BASW: Curriculum Objectives

Keeping in mind the goals of the BASW program, graduates of the program are expected to:

• Apply entry-level social work practice skills to individuals, families, groups, communities, tribes and organizations.
• Demonstrate an ethical and just professional use of self and the ability to use supervision and consultation.
• Practice effectively within agencies and delivery systems and identify, plan and pursue needed agency and system changes aimed at promoting social and economic justice.
• Demonstrate knowledge of and commitment to social work values and ethics through effective social work practice.
• Demonstrate understanding of and appreciation for differences based on gender, ethnicity, race, religious creed, sexual orientation, class and physical and developmental disabilities.
• Identify the ways in which oppression, colonization, privilege, discrimination, and social and economic disadvantage contributed to complex human welfare problems.
• Understand the strengths and empowerment perspectives in practice, policy and research in order to promote social and economic justice.
• Understand and describe the comparative history of social welfare and social work systems in the United States as well as the emergence of social work as a profession.
• Understand the growing prevalence of economic inequality, the distribution of poverty and societal remedies to resolve these problems.
• Analyze the impact of social policies on people (both clients and workers), agencies, communities, service systems and nations including American Indian and Alaska Tribal nations.
• Understand and critically apply theoretical frameworks to understand individual development and behavior across the lifespan and the interactions among individuals and between individuals and social systems (i.e., families, groups, organizations, tribes and communities).
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills in social work research methods used to develop and evaluate interventions and social service delivery systems.
• Understand, use and promote evidence-based methods in generalist social work practice.
• Use effective oral and written communication skills with a variety of client populations, colleagues and members of the community.

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