欢迎主任博士. 杰罗姆Kolbo

Social work is one of the most vital and fastest-growing professions in America and 在当今世界. As our society continues to experience unprecedented change, social 工人 are on the front lines of helping individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities to respond effectively to new social, economic, personal and interpersonal 要求.

Social 工人 function in a wide variety of capacities and settings--child protection 工人 in public agencies; family therapists in private practice; discharge planners in hospitals; policy analysts in advocacy organizations; entry-level practitioners; and chief executive officers in social service agencies. 前景令人振奋 and rewarding career in social work are excellent, if you aspire to make a difference 在“真实的人”的生活中."

At 九游会国际 社会工作学院, we are proud to offer both the bachelor's and master's degrees in social work. 提供硕士课程 in three scheduling formats: full time (two years), part time (three years) and Advanced 站立(仅限生物安全设施). We prepare undergraduates for generalist social work practice 对于研究生院来说.

Our graduate students are prepared for relational practice. 该计划提供 students with the wide spectrum of conceptual and practical tools they need to address complex, multidimensional problems in virtually any social context. 我们所有的毕业生 complete a rigorous curriculum rich in classroom and field work experiences. 本科 and graduate programs are offered at both the Southern Miss Hattiesburg and Gulf Park 九游会国际.

We provide our students with a welcoming and stimulating environment. 一共13个 faculty and five administrative staff members come to know students as individual through face-to-face courses and educational experiences offering them just the right blend of challenge and support needed to form committed and capable professional social 工人.

认识我们的教师

步

As the Director of the 社会工作学院, I am pleased to share the following inclusion, diversity, and equity statement crafted under the leadership of Dr. 柯蒂斯 戴维斯和步团队. Our statement was recently adopted by the faculty and staff 学校的情况. We view our statement as a driving force for elevating conversations within and outside the university setting, re-imagining both our implicit and explicit curriculum, and generating meaningful education and training initiatives. 

I encourage you to review our statement and share with others. 这就是我们. This reflects our position and our expectations.

使命宣言

The USM 社会工作学院 develops and communicates social work knowledge and skills consistent with the values and ethics of the profession.  我们受到了 a vision of social justice and advocacy for the well-being of all people.  我们的毕业生 produce dynamic solutions for personal, interpersonal, and systemic challenges with particular attention to the needs of people who are poor, oppressed, and underserved. (采用2.14.2020)

 

目标和目的

Derived from the School mission are the following program goals. 教职员工认为 that the School’s goals and objectives were logically derived from its stated mission 以上.  

We prepare students for competent, ethical, and culturally informed social work practice.  

• We deliver a dynamic, integrated competency-based curriculum.  
• We infuse opportunities across the curriculum for students to demonstrate mastery of social work knowledge, skills, and values.  
• We promote a professional social work identity.  

We advance knowledge relevant to social work practice and social welfare.  

• We engage faculty, staff, and students in research and scholarship.  
• We pursue and secure external funding to support research and program activities.  
• We translate research findings and critical inquiry into scholarly products that inform practice, policy, and social service delivery.  

We inspire realization of human potential.  

• We promote healthy human growth and development.  
• We develop dynamic strategies and actions to address oppressive social conditions.  
• We model leadership and advocacy for social change. 

(2020年2月通过)

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社会工作历史学院 

The 社会工作学院 offers both the Bachelor of Social Work and Master of Social 度工作. 城市固体废物计划始于1974年. 南方大学开始了一个兼职项目 Miss' Gulf Park campus in 1996, and a part-time program was operated in Tupelo from 1997 to 2003.

认证

The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), the national association representing social work education in the United States, accredits the 社会工作学院’s BSW和MSW计划. The BSW program achieved initial accreditation in 1996, and has been continuously accredited since that time, including the on-site program at the Southern Miss Gulf Park campus in fall 2005. 城市生活垃圾项目一直在持续进行 自1976年起获得认可.

领导

学校的董事包括:

• 杰罗姆·科尔博，2019年至今
• 蒂姆·雷纳，2008-2019
• 迈克尔·福斯特，2000-2008
• 1992-2000年，华盛顿早期
• Beulah Compton, 1988-1992
• 雪莉·琼斯，1977-1987
• 莱斯特·格利克，1974-1976

学院联系

学校是…的一部分 教育与人文科学学院, one of four academic colleges at 九游会国际. 学院 was newly formed in summer 2018 as part of a university-wide academic reorganization. 

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