School of Social Work
Bachelors Program
The Bachelor of Arts degree program with a major in Social Work (BASW) offers generalist
preparation for professional entry-level positions in a variety of social service
settings. Social Work is the appropriate professional program for students whose job
expectation and career goals include working with special populations and social problems
such as child abuse, aging, mental health, probation and parole, adoptions, foster
care, community services, school social work, medical social work, residential facility
care, corrections, hospices, hospital and other public and private human service agencies
Goals & Objectives:
The goals of the BASW Program are to:
- Prepare competent social work professionals for effective entry-level generalist social
work practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities;
- Prepare students for generalist social work practice with rural populations particularly
in North Central Louisiana; and
- Prepare students to meet the social service needs of the African-American community.
The objectives of the program stipulates that students will:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the biological, psychological and social structural components
of human beings in their functional capacity as individuals, families, groups, organizations
and communities;
- Trace the evolution of social welfare as an institution while evaluating the social,
economic and political milieu which determines policies programs and services;
- Apply generalist social work practice skills with individuals, families, groups, organizations
and communities, in diverse settings and with diverse populations;
- Demonstrate knowledge of how research and statistics may be used to guide one as consumer
and as foundation for a beginning examination of practice;
- Perform in agency, under supervision, the generalist practice skills sufficient for
intervention with individuals, families, groups, and
communities and with diverse populations in diverse settings, but most particularly
in rural Louisiana;
- Demonstrate knowledge of social work's values, ethics, and ethical dilemmas;
- Discuss issues of social, economic and political justice identifying environments
that give value to one set of policies, procedures and practices over another;
- Analyze the impact of social policy on African Americans, women, individuals with
different sexual preference, the physically, mentally, and developmentally challenged
and other-at-risk populations;
- Demonstrate leadership responsibility; and
- Discuss the importance of continuing professional education
Masters Program
The Mission of the MSW Program is consistent with the University’s and School’s commitment
to excellence in education, and emphasizes high academic standards. The program is
characterized by a strong commitment to teaching, research, professional practice,
and service to the community. It is dedicated to promoting social justice, equality,
and respect for individual dignity, emphases which reflect the values of the social
work profession. Through the creation of appropriate learner-centered environments,
the MSW Program sensitizes students to the social and human realities that culminate
in poverty and oppression for populations-at-risk, especially African Americans and
rural residents in North Central Louisiana. By pursuing these learning environments,
the MSW Program fulfills its mission to provide a sound, professional education which
will prepare students for competent, autonomous practice with diverse groups at all
system levels, in diverse agency settings, the community, state, nation, and the world.
Advance Supervision Certificate Program
The Louisiana Board of Regents recently approved an 18-hour post-baccalaureate certificate
program in Advanced Supervision in the School of Social Work at Grambling State University.
The program provides a theoretical understanding of supervision and leadership and
provides the knowledge and skills required to develop a supportive organizational
structure and an environment that values diversity and inclusion to enrich service
provision. Enrollment in the program will be available Fall 2021.
