University of New England Catalog 2005/06

Catalog 2005-2006
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Master of Social Work

College of Health Professions

Wilson, Martha Ph.D., University of Alabama; DSW, University of Alabama; M.S.W., University of Alabama		Program Director Professor

Anderson, Wanda M.S.W., University of Hawaii; B.A., University of Maine, Orono.		Assistant Professor

Ayer, Nancy M.S.W., West Virginia; B.A., University of Southern Maine.		Clinical Associate Professor

Boudman, Judith M.S.W., University of Maine, Orono; B.A., University of Maine, Orono..		Instructor

Coha, Amy M.S.W., University of Michigan; B.S. State University of New York at New Paltz.		Clinical Assistant Professor

Cohen, Marcia B. Ph.D., Brandeis University; M.S.W., Columbia University; B.A., Clark University.		Professor

Cohen-Konrad, Shelley Ph.D., Simmons College; M.S.W., Simmons College		Assistant Professor

Colpitts, Julia M.S.W., Smith College		Assistant Professor

Cummings, Robert E. Ph.D., Brandeis University; M.S.W., Boston College; B.A., Northeastern University.		Associate Professor

Gray, Elizabeth A. M.S.W., University of Connecticut; B.A., Salve Regina College.		Clinical Associate Professor

Graybeal, Clay T. Ph.D., Rutgers University; M.S.W., Fordham University; B.A., Ohio University.		Professor

McLaughlin, Tom M.S.W., University of New England; B.A. University of Southern Maine.		Assistant Professor

Moore, Vernon L. Ed.D., Vanderbilt University; M.S.W., University of Louisville; B.A., University of Oklahoma.		Associate Professor

Prichard, David C. Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University; M.A., University of Maine; B.A., University of Maine.		Associate Professor

Shore, Nancy Ph.D., University of Washington; M.P.H., University of Washington; M.S.W., University of Washington		Assistant Professor

Rose, Stephen M. Ph.D., Brandeis University; M.S.S.A. (M.S.W.), Case Western Reserve University; B.A., Brandeis University.		Professor

Overview

The School of Social Work prepares people for advanced professional practice and is accredited to offer the master of social work (MSW) degree by the Council on Social Work Education. MSW graduates learn to understand the potential for individual and collective human development when people live with dignity and social justice; to identify people's strengths across diverse populations and how to build upon them; to understand the multiple social, cultural, political and economic factors influencing the design, development and evaluation of social policies and programs; to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to carry out multiple social work interventions consistent with the School's mission and the profession's ethics; and to develop intervention strategies that empower individuals, families, groups, or communities.

The MSW degree offers graduates the opportunity to play active roles in health and mental health, alcohol and substance abuse, poverty and public welfare, women's and children's services, domestic violence, homelessness, and other emerging areas of service delivery. The program prepares graduates to work with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities in an array of settings and with diverse populations. The values and commitments embedded in the School's Mission Statement permeate our work in every area.

Mission Statement

The School of Social Work at the University of New England is committed to the values of human dignity, individual and cultural diversity, individual and collective self-determination, and social justice. We honor the uniqueness of the individual while simultaneously respecting people's membership in groups distinguished by class, race or ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation, culture, religion, age or ability. With a strengths perspective as our primary organizing theme, our efforts to promote growth and change respective of such uniqueness demand a commitment to struggle against and ameliorate oppression in all its forms, including discrimination, social and economic injustice, and violence.

Professional social work knowledge and skills emanate from these values and form the basis for our educational program. We provide students with the opportunity to understand people's strengths, individually and collectively. We focus on identifying and understanding societal barriers to human dignity including thorough assessment of social, psychological, economic and organizational oppression, their impact on people's lives, and the strengths people have developed to endure, resist, and change. Our learning environment (1) facilitates and encourages self-examination and reflection; (2) provides respect for each student as both teacher/learner; and (3) demands that our own actions serve as models for operationalizing these values in the classroom, among colleagues, in our governance, and in the University and community.

We prepare our graduates as advanced social work practitioners firmly based in these values as the principles guiding their work. We provide students with the knowledge and skills to promote human relationships grounded in mutuality, compassion and dignity; to support and enhance individual and collective self-determination; and to influence social, economic and political systems to develop the human rights, resources and opportunities to achieve social justice.

Goals of the MSW Program

	1.	To prepare students for entry into advanced social work practice - to carry out professional roles and responsibilities consistent with social work ethics and the values embodied in the School's mission.

	2.	To prepare students to understand the interactive and multiple historical and contextual factors that shape and define the social work profession, social policies and programs, and their impact with different client systems.

	3.	To prepare students to understand structural, cultural and interpersonal oppression occurring in people's lives and its impact on individuals, families and communities.

	4.	To provide students with the knowledge and skills to identify and build upon clients' strengths at multiple levels.

	5.	To provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to produce effective interventions with people from diverse backgrounds, experiencing different types of problems, across different settings.

	6.	To help students develop and implement professional practice relationships based upon empowerment and connection in order to enhance social functioning and social change consistent with the values of human dignity, individual and cultural diversity, self-determination, and social justice.

	7.	To help students build the knowledge and skills necessary to influence social, economic and political systems to provide adequate and appropriate resources that honor diversity, and to achieve social justice.

	8.	To help students use critical self-reflection, research and continuing knowledge building to enhance professional practice.
	9.	To prepare students to work in unserved and under served areas.

These goals are carefully specified as learning objectives and permeate our curriculum. Through their presence in courses, fieldwork internships, and internal School governance we bring our Mission Statement to life.

Accreditation

The School of Social Work at the University of New England is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education to offer the master's degree in social work.

Links

	About MSW		MSW - Financial Information

	MSW - Admissions		MSW - Grading

	MSW - Curriculum		MSW - Other Information

Notice and Responsibilities Regarding this Catalog

The University of New England reserves the right in its sole judgment to make changes of any nature in its programs, calendar, or academic schedule whenever it is deemed necessary or desirable, including changes in course content, the rescheduling of classes with or without extending the academic term, canceling of scheduled classes or other academic activities, in any such case giving such notice thereof as is reasonably practicable under the circumstances.

While each student may work closely with an academic advisor, he or she must retain individual responsibility for meeting requirements in this catalog and for being aware of any changes in provisions or requirements.

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