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| postgrad = 224<ref name="grad profile">{{cite web|url=https://grad.berkeley.edu/programs/rankings-stats/|title=Berkeley Graduate Profile|last=UC Berkeley Graduate Division |publisher=University of California, Berkeley|access-date=15 December 2020}}</ref>
|dean = Jeffrey L. Edleson<ref>{{cite web|url=http://socialwelfare.berkeley.edu/dean%E2%80%99s-welcome|title=Dean's Welcome|last=UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare |publisher=University of California, Berkeley|accessdate=26 December 2013}}</ref>
| faculty = 36 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://socialwelfare.berkeley.edu/people/faculty-0|title=Faculty|last=UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare|publisher=University of California, Berkeley |access-date=15 December 2020}}</ref>
| dean = Susan Stone<ref name="Dean's Office">{{cite web|url= https://socialwelfare.berkeley.edu/people/susan-stone|title= Susan Stone &#124; Berkeley Social Welfare}}</ref>
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The '''School of Social Welfare''' of the [[University of California, Berkeley]], is located in [[Haviland Hall]] on the UC Berkeley campus. Its focus is preparing social work professionals for the public and nonprofit sectors. It offers an Undergraduate Group Major in [[Social Welfare]] along with the [[UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science|College of Letters and Science]], the [[Master of Social Work|M.S.W.]], and the [[Ph.D]]. Haviland Hall includes its own library, founded in 1957, which contains approximately 34,400 volumes and 200 active serial titles. The library originally housed volumes specifically for the social work field but was expanded in 2014 to include education, psychology and public policy.
The '''School of Social Welfare''' of the [[University of California, Berkeley]], was established June 1, 1944 and is located in Haviland Hall on the UC Berkeley campus. Its focus is to prepare graduates to become agents of social change through direct practice, agency management, policymaking, and leading new discoveries that address the grand challenges confronting society. Berkeley Social Welfare offers the Bachelor of Arts in [[Social Welfare]] through the [[UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science|College of Letters and Science]] (L&S), the [[Master of Social Work|M.S.W.]], and the [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D]]. Haviland Hall includes its own library, The Social Research Library, which was founded in 1957 and contains approximately 34,400 volumes and 200 active serial titles. The library originally housed volumes specifically for the social work field and expanded in 2014 to include education, psychology, public policy. The library also maintains an Indigenous Social Work space.

Social welfare as a field of study was originally located in the Economics Department and was called "social economics". Professor [[Jessica Blanche Peixotto]], the second woman to earn at Ph.D. at Berkeley, was hired in 1904 to teach courses in sociology and by 1912 had shaped a curriculum in social economics focused on the poor. Professor Peixotto became the first woman at Berkeley to achieve tenured faculty status in 1918. Along with her colleagues, [[Lucy Ward Stebbins]] and Emily Noble Plehn, they developed a graduate-level curriculum in social work that same year. By 1927 these courses led to certificates in child and family services and in medical social work. An independent Department of Social Welfare was established in 1939 and the certificates were replaced with a professional Master of Arts degree in 1942. Professor Harry Cassidy, the Public Welfare Director for British Columbia became the first Dean of the new School of Social Welfare in 1944. He insisted the program be called "social welfare" to encompass more than social work.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://socialwelfare.berkeley.edu|title=Origins - 1904-1944.|last=Leiby|first=James|date=Fall 1994 |work=Social Welfare at Berkeley Magazine (50th Anniversary Issue)}}</ref>


==Students==
==Students==
Undergraduates majoring in social welfare belong to the College of Letters and Science, while the major is administered by the School of Social Welfare. Social welfare as an undergraduate major in L&S is capped at 130 students.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://socialwelfare.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/docs/Undergraduate%20Handbook%20August%202013.pdf|title=Fall 2013 Student Handbook |last=UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare|publisher=University of California, Berkeley|accessdate=26 December 2013}}</ref>
Undergraduates majoring in social welfare are enrolled in the College of Letters and Science (L&S), while the upper-division major is administered by the School of Social Welfare. Social welfare is an undergraduate major in L&S.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://socialwelfare.berkeley.edu/undergraduate-major-student-handbook/introductiontitle |title=BASW Student Handbook |author=UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare |publisher=University of California, Berkeley |access-date=2023-04-05}}</ref>


As of fall 2013, there are 30 doctoral and 177 master's/first professional students in the School.<ref name="grad profile" /> The school has an M.S.W. program, a concurrent/dual degree M.S.W./[[Master of Public Health|M.P.H.]] program, a concurrent M.S.W./[[Master of Public Policy|M.P.P.]] program, a combined M.S.W./Ph.D. program, and a Ph.D. program.
There are approximately 27 doctoral and 197 master's students in the School.<ref name="grad profile"/> At the graduate level, Berkeley Social Welfare offers: a full-time, two year M.S.W. program; a part-time, three year M.S.W. program; a part-time, advanced standing, one year M.S.W. program; a concurrent, three year M.S.W./[[Master of Public Health|M.P.H.]] program; a concurrent, three year M.S.W./[[Master of Public Policy|M.P.P.]] program; a concurrent, four year M.S.W/[[Juris Doctorate|J.D.]] program; a combined M.S.W./Ph.D. program, and a Ph.D. program. Standalone and concurrent degree M.S.W. students must participate in mandatory field education, throughout their course of study, which requires them to complete a set amount of internship hours at agencies related to their career goals.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://socialwelfare.berkeley.edu/academics/field-education|title=Field Education Overview|last=UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare|publisher=University of California, Berkeley |access-date=15 December 2020}}</ref>


