MSW - Academics
On the Cutting Edge of Modern Social Work Practice
The MSW Program educates graduate social work professionals to address a range of social issues and needs. The education and training you will experience is on the cutting edge of modern social work practice.
The School of Social Work is dynamic and alive - a place that reaches
beyond our campus and into the local community. You'll quickly discover our faculty, students, and staff are all dedicated to pursuing excellence in their professional lives.
The St. Ambrose University MSW Program equips graduates for professional practice with:
• Comprehensive knowledge base
• Practice competencies
• Ethical standards
The St. Ambrose University School of Social Work and the MSW Program are leaders in this area of practice. Our faculty and staff maintain an environment conducive to discovery, person and professional growth and, ultimately, competence in professional social work practice.
MSW Mission and Empowerment Concentration
The central mission of the St. Ambrose University MSW Program is
Seeking Social Justice Through Social Work Empowerment.
Our Mission: The Master of Social Work program at St. Ambrose has as its primary mission to prepare competent and ethical social work professionals for enriching lives and fashioning a just society.
Our Purposes: Consistent with the purposes and principles of social work, the mission of the St. Ambrose program seeks to further the well-being of people and to promote social and economic justice. The program emphasizes the empowerment of client systems and the promotion of a just society as it prepares graduates to practice competently, ethically, and with theoretical understanding of diversity, human behavior and social contexts.
Katherine Van Blair, MSW, PhD, LMFT
Director of School of Social Work
Associate Professor
563/333-3910 phone
563/333-3919 fax
Email: VanBlairKatherine@sau.edu