1991-1993 Catalog - Catalogs - West Virginia University

.The B. S. W. also provides a sound educational base for those who wish topursue additional education. In the past, graduates have obtained advanced degreesin social work, law, counseling, rehabilitation, public administration, and education.Undergraduate Program ObjectivesThe objectives of the B.S.W. program are derived from the philosophy and goalsof the School of Social Work and the missions of the University, the objectives of thesocial work profession, and the needs of people in our society. A primary objective isto offer the opportunity to prepare students for the beginning level of professionalsocial work practice.As part of the overall educational experience, you will obtain a well rounded,liberal arts education. This education will assist in gaining personal knowledge andgrowth, in developing skills necessary to think and to work from an objective frame ofreference, and in obtaining an awareness of human needs in today's technologicallyadvanced society.In accomplishing these objectives, you will be better prepared to take on theresponsibilities necessary to be effective both as a person and a helping professional.More specifically, the purpose of the baccalaureate social work program is describedin four interrelated objectives:1 To prepare the undergraduate student for entry-level professional practice, withspecial attention to rural and small town settings.2. To prepare students for effective, responsive, and creative social workpractice, including skills for leadership to further develop the social workprofession and to humanize social welfare problems.3. To enrich the liberal arts curriculum of WVU by providing opportunities for theundergraduate student body to increase their sensitivity, knowledge, and understandingof human needs, social problems, social welfare issues, andapproaches toward resolution of problems.4. To contribute to the preparation of the student who may be appropriatelyinterested in future graduate-level education in social work within our School ofSocial Work, in other graduate social work programs, or in other graduateprograms of study.Social work majors who exhibit conduct that violates the National Association ofSocial Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics may be counseled out of the program, inaccordance with established University policy as set forth in the BSW Student Handbook,if they are unable to demonstrate that the conduct in question has been modifiedto the point of being in compliance with NASWs Code of Ethics. Students shall beprovided appropriate safeguards for appealing such recommendations and given anopportunity to demonstrate that the conduct has been modified to comply with theNASWs Code of Ethics.AdmissionsAll freshman and sophomore students pursuing a degree in social work are presocialwork majors. For entry into our pre-major as a freshman, you should submit yourinitial application to the Office of Admissions and Records, following the same procedureas required of all other freshman students.All of our pre-majors are assigned advisers who are faculty with the School ofSocial Work. Advisers will help you to plan an academic program and to register foryour course work. They will also provide information about careers in social work.Pre-majors at WVU or its branch campuses are not automatically transferred from premajorstatus (freshman and sophomore years) to the major (junior and senior years).Instead, during your sophomore year, you will apply for admission to the B.S.W.program. The admissions process is competitive and students are selectively admittedto the program for their final two years of work.Admissions 285