The social work program at Keuka College promotes themes of social justice and social responsibility. These themes are woven throughout the curriculum, experiential field periods, and senior practicum. The junior and senior year Field Periods are specifically designed to synthesize the principles of social work theory and practice. SWK 450, the Senior Practicum and Seminar, is the program’s capstone experience where students are placed as professionals-in-training in a wide variety of human service settings. This practicum is taken in the spring semester of the student’s senior year.

            Client-centered practice and systems ecological theory is a curriculum emphasis, acknowledging the person in the context of his or her environment. Students integrate knowledge, skills, values, ethics, diversity, and intervention methods for use in a variety of service delivery systems. The program actively seeks a diverse student population.

            The Keuka College baccalaureate social work program (BSW) is accredited by the Commission on Social Work Education (CSWE). BSW students are prepared and encouraged to pursue further master’s level social work (MSW) education and training. Our accreditation entitles BSW graduates to apply for advanced standing in these programs.

            The career of social work is repeatedly cited by employment sources as one of the fastest growing fields as we approach the next millennium.

            BSW graduates are qualified to work in a variety of employment settings.  Some of these include areas of: children and adolescence, chemical dependencies, criminal justice, counseling, family services, gerontology, hospice, health care, policy, and government, to name a few.