Bachelor of Social Work

As a social worker, there are many ways you could care for the wellbeing of others. The National Association of Social Workers defines social work as the professional activity of helping individuals, families, groups or communities enhance or restore their capacity for social functioning or creating societal conditions favorable to that goal.

With a national job growth projection of 12% over the next decade, social workers can choose to work in settings such as schools, mental health clinics, child welfare and human service agencies, hospitals, nursing homes, substance abuse centers and others. The state of Alabama has identified social work as an area of critical need.

To get the educational foundation you need for this profession, AUM provides a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) program as the concluding phase of a two-phase curriculum. In the first phase, youll be enrolled in the Pre-Social Work concentration of the Sociology bachelor's degree program. Upon completion, youll be able to apply for admission into the BSW program, which is designed to take another two years to complete, depending on class loads and other factors.

In the first phase, youll be enrolled in the Pre-Social Work concentration of the Sociology bachelor's degree program. Upon completion, youll be able to apply for admission into the BSW program, which is designed to take another two years to complete, depending on class loads and other factors.As a whole, the Social Work program at AUM educates social workers to be ethical and competent practitioners who intervene and advocate for social, economic and environmental justice across all system levelsindividuals, families, groups, community, and societywhile utilizing a generalist perspective.

Your official high school transcript (which should be mailed or e-mailed directly to AUM from your high school) and official English translation if your transcript is not in English.

You can take the TOEFL IBT (minimum 61 points), the IELTS (minimum 5.5 points), TOEFL PBT (minimum 500 points) or Duolingo (minimum 100).