Bachelor of Arts in Social Work (BASW)
The school offers a B.A. with a major in social work, which is a professional degree program that prepares graduates for beginning social work practice. It is offered through Rutgers' Camden College of Arts and Sciences in Camden and through the School of Arts and Science in New Brunswick/Piscataway.
The major in social work is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.
Students who successfully complete the program receive a bachelor of arts degree
from the School of Arts and Sciences. The program prepares students for
beginning-level generalist social work practice. The focus for practice
addresses work with special populations including the poor, the oppressed, and
other at-risk groups. Participants are expected to acquire the knowledge base,
professional ethics, values, and skills to work effectively within individual,
family, group, organizational, and community levels of practice. The program
also prepares students for graduate study in social work and related
fields.
Students are admitted to the major at the beginning of their
junior year, after having completed approximately 60 credits of coursework.
Students should plan to apply to the major early in the spring semester of their
sophomore year. A cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 is required for
acceptance into the program. Inquiries and applications should be directed to
the Director, Baccalaureate Social Work Program, School of Social
Work.
Following acceptance into the program, all social work majors are
assigned a faculty adviser within the School of Social Work. To continue in this
major, students must maintain a 3.0 grade-point average in social work courses.
In order to graduate, students must have grades of C or better with a cumulative
grade-point average of 3.0 in all social work core-content courses and a 2.0
cumulative grade-point average in the courses making up the liberal arts
foundation.
For information on how to apply to the BASW program,
click here.