Overview

Program Description

The Social Work program at Arkansas State University offers a concentration in rural based clinical social work practice. Students learn the fundamental knowledge, skills, and ethics that guide social work practice and the populations traditionally served by the profession.

Graduates of this program are:

prepared to acknowledge and utilize the less formal social exchange between people and systems that exist in rural communities.

educated on how to identify and develop resources, and how to use natural helping networks.

expected to employ a broad range of approaches, theories and models in their practice and to develop skills that enable them to perform multiple roles in the helping process.

aware of the importance of examining issues of diversity; social work values and ethics; how to identify, prevent and interrupt social and economic injustice; and the importance of community empowerment.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Human Behavior and the Social Environment

Social Welfare Policy and Services

Social Justice and Diversity

Psychopathology for Social Workers

Social Work Ethics

Social Work Evaluation and Research

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-19 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-01-12 00:00:00

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Language

English

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Credits

63 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Jonesboro, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

GPA of 3.0 or better for the last 60 credit hours for admission to the Standard Program.
GPA of 3.2 or better for the last 60 credit hours for admissions to the Advanced Program.
A bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university (official transcripts must be provided).

Tuition Fees

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17954 USD / year

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17954 USD / year

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10058 USD / year

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Living costs

Jonesboro

United States

770 - 1180 USD / month

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