PhD in Social Welfare
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Thinking about your professional future?
Are you interested in research?
Have you considered social work education as a career?
Do you aspire to upper level management in the human services?
Do you find advanced education to be stimulating and challenging?
The PhD Program in Social Welfare invites applications for the 2009-2010 academic year
Fall 2010 application deadline is April 30, 2009
The PhD Program in Social Welfare is not accredited by CSWE, however the program is designed for working professionals who are interested in preparing for research, advanced practice, senior management, or teaching careers in social work. The program offers several distinct advantages:
Yeshiva Universty is ranked in the top tier of national universities by U.S. News & World Report.
The University community and resources include Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Law, and the Ferkauf School of Psychology.
The campus is conveniently located in upper and accessible by bus, subway, and major highways.
Courses are offered two weekday evenings (Wednesday and Thursday evenings)
Students are encouraged, within the structure of the program, to pursue individual research interests.
The program is designed to support interaction and integration of theory and practice.
The program encourages a high degree of individualization and easy access to faculty.
Students represent diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds and ages and come from all the fields of professional social work practice.
Loans and scholarships are available.
Students complete the program! Their presence is known on almost every social work faculty in the greater metropolitan area and across the country. Graduates have also gone on to significant research and service positions.
Thinking of Applying?
Before you begin, we would like you know that the Wurzweiler School of Social Work initially launched the Doctor of Social Welfare Degree Program with the aim of developing scholarly practitioners. Since 1972, over 100 students have received the Doctor of Social Welfare Degree (D.S.W.). Effective April of 2000, Wurzweiler began awarding the Ph.D. degree. Although the training of scholarly practitioners remains a focus of our program, we also prepare students for careers as researchers and educators.
The Doctoral degree (Ph.D.) program is designed for the working social work professional. The objective of the program is to further the education of professionals for scholarly and creative leadership in social work practice, education, social policy, planning, research, and administration. Practice and policy issues, both historical and contemporary, provide a focus for studying social work as an institutionally-based profession. Social work theory, philosophy, knowledge, values, and skills are explored within the context of current and past practice experiences. Each course provides the student with different and complementary opportunities to explore the relationship between theory and practice, knowledge and action. At the present time courses are offered two weekday evenings (Wednesday and Thursday evenings)
A unique aspect of Wurzweiler is the infusion of values and ethics throughout the curriculum. If you believe you are ready for a life changing experience please go to the ADMISSIONS PROCESS for your next step toward your professional future.
Wurzweiler’s PhD Program in Social Welfare Also Stresses:
Awareness of the interpersonal, social, economic, and political structures in which social work clients live and struggle, with an emphasis on issues affecting minorities and women.
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