Overview and Award Outcomes
Overview
The Pre-Social Work Transfer Pathway offers students a powerful option: the opportunity to complete an Associate of Science degree with course credits that directly transfer to designated Social Work bachelor’s degree programs at Minnesota State universities*. The curriculum has been specifically designed so that students completing this pathway degree and transferring to one of the seven Minnesota State universities enter the university with junior-year status. All courses in the Transfer Pathway associate degree will directly transfer and apply to the designated bachelor’s degree programs in a related field.
*Universities within the Minnesota State system include Bemidji State University; Metropolitan State University; Minnesota State University, Mankato; Minnesota State University Moorhead; Southwest Minnesota State University; St. Cloud State University; and Winona State University.
Award Outcomes
Demonstrate understanding and knowledge of humans and their environment, genetics, and evolution
Interpret and analyze data and sample populations
Examine and analyze the complexity of the structures and dynamics of society
Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of psychology, as well as the ethical issues involved in the student of behavior and mental processes
Demonstrate an understanding of physical, cognitive, and social-emotional development in infancy, early childhood, childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, midlife, and late adulthood
Articulate an understanding how diversity and difference characterize and shape the human experience
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of social welfare as a global social institution linked to the workings of other institutions and shaped by the intersection of politics, economics, social circumstances and value systems which impact different people in different ways
Demonstrate professional skills in an experiential learning-based social services setting
Demonstrate knowledge of the values and history of the social work profession at an introductory level
Career Opportunities
Social work is an appropriate background for the professional practice of social welfare administration and counseling, with a focus on the study of organized means of providing basic support services for vulnerable individuals and groups. Social workers have varied career paths and often work in settings such as hospitals, schools, outpatient and inpatient mental health facilities, education and substance abuse programs. Career titles may include Child, Family, and School Social Workers; College Social Work Teachers; Health Care Social Workers; Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers; Probation Officers; and Correctional Treatment Specialists.