Do you feel called to counsel children dealing with school problems or teenagers dealing with unplanned pregnancies? Families facing serious health issues? Individuals needing social services?
The Social Work program from Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences’ Department of Social Sciences prepares students for a variety of rewarding career pathways.
A Social Work degree from Augusta University offers an experience like no other — one that can be applied directly to help those in need or prepare students to pursue graduate or professional degrees.
Social Work is for you if you consider yourself
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What You'll Study
In the Social Work program you’ll study areas including child and family welfare, human behavior, social welfare policy and different types of social work practices.
Experience-based Education
Social work students spend 12 credit hours in two field placements, applying social work knowledge and skills while supervised by a social worker in an off campus setting.
The Social Work Club is the student organization where social work students can meet with fellow students and participate in activities and service projects benefiting the community.
Small, interactive classes and individual mentoring by social workers with considerable practice experience brings the outside world into the classroom through the study of real-world challenges taught by those who encountered them.
Whether you’re an undergraduate or graduate student, you’ll have opportunities to create your own research projects or work with faculty to tackle some of the world’s most complex and pressing challenges.
Pamplin College’s Center for Social Science Research involves students as active partners in research projects that assist local public and nonprofit agencies improve their effectiveness.
Student publications are an excellent way to find your voice and strengthen your portfolio, and Pamplin College has a wide range to get involved with.
Student clubs and organizations help you “plug in” to campus life in a way that can lead to meaningful connections, new interests and resume-enhancing experiences.
Your Future
Child, family and school social workers counsel individuals, families and communities about issues like child abuse, adoptions or teenage pregnancy. Social workers can also work in a health care setting, helping individuals, couples and families cope with illnesses and disabilities, or they can collaborate with medical professionals to determine patient needs, organize support groups or counseling, and refer patients to specialists in support services. They can also work as mental health social works and often provide client services in a nonprofit setting. The coursework also prepares students to pursue advanced degrees in social work or other graduate or professional programs.
Learning Like No Other
Wide variety of in-demand concentrations prepares you for the career you want.
Dynamic campus with opportunities to interact in a multitude of collaborative ways.
State of the art facilities and technology provides the experience needed to step directly into your career.
The on-campus gallery and the department’s long history of hosting visiting artists and lecturers brings the greater art world to you.
“I think you’re going to look around the auditorium and you’re going to see hope blooming on every single face, because in that way, we’re alike. What a testament it will be to AU if this graduating class takes this community with them into future endeavors," said Stephanie Jones.
“We have always been intentional with what programs we add to our portfolio, and MAISS and the MPA program were the next two logical choices for us,” said Marc Austin, PhD.
"I know that a degree doesn’t complete somebody, but for me, it does kind of complete that chapter of my life that’s been unfinished for so long," says Paige Boutwell.
Tadd Patton, PhD, an associate professor of experimental psychology, was recently named the new chair of the Department of Psychological Sciences at Augusta University.
