Degree Offerings
Bachelor of Science in Social Work
Program Mission and Goals
The mission of the Nazareth BSW Program is to educate ethical, competent social workers prepared for generalist practice. The
Nazareth BSW program prepares students to engage in strengths-based, culturally responsive practice and to advance human
rights as well as social, racial, economic, and environmental justice.
- Prepares competent, ethical, strengths-based generalist practitioners committed to culturally responsive, anti-racist, anti-oppressive practice with diverse populations and to advancing human rights as well as social, racial, economic and environmental justice.
- Provides a supportive, equitable and inclusive learning environment that facilitates learning among a diverse student body and emphasizes social work values as well as knowledge and skill development to improve the effectiveness of social work practice, programs and policies.
- Develops qualified candidates for graduate education and generalist practitioners dedicated to life-long learning.
Master of Social Work
Program Mission and Goals
The mission of the Nazareth College MSW Program is to educate social work students to be ethical and competent advanced practitioners who, through collaborative and interprofessional practice, promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging and serve as leaders and changemakers.
- Through the cultivation of knowledge, values and skills specific to the social work profession, develop ethical, professional and competent advanced practitioners who promote critical thinking and evidence-based practice processes
- Advance collaboration, leadership, and interprofessional practice skills to improve the effectiveness of practitioners and serve as changemakers
- Valuing cultural humility, engage with diversity and difference to promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging and address bias and oppression
Training Opportunities
Licensing
LICENSED MASTER SOCIAL WORKER
LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER
State Education Dept. memo: Requirements for LMSW Licensure
BSW Pathways
Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor Track
MSW Specializations
Play Therapy
- CAT 684 - Foundations of Play Therapy
- CAT 694 - Play Therapy and Trauma I
- CAT 695 - Play Therapy and Trauma II
Trauma-Informed Care
- HHS 651 - Introduction to Trauma
- HHS 574 - Secondary Trauma and Self-Care
- SWK 653 - Trauma: Evidence-Based Interventions
Evidence-Based Practice in Mental Health
- SWK 654 - Evidence-Based Practice in Mental Health
- SWK 656 - Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- SWK 657 - Orientation to Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
School Social Work
- EDU 583 - Health Education/Child Abuse/Violence Prevention and Intervention Workshop
- EDU 593 - Harassment, Bullying, Cyberbullying, and Discrimination in Schools: Prevention and Intervention (DASA Training)
- SWK 052 - Child Abuse Prevention Workshop
- CAT 684 - Foundations of Play Therapy
- SWK 660 - School Social Work
- SWK 653 - Trauma: Evidence-Based Interventions
Early Intervention (includes participation in Project RISE)
- Project RISE Seminars
- SWK 563 - Parenting in Diverse Family Systems
Interdisciplinary Specialty Program in Autism (I-SPAN)
- AUT 660 - Exploring Autism from Multiple Perspectives
- AUT 661 - Autism Supports Across the Lifespan
- AUT 662 - Autism: A Contemporary Lens
Gerontology
- PSY 534 - Issues in Aging
- PSY 555 - Aging and Community Service
- RES 566 - Meaning of Death
You will spend significant time in a range of practice settings, gaining the experience you need for a career in social work.
Social work students and faculty work in a collaborative, interprofessional teaching and learning environment providing social work services.
Today's social worker practicing abroad or in the U.S. with immigrant or refugee populations needs an international lens to be an effective practitioner.
- India: An international cultural immersion trip to Kerala, India, including collaboration with Rajagiri College social work students and faculty.
- Finland: This interprofessional class travels to Finland in collaboration with the Nursing and Social Service departments at Laurea University in Vantaa, Finland. Social work and nursing/public health students have the opportunity to learn about Finnish culture and approaches to health and human service delivery.
Students integrate social work knowledge, skills, and values with the academic and social aspects of Nazareth College and respond to the needs of the local community by participating in events and activities.
Kappa Lambda Mu is the Nazareth College chapter of the Phi Alpha Honor Society for Social Work. Phi Alpha is a national social work honor society for undergraduate and graduate students and faculty.
