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MSW Foundation Curriculum GoalsAs a result of the foundation curriculum, students will:
- Acquire sound knowledge, skill and value bases for intervention with persons, families, groups, communities, organizations, institutions, and larger social, political and economic systems;
- Understand the relationship between individuals and their environment;
- Gain sensitivity and act responsibly in relation to the ways that racism, sexism, classism, and other forms of discrimination impede the achievement of full human potential;
- Acquire knowledge about the unique history and traditions of social welfare and the social work profession, particularly social work values and ethics;
- Gain self-awareness, including an understanding of their abilities, limitations, and potentials as social workers;
- Conceptualize complex social phenomena, understand the ways in which knowledge is gathered, processed and generated, and apply this as informed social work practitioners to both urban and rural settings; and
- Gain an understanding of international dimensions of social work policy and practice.
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