Welcome!
Social work major Alison Yoder, class of 06, interned as a client advocate at nearby Blue Ridge Legal Aid Society.
EMU's social work and applied sociology program aims to prepare generalist social workers committed to personal and professional development. Graduates promote quality of life and social justice through the facilitation of individual and community empowerment and work in a variety of careers.
Program Goals
- Provide students with basic knowledge, values and skills required for generalist, entry-level social work practice.
- Prepare students for graduate social work education.
- Promote social justice, service and peacebuilding as a way of life in a diverse multicultural, global community.
- Foster an ongoing dialogue about how an Anabaptist Christian perspective complements professional social work values and ethics in social work practice.
New major in peacebuilding and development
Coming in fall 2009, a 45 semester-hour major in peacebuilding and development will provide an Anabaptist-influenced framework for understanding social justice and intentional social change within the context of the fields of peacebuilding and development. By integrating foundational theoretical knowledge, interdisciplinary and experiential learning, and development of skills, the major prepares students for professional employment (practice) in social justice and social change. (The new major will replace both JPCS and applied sociology beginning fall 2009.)
The major embodies EMU’s mission to live out Anabaptist Christian convictions by following Jesus’ call "to witness faithfully, serve compassionately, and walk boldly in the way of nonviolence and peace."
