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Department of Social Sciences<br />
BACHELOR OF ARTS (B.A.) IN<br />
SOCIAL WORK<br />
(offered in Beirut Campus)<br />
MISSION<br />
The Social Work Program at <strong>LAU</strong> seeks to<br />
prepare students for generalist social work<br />
practice, through the provision of a professional<br />
foundation curriculum. This curriculum contains<br />
the common body of the profession’s knowledge,<br />
values, and skills that is transferable to group<br />
settings, and social problem areas. The Program<br />
endorses a liberal arts perspective, and a<br />
professional foundation content, which prepares<br />
students for direct services with client systems of<br />
various sizes and types.<br />
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES<br />
The purpose of the Bachelor of Arts in Social<br />
Work is to:<br />
1. Provide students with foundational<br />
knowledge in the field and to allow them<br />
to use bio psychosocial development<br />
across the life span, with an integrative<br />
multidimensional approach.<br />
2. Instil in students the skills for assessing<br />
the social functioning of individuals<br />
and families, and design appropriate<br />
intervention strategies.<br />
3. Contextualize the knowledge learned with<br />
the issues of practice.<br />
4. Apply social work principles with client<br />
systems, including families.<br />
5. Prepare graduates to work with diverse<br />
populations.<br />
6. Recognize the social contexts of social<br />
work practice and the changing nature of<br />
those contexts,<br />
7. Demonstrate the values and ethics that<br />
guide the profession social workers<br />
8. Prepare graduates who are aware of their<br />
professional responsibility for continued<br />
professional growth.<br />
STUDENTS LEARNING OUTCOMES<br />
Graduates in Bachelor of Arts in Social Work will<br />
be able to:<br />
1. Apply critical thinking skills, within the<br />
context of professional social work<br />
practice.<br />
2. Practice within the values and ethics of the<br />
social work profession.<br />
3. Demonstrate professional attitudes<br />
towards diverse populations and value the<br />
culture and sub-culture of various groups.<br />
Students majoring in Social Work must<br />
complete 92 credits. The Program aims at<br />
acquainting students with the principles in<br />
the social sciences and humanities, as well<br />
as the basic skills in interpersonal and intergroup<br />
communication. Students are helped to<br />
understand, and to critically analyze, current and<br />
past social policies, with a focus on their social<br />
and economic dynamics. The Program prepares<br />
students for Graduate studies, and/or for careers<br />
in social work, based on the local and regional<br />
market demands.<br />
Major Core Requirements (21 credits)<br />
SOC301 Introduction to Social Work 3<br />
SOC313 Family and Child Welfare 3<br />
SOC402 Social Work Intervention I 3<br />
SOC403 Social Work Intervention II 3<br />
SOC404 Social Work Practicum I 3<br />
SOC405 Social Work Practicum II 3<br />
SOC499 Social Work Senior Study 3<br />
Social Science Requirements (18 credits)<br />
SOC201 Introduction to Sociology 3<br />
SOC311 Social Problems 3<br />
SOC321 Sociology of the Arab World 3<br />
PSY201 Introduction to Psychology 3<br />
PSY204 Social Psychology 3<br />
PSY311 The Exceptional Child 3<br />
Free Electives (19 credits)<br />
SUGGESTED THREE YEAR STUDY PLAN<br />
Year One<br />
Fall (14 credits)<br />
SOC201 Intro to Sociology<br />
SOC301 Intro to Social Work<br />
ARA2--/3—<br />
CSC201 Computer Applications 1<br />
English course(based on the EEE<br />
score)<br />
HLT201 Basic Health 1<br />
Spring (15 credits)<br />
PSY201 Intro to Psychology<br />
SOC313 Family & Child Welfare<br />
ENG102<br />
ETH201 Moral Reasoning 1<br />
PED--- Physical education 1<br />
Free Elective 1<br />
Free Elective<br />
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