Overview

Social Work from Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) is designed to provide opportunities for professional social work practitioners to acquire special knowledge and skills appropriate to specific roles and fields of practice.

Our program's objective is to prepare students for competent practice with diverse populations by ensuring that all areas of the curriculum, including field experience include content relative to understanding and acting upon:

women’s issues,

people of color–with particular focus on, but not limited to, African Americans,

acceptance of diverse life styles and sexual orientation as among gay and lesbian persons, populations at risk (i.e., children, seniors, the poor, the physical or mentally challenged, persons with HIV or AIDS),

institutional racism, classism, sexism, heterosexism, ageism, and (e) social and economic justice issues.

Graduates with Social Work from Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) will:

gain knowledge and understanding of general systems theory and an ecological theoretical perspective as an integrating framework, and its application, with emphasis on strengths and ecological social work practice at both micro, mezzo, and macro levels.

be able to apply research knowledge and skills which reflect social work values and ethics in evaluating their own practice and in generating knowledge for practice.

integrate cognitive and affective experiences.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Social Welfare Policy And Services (Swps) I: Social Services Policy

Social Work In Legal Settings

Motivational Interviewing

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Military And Veteran’s Administration Social Work

Human Behavior And The Social Environment

Social Work Practice With Communities

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months
Part-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-18 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-01-20 00:00:00

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Language

English

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Credits

63 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

New Orleans, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

2.5

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

An earned bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.

Successful completion of a course with a minimum grade of “C” in Sociology, Psychology and Biology.

A minimum cumulative undergraduate Grade Point Average of 2.5 (probationary entry consideration) or greater on a 4.0 scale.

Evidence of professional writing skills at the level of a graduate student, and a commitment to social justice documented in the applicant’s personal interest statement and demonstrated by an on campus written exercise.

Evidence of values, ethics, and commitment congruent with those of the social work profession.

Evidence of ability to successfully matriculate in graduate education evaluated through undergraduate transcripts and from personal reference letters.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

4847 USD / year

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Out-of-State

4847 USD / year

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In-State

4847 USD / year

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Living costs

New Orleans

United States

1125 - 2151 USD / month

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