Bachelor of Social Work

Social workers provide a variety of services to individuals, families, groups, and communities across the United States. They work in family and child service agencies, hospitals, schools, criminal justice agencies, nursing homes, and other places, providing intervention, resources, assessment and evaluation, and counseling services. If you want to enter this challenging but rewarding field, the U's Social Work (BSW) program will provide you with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills you need to be a professional in the helping professions. Students in the program complete coursework in the following areas: human behavior and social environment, social work as a profession, social diversity and cultural understanding, research and evaluation, and welfare policy, as well as courses to demonstrate skills through practice. In preparation for professional practice, students also complete a supervised internship, called practicum, in the field.

Graduates of the BSW program are prepared to practice generalist social work across the United States and may go on to become licensed Social Service Workers in the state of Utah. Students have the benefit of choosing from a number of different career paths. Work in child welfare, public welfare, gerontology, or school social work as a case manager or advocate. Positions in healthcare, mental health services, hospice, or rehabilitation are also possible. Students can additionally find work in criminal justice or corrections, social justice and advocacy, and policy. If you decide to attend graduate school, you can become a clinical mental health social worker, licensed clinical social worker, professor, or administrator.

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Choosing the right program and major for your goals
Obtaining your F-1 student visa
Support for improving your English skills
Transitioning to US campus life
Exploring your career paths and opportunities to grow professionally
Test dates must fall within two years of submitting your application and paying your application fee to be valid.
Our office cannot use expired test scores to evaluate the English proficiency requirement.
TOEFL - 80 or higher, IELTS - 6.5 or higher