DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK
Dr. Gemma Beckley, Chair

Weekend Social Work (B.S.W.) Program

 

Statement of Purpose

Earn a Bachelors of Social Work (B.S.W.) during the newly formed Rust College Weekend Program. The weekend social program is designed to provide a degree in social work to students that have completed their basic educational program in liberal arts.

Individuals that are working in a social service agency and may have completed an associate degree and/or a Bachelors Degree in disciplines other than social work are excellent candidates for this program. According to a survey held among Social Service Agency workers during the Rust College Child Welfare Conference (2007) a weekend program would be beneficial to the Northern Mississippi community.

Several persons indicated that their lack of eligibility to take the SW Licensure examination unless having received a Bachelors from a CSWE accredited program has hampered their options for advancement. Additionally it should be noted that the completion of a B.S.W. from a accredited program offers the opportunity for advanced standing in several graduate programs of Social Work.

Rust College Social Work Program has been accredited since 2000 by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) and reaffirmed until June 2013.

 

Program Schedule 

 

The following weekend schedule has been developed and will be executed beginning in the Fall 2008.

 

Year One (Saturday 8:30 a.m. --1:30 p.m.)
Module I
Module II
Module III
Module IV Intro to Social Welfare

Human Behavior I

Human Behavior II

Social Problems - Online- computer assisted using Black Board

Community Volunteerism

 

Year Two (Friday 5:00 p.m. -10:00 p.m.)

Module I

Module II

Module III

Module IV

Generalist Practice I

Generalist Practice II

Generalist Practice III

Social Policy

 

Saturday 1:00-5:00

Module I

Module II

Module III

Module IV

Statistics Research

Methods Child Welfare Services

Ethics in Social Work

Current Issues in Social Work  - Online Computer Assisted using Black Board

Field Practicum Field Placement will be addressed through evening and summer programs.

There is a 500 hour requirement of Field experience for all accredited programs in social work. Weekend students will be given a choice of a block placement during the summers or concurrent placement over an extended period of time for social service settings that accept students for such a placement.

These settings may include hospital emergency rooms, nursing home/extended care units, chaplain., related activities with trained social service personnel through the Methodist Church can be explored as a possibility.  Also a M.S.W. may be contracted to provide supervision within local social service agencies or programs such as a criminal justice setting as a part of the course requirements.

A second cohort would begin Year II repeating the first cohort schedule.

Program Admission Requirements:
 ~Must meet basic admission requirements for Rust College
 ~Must have completed at least sixty semester credit hours that can be applied toward satisfying the course requirements for earning a Bachelor of Social Work degree, to include the following courses or related courses:
  A. American History and World/Western History (six credit hours)
  B. English I & II (two college level English courses) (six credit hours)
  C. College Algebra I & II (two college level freshman mathematics courses (six credit hours)
   D. Human biology (three credit hours)
   E. Fundamentals of Speech (six credit hours)

Other General Education courses required before the start of the second year of the Weekend Social work Program:
   A. Two advanced Writing Courses (six credit hours)
   B. Philosophy or Religion (three credit hours)
   C. Economic Principles (three credit hours)
   D. Comprehensive Social Science courses (or six credit hours) in social science (geography,  sociology, Intro to Sociology/ Political Science/ American Government, , Cultural Anthropology)
   E. Computer Basics (three credit hours)
   F. American Government

Cost: Tuition per course is $849.00 or $283.00 per credit hour

Step One: Request an Application Packet for Admission to Rust College through the Office of Enrollment Services: Office of Enrollment Services Rust College 150 Rust Ave. Holly Springs, Mississippi 38635

Attention Ms. JoAnn Scott, Director of Enrollment Services
Telephone 662-252-8000 ext. 4058 Fax.:662-252-8895

All applicants must submit two official copies of transcripts from all regionally accredited colleges and universities attended. When submitting the application, a copy of a form of notification to the Social Work Department will be requested to be sent to :

 

Dr. Gemma Beckley, Chair

Social Work Department

Rust College

McCarty/Varnell Building Room 200

Holly Springs, Mississippi 38635.

Telephone 662-252-8000 ext. 4360

Fax 662-252-5332