M.S.W. students have the opportunity to participate in field education, in which they complete an internship for an agency related to their career goals.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://socialwelfare.berkeley.edu/field-education-overview|title=Field Education Overview|last=UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare|publisher=University of California, Berkeley |accessdate=26 December 2013}}</ref> The School maintains 9 research units, whose focuses include child services, family welfare, and social conflict.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://socialwelfare.berkeley.edu/research |title=Research|last=UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare|publisher=University of California, Berkeley|accessdate=26 December 2013}}</ref>
The School of Social Welfare maintains these research units:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://socialwelfare.berkeley.edu/research|title=Research|last=UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare|publisher=University of California, Berkeley|access-date=15 December 2020}}</ref>
* The California Child Welfare Indicators Project
* The Digital Health & Access Equity Lab
* Risk Resilience Research Lab
* The Sexual Health & Reproductive Equity Program
* The Center for the Advanced Study of Aging Services
* The Center for Comparative Family Welfare and Poverty Research
* The Mack Center on Nonprofit & Public Sector Management
* The Mental Health and Social Welfare Research Group


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Latest revision as of 07:26, 11 October 2024

University of California, Berkeley School of Social Welfare
Haviland Hall, headquarters of the School of Social Welfare
TypePublic Professional School
EstablishedJune 1, 1944
DeanSusan Stone[1]
Academic staff
36 [2]
Postgraduates224[3]
Location
Berkeley
,
California
,
U.S.

37°52′25.4″N 122°15′39.84″W / 37.873722°N 122.2610667°W / 37.873722; -122.2610667
Websitesocialwelfare.berkeley.edu

The School of Social Welfare of the University of California, Berkeley, was established June 1, 1944 and is located in Haviland Hall on the UC Berkeley campus. Its focus is to prepare graduates to become agents of social change through direct practice, agency management, policymaking, and leading new discoveries that address the grand challenges confronting society. Berkeley Social Welfare offers the Bachelor of Arts in Social Welfare through the College of Letters and Science (L&S), the M.S.W., and the Ph.D. Haviland Hall includes its own library, The Social Research Library, which was founded in 1957 and contains approximately 34,400 volumes and 200 active serial titles. The library originally housed volumes specifically for the social work field and expanded in 2014 to include education, psychology, public policy. The library also maintains an Indigenous Social Work space.

Social welfare as a field of study was originally located in the Economics Department and was called "social economics". Professor Jessica Blanche Peixotto, the second woman to earn at Ph.D. at Berkeley, was hired in 1904 to teach courses in sociology and by 1912 had shaped a curriculum in social economics focused on the poor. Professor Peixotto became the first woman at Berkeley to achieve tenured faculty status in 1918. Along with her colleagues, Lucy Ward Stebbins and Emily Noble Plehn, they developed a graduate-level curriculum in social work that same year. By 1927 these courses led to certificates in child and family services and in medical social work. An independent Department of Social Welfare was established in 1939 and the certificates were replaced with a professional Master of Arts degree in 1942. Professor Harry Cassidy, the Public Welfare Director for British Columbia became the first Dean of the new School of Social Welfare in 1944. He insisted the program be called "social welfare" to encompass more than social work.[4]

Students

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Undergraduates majoring in social welfare are enrolled in the College of Letters and Science (L&S), while the upper-division major is administered by the School of Social Welfare. Social welfare is an undergraduate major in L&S.[5]

There are approximately 27 doctoral and 197 master's students in the School.[3] At the graduate level, Berkeley Social Welfare offers: a full-time, two year M.S.W. program; a part-time, three year M.S.W. program; a part-time, advanced standing, one year M.S.W. program; a concurrent, three year M.S.W./M.P.H. program; a concurrent, three year M.S.W./M.P.P. program; a concurrent, four year M.S.W/J.D. program; a combined M.S.W./Ph.D. program, and a Ph.D. program. Standalone and concurrent degree M.S.W. students must participate in mandatory field education, throughout their course of study, which requires them to complete a set amount of internship hours at agencies related to their career goals.[6]

The School of Social Welfare maintains these research units:[7]

  • The California Child Welfare Indicators Project
  • The Digital Health & Access Equity Lab
  • Risk Resilience Research Lab
  • The Sexual Health & Reproductive Equity Program
  • The Center for the Advanced Study of Aging Services
  • The Center for Comparative Family Welfare and Poverty Research
  • The Mack Center on Nonprofit & Public Sector Management
  • The Mental Health and Social Welfare Research Group

References

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  1. ^ "Susan Stone | Berkeley Social Welfare".
  2. ^ UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare. "Faculty". University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b UC Berkeley Graduate Division. "Berkeley Graduate Profile". University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  4. ^ Leiby, James (Fall 1994). "Origins - 1904-1944". Social Welfare at Berkeley Magazine (50th Anniversary Issue).
  5. ^ UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare. "BASW Student Handbook". University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
  6. ^ UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare. "Field Education Overview". University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  7. ^ UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare. "Research". University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
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