DEPARTMENT MISSION and OBJECTIVES

The Social Work Department at Wright State University is dedicated to preparing ethical, competent, creative, and critically thinking practitioners who pursue their work from a social justice perspective. The program strives to prepare students who are self-aware life-long learners, who deliver culturally competent interventions, and who are optimistic about their abilities to promote well-being through all levels of social intervention.

Objective 1: Obtain entry level professional employment as generalist social work

      practitioners.

Objective 2: Pass the Basic licensure exam in Ohio.

Objective 3: Enter graduate social work education including advanced standing status.

Objective 4: Follow the values and ethics of the NASW Code of Ethics and the ethical

      guidelines of the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist

      Board.

Objective 5: Practice without discrimination and with respect, knowledge, and skills related

      to clients' age, class, color, culture, disability, ethnicity, family structure, gender,

      marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, and sexual orientation.

Objective 6: Analyze, formulate, and influence social policies.