Turn Your Compassion Into a Career with a Bachelor of Social Work
Do you want to make a difference in the lives of others? A Bachelor of Social Work from West Virginia University can help you reach your goals.
Social workers help people function the best they can in their environment and circumstance. They provide direct services to people in their homes, schools, workplaces, and communities and empower people to help themselves.
Social workers are advocates for social change. A victim of an assault benefits not only from therapy, but also from efforts to curb neighborhood crime. The client who is under stress because illness has devastated the family finances, benefits from efforts to reform the nation’s healthcare system. Social work is more than working with people on welfare. Social workers serve their communities in powerful ways that lead to lasting changes.
- Our curriculum will prepare you for positions in the social work profession. We train
students to work effectively with individuals, families, groups, communities
and organizations around the country.
- Our faculty are active members of human service organizations throughout their communities. We seek to benefit the lives of every resident in our city and state through our research, teaching and service.
- Outside of our classes, field education is an important part of the professional social work curriculum. Lessons learned outside the classroom complement the lessons taught inside the classroom.
- Community service, volunteer work and field placements (internships) provide you with meaningful opportunities to explore life as a social worker.
