MISSION STATEMENTS

It is the mission of the Florida State University College of Social Work to provide quality educational services at the baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral levels that prepare professional social workers to enhance human well-being and help meet the basic needs of diverse populations with particular attention to the empowerment of people who are vulnerable or oppressed or living in poverty. The College of Social Work also has as its purpose to contribute to the knowledge base that supports social work practice and social policy development and to provide leadership through community service at the local, state, national, and international levels.

It is the specific mission of the FSU doctoral program to develop social work scholars and leaders in research and education who use systematic methods of inquiry and reasoned argument to advance knowledge. It is the primary goal of the FSU doctoral program to offer courses and opportunities for experiential learning in systematic methods of inquiry that are sequentially integrated and foster independent capabilities in research and scholarship.

Additionally, it is the goal of the FSU doctoral program to offer courses and opportunities for experiential learning in adult pedagogy that are sequentially integrated and foster independent capabilities in course conceptualization and instruction.

To achieve these goals, the doctoral program holds students to the academic and professional standards and expectations stipulated by the Florida State University, the National Association of Social Workers (e.g., NASW Code of Ethics), and the Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education in Social Work (GADE).