Baylor's PhD program is designed to develop leaders and educators who can lead visionary social work education or service programs and conduct original research addressing the complex social issues of our world. The program provides a distinctive focus on the integration of religion and faith with the ethics, values and practices of the social work profession.Its graduates will be uniquely prepared to:Serve in academic research and teaching posts in social work program. Provide leadership in government and private agency contexts around the world.<br> <br>The program is designed as a 10-semester curriculum and is taught primarily in an online classroom using synchronous, high-definition videoconferencing technology. A new cohort of 5-7 students starts in odd-numbered years only and begins classes in the summer semester with a required four- to five-day session on the Baylor campus in Waco, Texas, before the first summer session begins. Throughout the program students will attend all of their classes in an online classroom using videoconferencing technology. Each class meets at a specific time each week, and classes meet on Monday and/or Thursday evenings from 6:00 to 9:00 pm CST. Students must be present to be a part of the class. During synchronous class sessions, students see and talk with each other as well as the instructor in real time. Classes are conducted much as they would be on campus, except that students are able to be anywhere in the world.