Based on the vision, values and mission of the University, the mission of GSSW, and the mission of the social work profession, the goals of the MSW program are to:
1. Prepare students for effective, culturally responsive, and ethical advanced clinical or community professional social work practice that enhances human interaction.
2. Involve students in critical scholarly inquiry, application and development of knowledge, and consideration of values and ethics.
3. Encourage students to assume leadership in promoting social and economic justice, advancing the public good, furthering multicultural understanding, and eliminating oppression.
Derived from the goals of the MSW program, the objective of the MSW program is to graduate students are prepared to enter advanced, autonomous practice in an area of concentration. Specifically, our graduates will:
1. Engage in ethical, culturally responsive advanced clinical or community practice that emphasizes strengths of individuals and communities.
2. Critically evaluate and ethically apply the major theories related to human development and behavior that guide advanced clinical or community social work practice.
3. Identify, select, and ethically apply advanced skills in assessment, intervention, and client advocacy in clinical or community social work practice.
4. Base advanced clinical or community social work practice on empirical evidence and evaluate the effectiveness of interventions and programs with consideration of values and ethics.
5. Analyze policy and identify strategies for advocating policy that promotes social and economic justice, eliminates oppression, fosters the public good, and enhances the welfare of clients.
6. Demonstrate commitment to lifelong learning, the development of knowledge, and the profession of social work.
