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1. Social work is a good choice of professions for people who do not feel comfortable with mathematics.
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Although advanced mathematics such as calculus is not often used in social work, basic mathematical knowledge and skill are important in record-keeping, management of agencies, helping clients with their budgets, and many other elements of social work practice. Mastering basic math is important for most social workers.
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2.
Social research was one of the first ways in which those who developed social work carried out their responsibilities. They wanted to find out about the causes and cures of poverty. Social research actually preceded social work practice. It has always been part of the formal education of social workers.
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Many people who have degrees other than in the social and behavioral sciences or in social work enter Master of Social Work programs in the United States and Canada every year. Some studies have shown that English majors make the best social work graduate students. People with degrees in business, education, theology, and even the arts, among other fields, often become excellent social workers. Those aspiring to become social work majors should study something about the social and behavioral sciences. Some course work in psychology, political science, social work, and mathematics plus human biology, are useful perquisites for social work. However, it is not true that one must have a major in a related field in order to gain admission to and become a successful student in graduate social work education. Social work majors, however, can be awarded "advanced standing" in some graduate programs.
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In 1992, there were some 40,000 students studying social work in the United States. That figure has remained relatively constant through the 1990's.
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Content about working with larger systems, including administering organizations, is a curriculum requirement for both baccalaureate and master's social work education.
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The Council on Social Work Education does not accredit DSW or Ph.D. programs. It only accredits Bachelor of Social Work and Master of Social Work programs.
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Most Master of Social Work students have bachelor degrees in fields other than social work such as sociology, psychology, political science, education, or business.
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The foundation program for MSW's is essentially the same as the BSW accredited degree program.
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Not all Master of Social Work programs grant advanced standing to BSW graduates, although many do. Some of those that recognize the BSW degree for advanced standing give less than a year of credit toward the master's degree.
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All social workers from accredited programs must be given instruction on the ways in which social welfare policies are made by government.
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Sociology is a social science and social workers learn a great deal about sociology as part of their studies. However, it is only one element of social work education about human behavior and the social environment. Information about psychology, political science, economics, and human biology, are also highly important in the professional education of social workers.
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12.
Educational material on larger systems and the skills required for helping them is part of every accredited social work education program.
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13.
Most scholarship assistance for graduate social work education is administered by the department or school or college of social work rather than by the central university financial aid program. Graduate students interested in financial help should check with their social work education program for information on what is available and how to obtain it.
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Although many students in some human services program study working with larger systems, social work requires such education of all students. That kind of content has long been basic to social work education and practice.
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Many social workers, after they complete bachelor's or master's degrees, enter law schools and become attorneys. Many specialize in human services kinds of law. Some graduate social work programs have dual degrees with law schools.
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Initially, there were some distinctions between the two but today it is primarily tradition and college or university preferences that determine whether a Doctor of Social Work is a DSW or a Ph.D. in social work.
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17.
In 1992, Master of Social Work graduates exceeded baccalaureate graduates by about 2,000.
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18.
Although many kinds of information and experiences go into social work education, all accredited social work education is built on a foundation of study of the liberal arts--social sciences, science, literature, mathematics, history, philosophy, and other areas of study. Each social work content area is built directly on liberal arts knowledge.
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Although social work students all learn a great deal about social research, the primary purpose of learning research is to be able to systematically and scientifically evaluate one's own practice of the social work profession.
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20.
All social workers learn to assist people through group activities, including group therapy.
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21.
Accreditation for BSW degrees began in 1975.
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22.
Although social work is diverse and broad, all social work students learn the principles of helping individuals through counselling or casework and case management.
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Social work education was one of the first professions to require and carefully organize a practical or field component as a required part of professional education. Bachelor's and master's educational programs both include field components.
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