<p>I am a junior in high school, and looking into colleges.
I was disappointed that they do not offer a degree in social work. I wonder if any of you know if they plan to establish one, though? If so, when?
Thankyou in advance</p>
<p>I don’t know, but social work is generally considered a somewhat professional degree and valued mostly at the graduate level. Few notable undergraduate colleges offer it, altho I’m sure you can ID scads that do.</p>
<p>Ex: of a highly respected program …Pitt’s MSW. And many more @ that level. Few at undergrad. Sociology is the more common and respected major in this area w/in elite, LAC type schools.</p>
<p>Conversely, a number of fine Christian colleges offer urban ministry programs, several of which are reputable. Check out Eastern U’s program begun by Tony Campolo and others. Geneva has one. Taylor offers one from it’s Ft. Wayne urban campus. I’d imagine the Kings College in NYC or nearby Nyack might also? Don’t know.</p>
<p>Check out the philosophy of the book, “When Helping Hurts: Alleviating Poverty Without Hurting the Poor… and Ourselves,” at this link (don’t necessarily buy it from there - see if your library has it):</p>
<p>[Amazon.com:</a> When Helping Hurts: Alleviating Poverty Without Hurting the Poor. . .and Ourselves (9780802457059): Brian Fikkert, Steve Corbett, John Perkins: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/When-Helping-Hurts-Alleviating-Ourselves/dp/0802457053]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/When-Helping-Hurts-Alleviating-Ourselves/dp/0802457053)</p>
<p>If you like the philosophy, you might like the Community Development Program at Covenant College as that’s where the professors teach. My son will be going there next year for their International Track - looking at microfinance. Others do the Domestic Track. It’s similar to Eastern’s Economic Development major. </p>
<p>I knew nothing about Covenant prior to finding it due to this major. I was suitably impressed. Their scores on Major Field Tests are among the highest (95% - highest possible - for business (my son’s double major)). Among Christian colleges as per this list:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/christian-colleges/876276-2010-updated-christian-college-university-list.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/christian-colleges/876276-2010-updated-christian-college-university-list.html</a></p>
<p>they are roughly 6th on the list of incoming Freshman stats. Otherwise, it was difficult finding out much about the school as they are under the radar for most books. Forbes’ list liked them (one of the top rated Christian schools on their list though Wheaton was higher). USNWR puts them 4th in the Southeast for Baccalaureate Schools, but neither says a whole lot. My biggest beef was that they were very small (roughly 1000 students), but my son thought it was a great fit and loves the idea of personal attention and interaction with the profs. He’s the one going there - and got a great financial package - so I’m ok with it. I’m very pleased with the college otherwise - and my son has already had a potential future employer (Hope International) tell him to be sure to apply for an internship in a couple of years when he talked with them about Covenant’s program. For microfinance anyway, the job prospects seem good.</p>
<p>If you’re interested more in the sociology aspect, then Geneva did seem to have a good program. It was on our radar in the beginning, but dropped off quickly since they had nothing else toward microfinance specifically. Covenant has a professor that wrote “the book” on Christian microfinance a few years back. Another plus for us in their column.</p>
<p>Calvin College, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, offers a BSW: [Calvin</a> College - Social Work - Christian Social Work Program](<a href=“http://www.calvin.edu/academic/social_work/]Calvin”>The Department Of Social Work - Academics | Calvin University)</p>