社会工作

To inquire about this program: Dr. 安玛丽布坎南 | 423.869.7158 | 安玛丽.buchanan@lmuent.edu 

The 2023-2024 year represents a milestone as the 49th year that social work degrees have been offered at Lincoln Memorial University. For social work programs in 田纳西州, LMU has decades of experience in educating the next generation of social workers. If you would like to be a member of a dynamic and challenging profession that focuses on improving the quality of life for individuals of all ages, 家庭 and their 社区, you're right at home in the bachelor of social work major at LMU.

The LMU Bachelor of 社会工作 program provides students with the academic preparation and practical experience needed to start work immediately after graduation as an entry-level generalist social worker or enter a graduate school. Most students complete the major for social worker in the four semesters of their junior and senior years. You have your choice of social work programs in 田纳西州, but only LMU offers the foundation and supportive social worker education to guide you to a BSW degree and assist you in finding a job placement as a bachelor's level social worker.

Choose a 社会工作 Degree at LMU

Nearly 50 years of success later, the social work degree at LMU stands apart as an educational cornerstone of our academic departments. 为什么它这么特别?

The bachelor of social work at LMU...

• Is 全国认可的 由 Council on 社会工作 Education (CSWE).
  • 看到 Form CSWE AS-B(4) 2022-2023.
  • For information on LMU's institutional accreditation, please visit http://4hwk.hwanfei.com/about-lmu/accreditation.
• Combines classroom instruction with supervised hands-on agency experiences that other majors helping professionals don't include.
• 提供知识, 价值观和道德规范, and skills social worker classes need to work with vulnerable populations using strengths perspective approach to learning 和工作.
• Provides a program for social work focusing on education and mentorship from experienced and licensed faculty members who maintain their involvement with community agencies.
• 的特色是 咨询委员会 组成的 social work practitioners who serve as guest speakers for classes and special events, admission committee members, field supervisors and adjunct instructors.
• Provides opportunities during the social work program to build resumes through volunteer work and internships.
• 提供学生 entry to continuing education through social work education workshops, conferences, webinars, community projects and research.
• Prepares bachelor's degree in social work graduates for 直接就业, state licensure process and advanced degrees.

A bachelor's degree in social work will teach you how to help people identify the resources available to deal with their needs and concerns. They connect people to services and other resources, set up new programs and services, 写资助, and advocate for individuals or 组. A bachelor's-level social worker wants to be part of the search for solutions to today's problems such as poverty, 失业, 歧视, 不公正, 无家可归, 药物滥用, and all forms of domestic violence and abuse.

与教师见面

安玛丽布坎南, PhD, MSW, LMSW, Professor of 社会工作, Program Director and Chair, Department of 社会工作. 

克里斯蒂李, MSW, LMSW, Assistant Professor of 社会工作 and Field Coordinator

Bachelor of Science in 社会工作 课程 信息

The 14-course curriculum (52 of 122 credits required for graduation) in LMU's Bachelor of Science in 社会工作 program exposes students to the knowledge, 价值观和道德规范, and skills they need to succeed in their job. When you study baccalaureate-level social work classes at LMU, our courses will prepare you to work with individuals, 家庭, 组, 社区, and organizations on various issues.

Students also have many opportunities to learn about the National Association of 社会工作ers (NASW) Code of Ethics in their courses during the Bachelor of 社会工作 degree program. A copy of the NASW Code of Ethics may be located at http://www.socialworkers.org/About/Ethics/Code-of-Ethics/Code-of-Ethics-English, and course descriptions are included in the current University Catalog.

Full Four-Year Plan (Starting Fall 2024)
全课程目录

入学

入学 to the LMU 社会工作 degree practice courses and internship consists of the following steps:

• 应用 and be admitted to Lincoln Memorial University.
• Declare a major in 社会工作 and meet with your advisor to develop a curriculum plan. Transfer credits from other CSWE accredited programs may be accepted as substitutes for LMU 社会工作 Program courses, but no credit for life or work experience is accepted to substitute for LMU 社会工作 Degree courses.
• 应用 for admission to and be accepted into the LMU 社会工作 Program at the end of the first semester of the junior year.
• 应用 for admission to the LMU 社会工作 Program Field Experience at the end of the second semester of the junior year. 入学 to Field Experience must be completed before enrolling in Field Experience and requires completing all of the Lincoln Liberal 艺术s Core (or equivalent); all social work degree core curriculum with grades of "C" or higher; and a cumulative GPA of 2.0或更高.

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社会工作 is a Growing Field

美国.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook predicts that the demand for social workers will increase by 12% from 2020-2030, which is much faster than average.

• 工资中位数 (as of May 2020) - $51,760 per year/$24.每小时88英镑
• 2020年的就业岗位数量 - 715,600
• Projected 社会工作 Job Openings (2020-2030) - 78,300 average per year

You can expect job growth and openings to be available for healthcare social workers; child, 家庭, and school social workers; and mental health and 药物滥用 social workers.

职业发展机会

Jobs are available in various agencies, including home health and hospice, 养老院, 康复中心, 学校, community action/service centers, 采用, 寄养, child protective services, 老年中心. Our graduates usually locate jobs within six months of graduation, and LMU 社会工作 Program graduates are eligible for licensure in Kentucky, 田纳西州, Virginia and other surrounding states.

Field Placement Opportunities

The LMU 社会工作 Program has developed placements in community agencies in southeast Kentucky, 维吉尼亚州西南部, 和田纳西东部. All field supervisors have baccalaureate or master's degrees in social work and many years of practice experience. Placements are available in:

• Home health and hospice
• 养老院
• 医院
• 学校
• 社区 action/service centers
• 采用服务
• 寄养
• Child protective services
• 少年司法
• 老年活动中心
• 组织家庭
• 资深的服务

研究的机会

Students in the LMU 社会工作 Program have received research awards from the Appalachian College Association for original research projects in the areas of retirement planning for teachers, accessibility of health care for children, service availability for senior citizens, the cost impact of medications on senior citizens, children's hunger relief in East 田纳西州, and service for children "aging out" of 寄养.

研究生 School Opportunities

研究生s of CSWE accredited baccalaureate social work programs are eligible for admission to accelerated master's programs at regional universities.

Honors and Organizations

The LMU 社会工作 degree recognizes student academic accomplishments through membership in the Eta Nu Chapter of Phi Alpha, the national honor society for social work. The Outstanding 社会工作 Student is recognized during the Awards Day ceremony each spring. The 社会工作 faculty choose the recipient based on the student's performance in the classroom and field; participation 和领导能力 in various roles within and outside the university; and the student's potential as a social worker as reflected and demonstrated through attitude and performance, 和领导能力, 合作, 灵活性, 倡议, 和自信. The LMU SHARE Club is a recognized bachelor of social work student organization that provides opportunities for socially concerned students to reach out to the surrounding community with volunteered services.

澳门威尼斯人赌城

Dr. 安玛丽布坎南
Professor of 社会工作 & 社会工作主席
423.869.7158
安玛丽.buchanan@hwanfei.com