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