Master of Social Work
About
The DePaul MSW Program is housed on the Loop Campus and offers 2 and 4-year enrollment plans for students interested in graduate, professional education in social work. Classes are held in the evenings, afternoons, and weekends and field placements are offered across the greater Chicago area. The program offers low faculty-to-student ratios which facilitate continuous mentoring and support for all student professionals. Students and graduates have been successful in publishing and presenting their scholarly works. The program graduated its first class in 2008 and already boasts an impressive roster of employed and engaged alumni across the region.
Mission Statement
The DePaul University Social Work Program extends the University’s Vincentian mission of service to marginalized groups, particularly those within the Chicago urban community. The Program offers high-quality, professional education and endeavors to meet the educational needs of those dedicated to collaborative advocacy for social and economic justice. The DePaul University Social Work Program is designed to foster excellence in ethical practice, scholarship, and leadership.
Program Goals and Objectives
Goal A: The DePaul University Social Work Program will provide a context which is supportive of rigorous study and scholarship that directly informs integrative practice.
Objective 1: Graduates of the DePaul Social Work Program will engage in community-based practice with individuals, families, groups, communities, organizations and institutions.
Objective 2: Graduates of the DePaul Social Work Program will critically assess research, apply research findings to practice, and evaluate their own practice.
Objective 3: Graduates of the DePaul Social Work Program will be knowledgeable of the profession’s ethic and value base and practice accordingly.
Objective 4: Graduates of the DePaul Social Work Program, using skills which include critical thinking, will apply the knowledge and skills of a generalist professional perspective to individuals, families, groups, communities, organizations and institutions.
Objective 5: Graduates of the DePaul Social Work Program will apply select theoretical frameworks to understand human development and behaviors across the life span and interactions among and between individuals, families, groups, communities, organizations, and institutions.
Objective 6: Graduates of the DePaul Social Work Program will use supervision effectively and accept constructive feedback regarding their practice interventions.
Objective 7: Graduates of the DePaul Social Work Program will be lifelong learners and be knowledgeable of licensure, continuing education, and on-going professional learning demands.
Objective 8: Graduates of the DePaul Social Work Program will apply select theoretical frameworks and constructs from community practice to analyze, intervene, and evaluate interventions with individuals, families, groups, communities, organizations and institutions.
Goal B: The DePaul University Social Work Program in extending the Vincentian identity will provide a learning and organizational context which is appreciative of human diversity and facilitative of social and economic justice.
Objective 9: Graduates of the DePaul Social Work Program will practice within the context of striving for justice and will therefore practice antidiscrimination, especially with respect to stakeholders from historically oppressed groups including women, children, poor people, people of color, people with disabilities, the aged, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people, people from various ethno-cultural backgrounds, people with diverse religious beliefs, recently-arrived immigrants, and people for whom English is a second language.
Objective 10: Graduates of the DePaul Social Work Program will analyze social policies and apply select advocacy strategies within organizations and communities while working for social and economic justice.
Objective 11: The DePaul Social Work Program will facilitate respect for human diversity and working towards social and economic justice in all of its operations.
Goal C: The DePaul University Social Work Program will collaborate with other units within the University and with community partners to improve the welfare of historically oppressed populations and communities.
Objective 12: Graduates of the DePaul Social Work Program will collaborate with stakeholders interdependently, fostering mutual respect and shared power to address challenges and emphasize strengths and opportunities.
Objective 13: The DePaul Social Work Program will develop and sustain mutually beneficial relationships with community partners on a short term or long term basis.
Objective 14: The DePaul Social Work Program will facilitate opportunities to interact with students, faculty, and professionals from other disciplines.
Objective 15: The DePaul Social Work Program will facilitate opportunities to interact with community activists and others representing diverse perspectives.
Contact Information
DePaul University
Master of Social Work Program
1 E. Jackson Blvd.,
Chicago, IL 60604
Phone: 312.362.7325
Fax: 312.362.7327
Email: mswprogram@depaul.edu
