University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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Collection Policy Manual, rev. ed
2003

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SUBJECT COLLECTIONS

SOCIAL WORK


Academic Program
 

B.S., Master of Social Work, and graduate certificate programs in Marriage and Family Therapy, and School Social Work. Specialized concentrations are in Children and Families, and Physical and Mental Health. The program focuses on metropolitan social problems, and promotes, through public understanding, standards of professional ethics in relation to social and economic justice; cultural diversity; empowerment of individuals, families, groups, and communities, especially for populations at risk.

Collection Level
 

Advanced study.

Collection Profile

        The following LC classification range descriptions represent areas of concentration for social work:

        HV (Social Pathology. Social and Public Welfare. Criminology): General social work (Fund raising); Social welfare and philanthropic organizations; Special classes (Families. Single parents; Children and youth; Women; Gays and lesbians; Aged; Disabled (Developmentally disabled; Blind; Deaf; Mental illness; Physically disabled); Special classes by race or ethnicity; Cities; Homelessness. Vagrancy; Animal welfare); Substance abuse; Alcohol. Temperance; Tobacco; Drug abuse. Selectively collected categories: Emergency management. Disasters; Medical and other professional services.
        RJ (Pediatrics): Abused children.

Languages
 

English.

Related Subject Collections
 
Criminal Justice, Economics, Health Sciences, Sociology, and Urban Studies.

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