Integrative Bridge Course

Catalog description

This course, required of all advanced-standing students, provides preparation for entry into the second year specialization in direct practice with individuals, families and communities. It integrates generalist values, knowledge, and skills from the content areas of social work practice, the dialectic of oppression and liberation, social welfare policy, and social work research. It also sets the stage for framework of the WCU MSW's specialization grounded in human rights and social and economic justice, as well as the three core values of enhancing resiliency, supporting recovery, and mitigating the effects of trauma to build capacity.