社会工作专业和社会工作教育部致力于满足特殊人群的个人，家庭，团体，组织和社区的多样化社会服务需求。因为我们是一个以实践为导向的专业，所以我们课程的毕业生处理的社会问题从社会压迫到人们的情感/行为问题。在我们的计划中受过教育的社会工作从业人员被教导要帮助处于危险之中的人群，这些人群通常包括贫穷和无家可归，受虐待/被忽视的儿童和成人，有色人种，妇女，最近的难民，长期患有精神疾病，发育残障，肢体受伤的人生病或残疾，吸毒者，刑事罪犯和老年人。在关注弱势群体时，会训练学生使用一系列传统和非传统方法来促进福祉，个人成
The profession of social work and the Department of Social Work Education are dedicated to meeting the diverse social service needs of special populations of individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities. Because we are a practice-oriented profession, the graduates of our program deal with social concerns that range from societal oppression to people's emotional/behavioral problems. The social work practitioner who is educated in our program is taught to help at-risk populations which typically include the poor and homeless, abused/neglected children and adults, people of color, women, recent refugees, chronically mentally ill, developmentally disabled, physically ill or disabled, substance abusers, criminal offenders and the aged. In focusing on disadvantaged groups, the student is trained to use a range of traditional and non-traditional methods to promote well-being, personal growth, and social justice, e.g., individual client and large system policy advocating, brokering, consulting, individual, family and group counseling/psychotherapy, mediating, researching, supervising and teaching.<br>The master's degree in social work offered by our department is designed to educate advanced social work practitioners who can meet complex client needs within a diversity of public and private human service settings and who can perform in a variety of roles using multiple social work practice methodologies. This course of study prepares the student learner for autonomous social work practice at multiple levels of intervention as well as for doctoral study in social work and related human service arenas.