Fourah Bay College (FBC), University of Sierra Leone – New Department of Social Work

The Faculty of Social Sciences and Law at FBC informs the public and potential persons interested in earning a degree in social work education that the Department of Social work, which is new and approved by the  University Senate, will start offering a Bachelor of Science in Social Work (BSSW) degree in the coming academic year 2011-2012.

The Social Work Department at FBC is affiliated and supported by the University of Texas at Arlington (UT Arlington).  Its existence came about through the relentless efforts of a patriotic Sierra Leonean currently at UT Arlington, Dr. Alusine Jalloh (in photo), whose dedication is highly commended.

Currently, the Department is being nurtured by the Department of Sociology at FBC until the end of the aforementioned academic year; after that it will be a stand-alone Department offering the following degrees:

Bachelor of Science in Social Work (BSSW)-Starting date-Academic Year 2011-2012

Master of Science in Social Work (MSSW)-Starting date-Academic Year 2012-2013

Doctor of Science in Social Work (DSSW) -Starting date-Academic Year 2014-2015

The mission of the BSSW Program is to prepare entry level generalist social work professionals who will demonstrate ethical leadership in innovative multidisciplinary practice, social reform, and research in diverse groups, institutions, communities and nations. Students will be provided with a range of opportunities to develop broad knowledge and skills base consistent with individual, family, group, institution, community growth and development initiatives. Students are expected to practice using core social work values and examine and resolve ethical dilemmas. Students will be exposed to classroom and field experiences which will enable them to ascertain professional competencies in the use of social interventions and in culturally sensitive generalist social work practice areas.

The BSSW is a four-year degree program; thus, entering students must fulfill the Faculty of Social Sciences and Law general requirements (Math and English).

The Department of Social Work offers the subsequent BSSW courses:

SOWK 111	Introduction to  the Social Sciences	3 Credit Hours
SOWK 211	Introduction to Social Work	3-Credit Hours
SOWK 212	Laboratory in Interpersonal Communication	3-Credit Hours
SOWK 215	Human Behavior in the Social Environment I	3-Credit Hours
SOWK 216	Social Policy and Social Justice I	3-Credit Hours
SOWK  221	Human Behavior in the Social Environment II	3-Credit Hours
SOWK227	Social Policy and Social Justice II	3-CreditHours
SOWK225	Methods of Social Work Intervention I	3-Credit Hours
SOWK 311	Methods of Social Work Intervention II	3-Credit Hours
SOWK 312	Social Research Methods I	3-Credit Hours
SOWK315	Integrative Methods in Social Action and Social Change	3-Credit Hours
SOWK 328	Professional Values and Ethics	3-Credit Hours
SOWK 329	Foundations of Generalist Practice	3-Credit Hours
SOWK411	Social Research Methods II	3-Credit Hours
SOWK 415	Senior Practicum I	3-Credit Hours
SOWK 421	Senior Seminar II	3-Credit Hours
SOWK 422	Senior Practicum II	3-Credit Hours
SOWK 423	Social Research Methods III	3-Credit Hours
SOWK 429	Dissertation	6-Credit Hours
SOWK 313	Gender and Ethnicity Relations	3-Credit Hours
SOWK     314	Social Work and Law-3 Credits	3-Credit Hours
SOWK 316	Strategies and Techniques of Grant Designs, Implementation and Evaluation	3-Credit Hours
SOWK 416	Social Work, Health and Mental Health	3-Credit Hours
SOWK 418	Strategies and Techniques of Building Community Coalition	3-Credit Hours
SOWK 419	Social Work Interventions Strategies	3-Credit Hours
SOWK 321	Professional Development Seminar	6 Credits

 

For more information, please contact

Dr. Alfred A. Jarrett,

Head of Department (HOD),

C/O Department of Sociology,

Faculty of Social Sciences and Law,

Kennedy Building, 5th. Floor,

FBC, Freetown, Sierra Leone.

 

mail to:  slci202@yahoo.com

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