{"id":148,"date":"2018-05-03T17:11:10","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T21:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-social-work\/about-the-school-of-social-work\/"},"modified":"2024-09-04T16:24:13","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T20:24:13","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-social-work\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About the School of Social Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The School of Social Work is built around the ideals of advancing human rights and social justice. Ranked as one of the top social work programs in the country by <em>U.S. News <\/em>&amp;<em> World Report<\/em>, the school offers an undergraduate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-social-work\/programs-of-study\/bachelor-of-social-work\/\">Bachelor of Social Work (BSW)<\/a> graduate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/graduate\/msw-social-work\/\">Master of Social Work (MSW)<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/graduate\/doctor-of-social-work-dsw\/\">Doctor of Social Work (DSW)<\/a> program. All students get hands-on experience in the field and engage in practice at all levels, including working with individuals, communities, and government. Specialty areas of study can include school social work, mental health, substance abuse, child welfare, gerontology, community organizing, and grant and policy writing. Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/MUSchoolOfSocialWork\">Facebook page<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mu-badges-badge-widget is-style-horizontal has-huge-badge-size\"><div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"1204\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-social-work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2023-badges-USNews-SW.png\" class=\"attachment-badge-huge size-badge-huge\" alt=\"Best Social Work Programs 2024 (U.S. News &amp; World Report Best Grad Schools)\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the School of Social Work The School of Social Work is built around the ideals of advancing human rights and social justice. Ranked as one of the top social work programs in the country by U.S. News &amp; World Report, the school offers an undergraduate Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) and a graduate Master of Social Work (MSW), both of which are nationally accredited and national recognized. All students get hands-on experience in the field and engage in practice at all levels, including working with individuals, communities, and government. Specialty areas of study can include school social work, mental health, substance abuse, child welfare, gerontology, community organizing, and grant and policy writing. To learn more about the School of Social Work, its faculty members, and its various programs and projects, please visit the links below: Prospective Students Human Rights-Based Social Work Education Message from Dean Mama Meet Our Faculty Administration and Staff News and Events Professional Education Program The Coming Home Project Peace Corps Fellows Program Video: Acid River Lesson Outcomes Social Work Alumni Society Monmouth University Community Garden <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mu_eop_enabled":false,"_mu_eop_name":"","_mu_eop_name_override":false,"_mu_eop_description":"","_mu_eop_description_override":false,"_mu_eop_url":"","_mu_eop_url_override":false,"_mu_eop_program_type":"","_mu_eop_educational_credential":"","_mu_eop_time_to_complete":"","_mu_eop_number_of_credits":"","_mu_eop_occupational_category":"","_mu_eop_occupational_category_code":"","_mu_eop_program_prerequisites":"","_mu_eop_application_deadline":"","_mu_eop_application_start_date":"","_mu_eop_start_date":"","_mu_eop_end_date":"","_mu_eop_day_of_week":"","_mu_eop_time_of_day":"","_mu_eop_educational_program_mode":"","_mu_eop_financial_aid_eligible":"","_mu_eop_maximum_enrollment":"","_mu_eop_offers_price":"","_mu_eop_offers_currency":"USD","_mu_eop_offers_price_per":"","_mu_eop_offers_preset":"","_mu_eop_salary_upon_completion":"","_mu_eop_training_salary":"","_mu_eop_recognized_by_name":"","_mu_eop_recognized_by_url":"","_mu_eop_concentrations":"","_mu_eop_identifier_cip":"","_mu_eop_provider_name":"","_mu_eop_provider_name_override":false,"_mu_eop_provider_url":"","_mu_eop_provider_address":"","_mu_eop_provider_city":"","_mu_eop_provider_state":"","_mu_eop_provider_zip":"","_mu_eop_provider_country":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-148","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-social-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-social-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-social-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-social-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-social-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-social-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17432,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-social-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148\/revisions\/17432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-social-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}