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School Of Social Welfare

Social Work

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Why Study Social Work?

As social workers you will be on the front lines of advocacy for social and economic justice. You can choose to be active in a venue ranging from a local neighborhood to global resettlement, and to work with any conceivable population from infants in early intervention programs all the way up through hospice. You can choose to combine roles as clinicians, researchers, policy wonks, administrators, advocates, and community organizers. Just about any population you want to work with, any social problem you would like to solve, or any level on which you want to make change, a social work degree will allow you to pursue your dream to realize social change. At Stony Brook you will prepare to work in the future – to learn to intervene at the source of the problems which impact people’s well-being; to study within interdisciplinary collaborations with students from other disciplines; and to build a world in which there is social and economic justice leading to success for all.

AREAS OF STUDY:

  • Research
  • Practice Processes
  • Human Behavior
  • Field Education

Ready to take the next step?

SAMPLE COURSES:

  • Contemporary Social Justice
  • Political Economy of Social Welfare
  • Human Behavior and the Social Environment
  • Fields of Practice

ADMISSION INFO:

Applicants must have completed 57 credits with a minimum of a 2.5 cumulative grade point average, as well as having met general University requirements with a C or above. Applications are accepted for the Fall semester only.

After Graduation

Your college decision isn't really about the next four years. We get it. It’s about what doors are opened by your degree and whether those opportunities are what you had envisioned for yourself. Nearly 95% of SBU grads are employed or go to professional or graduate school. Here's a snapshot of what life after graduation looks like for some of them.

CAREER OPTIONS:

  • Social Service Specialist
  • Social Worker
  • Case Manager
  • Counselor
  • Administrative Supervisor

RECENT EMPLOYERS:

  • Amedisys
  • PrimaryOne Health
  • Mount Sinai
  • International Rescue Committee
  • Richmond Public School

Interested in this Major?

School of Social Welfare

Chair: Jacqueline B. Mondros

Office: Admissions & Students Services Office , Level 2, Room 09

Phone: (631) 444-3170

School Of Social Welfare

Social Work

Back to all Programs

Why Study Social Work?

As social workers you will be on the front lines of advocacy for social and economic justice. You can choose to be active in a venue ranging from a local neighborhood to global resettlement, and to work with any conceivable population from infants in early intervention programs all the way up through hospice. You can choose to combine roles as clinicians, researchers, policy wonks, administrators, advocates, and community organizers. Just about any population you want to work with, any social problem you would like to solve, or any level on which you want to make change, a social work degree will allow you to pursue your dream to realize social change. At Stony Brook you will prepare to work in the future – to learn to intervene at the source of the problems which impact people’s well-being; to study within interdisciplinary collaborations with students from other disciplines; and to build a world in which there is social and economic justice leading to success for all.

AREAS OF STUDY:

  • Research
  • Practice Processes
  • Human Behavior
  • Field Education

Ready to take the next step?

SAMPLE COURSES:

  • Contemporary Social Justice
  • Political Economy of Social Welfare
  • Human Behavior and the Social Environment
  • Fields of Practice

ADMISSION INFO:

Applicants must have completed 57 credits with a minimum of a 2.5 cumulative grade point average, as well as having met general University requirements with a C or above. Applications are accepted for the Fall semester only.

After Graduation

Your college decision isn't really about the next four years. We get it. It’s about what doors are opened by your degree and whether those opportunities are what you had envisioned for yourself. Nearly 95% of SBU grads are employed or go to professional or graduate school. Here's a snapshot of what life after graduation looks like for some of them.

CAREER OPTIONS:

  • Social Service Specialist
  • Social Worker
  • Case Manager
  • Counselor
  • Administrative Supervisor

RECENT EMPLOYERS:

  • Amedisys
  • PrimaryOne Health
  • Mount Sinai
  • International Rescue Committee
  • Richmond Public School

Interested in this Major?

School of Social Welfare

Chair: Jacqueline B. Mondros

Office: Admissions & Students Services Office , Level 2, Room 09

Phone: (631) 444-3170

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