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Undergraduate Announcements > National Catholic School of Social Service > Goals and Objectives

Goals and Objectives

Derived from the missions of both NCSSS and the University, the baccalaureate program has established eight goals:

1. Integrate a broad liberal arts perspective with social work education and field education;
2. Prepare beginning level social workers for generalist social work practice in a variety of settings and with diverse client populations;
3. Develop competent social work practitioners who are steeped in respect for human diversity and in the values and ethics of the social work profession;
4. Provide content that prepares students to become critical consumers of social work research and active participants in research efforts applicable to generalist social work practice;
5. Provide content that enables students to recognize the dynamics of oppression and discrimination on all populations, with a special emphasis on populations-at-risk;
6. Prepare generalist practitioners to use theories of human behavior and theories of human growth and development in order to enhance the well-being of individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities;
7. Challenge students to develop a deep commitment to the promotion of social and economic justice: the elimination of poverty, discrimination, and oppression in the context of the tradition of Catholic social teachings and the mission of The Catholic University of America;
8. Prepare social work practitioners to analyze current social policy, critique federal, state, and local agency social programs; and examine them in the context of American social welfare history and contemporary society.